re: Someone explain to me how the defense will be better next year

It's a sliding scale. A productive offense keeps the defense off the field,minimizing opportunities for the other team to take advantage of the team's youthfulness.

Dr. D.

It will be good simply because of who our coordinator is.

we still have Tolliver II, Donte Jackson, and other breakout upcoming juniors and sophomores

If Travonte Would clean up his attitude and tweak his technique a bit, he would've been a superstar and he still has the potential to.

Tashawn Bower, don't forget John Battle, Savion Smith...must I keep going??

Kristian Fulton, Corey Thompson, Devon White, Corey Thompson, Eric Monroe, Devin Voorhies, Donnie Alexander,

We still have Arden Key also for one more year. And I don't think we lose Lacouture or Frank Herron or Greg Gilmore so we still have them...that;'s all i can think of from the top of head.

So no worries man, it's up to the coaching from here on out obviously

Probably not better, but slightly worse or as good will be more than enough.
That being said you never know which of the new starters will end up being a great player, possibly better than who they are replacing

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think (and it seems most agree) that Riley's explosion onto the scene was due mostly to Aranda. I cannot/do not believe that he was this good in years past and rarely saw the field.

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Well yeah, Aranda put riley in positions to succeed but riley was actually the one making the open field tackles and making the plays. Lb a bunch of time comes down to coaching. There is no telling how much better KB AND Riley couldve been had they had Aranda for their entire careers. I have no doubt that he can turn white into a great lb.

Everyone was saying the same things about Bama's defense before this year. Have had close to the same caliber recruiting classes so no reason LSU shouldn't be able to just as well.

How the 2017 LSU defense will be better than 2016? Well, we lose some key players like Jamal Adams, Beckwith, Riley, Lewis Neal and if Goudchaux leaves. However the cupboard is full and will get even better with the 2017 class.

The key is Aranda and his second year to build on his defensive plan. Those guys will be replaced with quality players and re-load as usual. We need to land some quality LB this class and get Buggs/Wilson then we are set. Aranda's defense will be better next year because of the massive talent that I have below and if we get 2-3 recruits.

Remember he lost 8 starters at Wisconsin a few years ago and replaced them with 2-3 stars (far less talent then we have) and his defense was ranked 4th the following year.

2017 Depth Chart:

DE- Rashard Lawrence/Frank Herron/Justin Thomas
NG- Trevonte Valentine/Ed Alexander/Greg Gilmore/Tyler Shelvin
DE- Davon Goudchaux/Glen Logan/Deondre Clark/Neil Farrel

OLB- Arden Key/Sci Martin/Isiah Washington
ILB- Devin White/Donnie Alexander/Devin Voorhies
ILB- Dylon Moses/Michael Divinity/Layton Garnett
OLB- Rahssan Thorton/Andre Anthony/MJ Patterson/Patrick Queen

CB- Kevin Tolliver/Greedy Williams/Cameron Lewis
CB- Donte Jackson/Kristian Fulton/Kary Vincent
F Safety- John Battle/Ed Paris/Jacoby Stevens/Xavier Lewis
S Safety- Savion Smith/Eric Monroe/Grant Delpit

I want to see 3 recruits that we land to make us Dominant now in 2017 and the next 3 years- Marvin Wilson, Dylon Moses and Isiah Buggs and I think we get Moses. We are also much better if Goudchaux comes back. You can plug 2 out of the 3 as starters for sure as Buggs or Wilson can take Lawrence's place as they are that good. But they will all play a lot which will be a nightmare for other teams. If Valentine gets his head straight he finally gives us the solid play we expected and Shelvin and Ed Alexander pass up Gilmore.

Needs 2017

Line Backer: Need to get Moses or Allen plus 2 others to join Patrick Queen in the 2017 class. Want K Love Chiasson and Ignont to join Moses and Queen, which would take care of needs. Allen and Moses of course 2 Baton Rouge boys staying home especially when we need starters and depth at that position.

Def Line: Of course we need to land the big boy from Houston Marvin Wilson to go along with Shelvin. However as for the DE position I am sold on the 2 Bama boys, Neil Farrel and Justin Thomas. Did you guys see their film-WOW!!!! But I want Isiah Buggs and if room Phidarian Mathis

DB: We have Stevens, Vincent, Delpit and Jontre Kirklin (Ath- but will be a DB) all committed with a few other studs we are after like Todd Harris as another hard hitting safety.

statmaster ! I wake each morning looking for good things to happen , and each football season I expect LSU to be better .I think that losers wake up expecting to be losers and the same for the rest of the things in their lives !

Simple... Aranda!!!