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re: The most positive statement from CLM yet
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:19 am to Penrod
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:19 am to Penrod
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You guys crack me up. You think it's as simple as that? We're just adding pass rushing to our reperatoir?
Chavis had a defensive philosophy that worked very well for LSU for many years, including the best defense LSU assembled in the last half century. He believed in containing the QB and making him beat you with his arm. Now, we're apparantly going to pin our ears back. That's legitamate. But understand that it opens us up to attacks that we have gotten used to being invulnerable to. We'll see more draws, traps, screens, and QB scrambles than we're used to.
Considering the lack of DL production over the last few years and the Vikings comments about Hunter, I think you can see where some of the optimism is coming from.
Sure, we took Manziel away from what made him special (Air Raid system, chaos with over aggressive pass rush, and his running ability), but power QBs with run based option attacks just killed us (MissSt, Auburn, Florida). Chavis scheme was getting predictable, especially with the blitzing by the nickel and dime backs, which Bama made money off of. Last year's game with Bama, you and they knew where the blitz was coming and guess what, a receiver was there to catch the ball as the Dime back rushed in.
I will GLADLY take a one loss season to TxAM due to defense as long as the end result is a playoff berth. It might make the Aggies' century, but when you get to brass tacks, they aren't that special to LSU's.
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Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:25 am to Will2nd
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However, with the rumors that Chavis didn't want certain highly recruited linebackers, it had more to do with them not fitting in his scheme, IMO. But it also ended up leaving us thin at the position which is strange recruiting-wise since he was a linebacker coach.
Makes sense. The defense we ran only depended on one true LB, which was the middle linebacker. OLBs are usually a converted safeties. Speed vs size.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:37 am to Alltheway Tigers!
While we had a statistically great defense last year, I don't think anyone who watched them would rank them up there with our great aggressive defenses of the past. We played a bend but don't break scheme which worked most of the time. But also as we saw, we gave up some back breaking drives to end halves and games that cost us.
I'm all for putting pressure on the offense and making them make a play to beat you. And with the talented secondary we have, they will be even better with pressure on the QB from the front 4. Will open up so many more things we can do with our defense.
I'm all for putting pressure on the offense and making them make a play to beat you. And with the talented secondary we have, they will be even better with pressure on the QB from the front 4. Will open up so many more things we can do with our defense.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:48 am to siliconvalleytiger
A great pass rush means Pick City for our DB's!
Posted on 8/24/15 at 12:48 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Last year they had one of the best pass defenses with a nonexistent pass rush.
How good can they be now?
How good can they be now?
Posted on 8/24/15 at 2:28 pm to etm512
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We played a bend but don't break scheme which worked most of the time. But also as we saw, we gave up some back breaking drives to end halves and games that cost us.
I don't think we were as much as a bend-don't-break defense as a defense that could not consistently apply pressure. The DL was not coached as well as they should have been, especially at the DE position.
The scheme relied on great play from the nickle and dime positions. You have TM at nickel/dime along with locked down corners on both side and the def. coordinator is a genus. That is where the pressure came from.
We got in a size contest versus some serious run option teams and just got beat. To many holds to fill with undersized players. That is the Achilles heel of the type of defense we had the last few years.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 3:02 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Line bring heat
Secondary covering the back end
LBs thumbing in the middle
I am pretty pumped.
Secondary covering the back end
LBs thumbing in the middle
I am pretty pumped.
Posted on 8/24/15 at 5:18 pm to Penrod
Penrod the seeing is not always appreciated in the land of the blind !
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