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Could Anthony Johnson play defensive end in a 3-4 scheme?
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:17 pm
He obviously has trouble with double teams and gets almost no penetration against interior linemen. Anybody think he's quick enough to play end in a 3-4 scheme? Ends in these schemes tend to be more hybrid DE and DT. Might be a fit for him. Thoughts?
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:18 pm to StatMaster
Too slow
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:20 pm to StatMaster
complains too much for a 3-4
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:21 pm to StatMaster
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He obviously has trouble with double teams and gets almost no penetration against interior linemen.
If this is his problem, then a 3-4 DE isn't the best place for him. He belongs in a 4-3 defense IMO.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:31 pm to tigers32
He was almost as bad as Welter this year. He can barely play tackle.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:34 pm to StatMaster
No. Not at all.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:34 pm to StatMaster
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He obviously has trouble with double teams
He had plenty of trouble with single teams, forget double teams.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:42 pm to medtiger
I don't want to see this thread turn into a bashing of the guy, but Johnson did struggle this season. He's a good player, but he needs to stay another year if he wants to improve his draft stock. It hurt that there wasn't much of a rotation on the DL either.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:42 pm to tenderfoot tigah
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He was almost as bad as Welter this year. He can barely play tackle.
Dude
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:46 pm to tigers32
Serious question. Do y'all think there will be a drop off in production next season from the DT spot if A. Johnson left for the NFL?
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:48 pm to StatMaster
it has been an epically bad year for lsu at DT, especially when you consider we also had no depth and therefore barely rotated
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:48 pm to StatMaster
When I spoke to his HS headcoach last month, he said that the NFL people that have spoken with Anthony told him that they project him as a 3-4 end in the NFL.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:49 pm to silstang23
I don't know about drop in production but there will be a drop off in number of offsides penalties
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:50 pm to silstang23
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This post was edited on 12/28/21 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:53 pm to silstang23
Personally, I think Johnson could improve from his performance this year and be a very good SEC DT. He may not be a Brockers or Logan, but he can still be a very good contributor next season. I'm not sure he's in the best place physically. I don't want to see him go because the guys behind him aren't exactly sure things.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:07 am to StatMaster
are you making recommendations to the "chief"?
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:19 am to tigers32
it wouldn't be hard to improve on this year but i wont be sad if he leaves.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:32 am to heartbreakTiger
AJ has a place on this team. He hasn't lived up to expectations and may have peeked in HS.....this happens quite a bit and is a quirk of recruiting in. That said, I hope he stays to provide depth and maybe expand on his play a bit.
I actually think this team is better with him there. No doubt.
I actually think this team is better with him there. No doubt.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:39 am to heartbreakTiger
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it wouldn't be hard to improve on this year but i wont be sad if he leaves.
Well I would. Not much depth at DT and he or EGo staying another year would be big.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:40 am to CharlesLSU
quote:I think freak struggles being an every down player.I don't know if it's conditioning/work ethic or what. He looks extremely winded in the 3rd-4th quarter noticed the same thing with ego and rasco. When they were fresh big plays happened. It was a rare year and I think that was part of our problem on defense. We are normally at least 8 deep on the d line. We were extremly thin this year and that led to a lot of snaps for our primary guys. Look at auburn there depth and rotation on the d line kept them fresh. We were counting on a lot of highly touted d line recruits last year that just weren't ready for one reason or another. Look at it this way if bain,gilmore,herron and a few others pan out we may see freak and ego live up to the hype if they stay.
AJ has a place on this team. He hasn't lived up to expectations and may have peeked in HS.....this happens quite a bit and is a quirk of recruiting in. That said, I hope he stays to provide depth and maybe expand on his play a bit.
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