re: Why does the defense get a pass

Our base defense is #1 in the SEC.

Our prevent defense is equal to a junior high school.

"All prevent defense does is prevent you from winning"
- Coach John Madden

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2012 Bama game had more to do with Miles not trusting his QB on 3rd down late in the game and playing for a FG and a 6 point lead. But certainly 3rd and Chavis burned us there as well.

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I agree 100%. That said, the defense still came on to the field at the end of the game with the lead or tied needing just one stop to end the game. As the OP said, they have dropped the ball in some big spots.

Chavis has been criticized for being too conservative in those situations, however IIRC LSU was blitzing often in those spots. The problem seems to be that while the defense is keeping everything underneath them, they aren't making tackles in bounds to keep the clock moving.

Like or not, it's to the point where it's hard to trust that LSU can prevent a game winning drive in a big game. With that being the case, Les has to start going for the knockout when he has the chance instead of hoping the defense can keep the opponent off the board at the end.

4th and 16

While is it frustrating to lose in the end with the defense on the field, overall the defense has just been a better unit than the offense with rare exceptions.

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I can't argue for, or defend our passing game .....

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Which is the theme of this thread?

Exactly. Thank you, Dr Shultz.

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It really sucks when they've been playing really well all game but can't manage a stop when it really matters like the last couple bama games.

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59 min tough as nails, 1 min soft vs gumps.
I don't recall seeing actual prevent cover, but too concerned with getting beat deep.
Seems O/ST/D all went into freak out mode in last couple minutes.

You don't seem like you know what you're talking about, so you get a pass and I'll explain it to you.

With poor offensive play, the defense spends considerably more time on the field. This they're tired at the end of the game.

LSU's defenses are consistently in the top of the SEC despite the fact that they're always on the field.

2012 bama punted every time they had the ball in the second half except for the last drive

Clemson we started throwing the fricking ball everywhere instead of letting hill just run out the clock? Sometimes the best defense is time of possession. See the A&M game this year. 7 minute drives with points is a recipe for success.

44 points to UGA is miserable yes, but everyone ragged on the defense all last year and didn't exactly give them a pass. Also pretty sure they had 28 or 31 at half, so they adjusted and played better. And why not blame OBJ for that muffed punt inside our own 15 for a short score after our defense had played very well in the second half?

So mett throwing 3 INT's in the red zone against ole miss. That's 9 points if we get just field goals on all those drives. shite we were lucky to even be back in the game and have it tied at 24, and pretty sure the D forced a couple turnovers of our own to battle back.

And Blake sims this year balled out man. He did it to us, and he did it in the MSU game saving a game winning drive twice on third down.

Finally, how many fricking three and outs does our offense have? In most of our losses we can't move the football on offense so our defense plays the majority of the game. That's why the defense gets a pass, because our offense can barely complete one.

The defense doesn't get blamed most of the time is because we'd never be in position to lose any of those games (except UGA) if not for their pretty solid performances in the first 58 minutes. And ole miss this year, kudos to them for hanging in there after our offense kept turning it over. Must be frustrating to go out there knowing you have zero margin for error most of the time since we don't score many points ourselves. Top overall defense in the conference this year. Dead last QB in the NCAA. That's why. That's why the defense gets a pass.

I definitely see your point, though. Parachute defense. Slowly get picked apart. Teams know exactly what defense we run in those situations and they have game plans for it. And it seems we don't ever adjust or mix it up. And then like the one time we blitz, yeldon houses it on a screen. Sucks. It's frustrating.But if you have a solution, call up the Cheif.

Time of possession only works if you score points on your drives