Hate to harp on it but Perkins literally didn't give effort the whole game..

He had a really bad game

was it effort?
he was in a perfect position to stop Pavia multiple times but overran the play

Effort has always been Perkins’ biggest issue. I don’t understand why, but he has had several games throughout his career where it seems he doesn’t give a shite.

It’s probably more of a frustration thing, but it’s a bad look.

To be fair, he had some ballerina like skip jumps over the tackle pile after the play was over.

i was at the game. dude looked SLOW against vandy

From what I saw it was more of poor assignment FB vice effort. Too many times, I saw him on a straight-line assault for the QB or RB vice breaking down, containing, and making the play. One move was enough to create the separation needed to improve down/distance or gain a 1st down. He seemed to be looking for the big knockout play vice just doing his job. Hope he comes ready to play Saturday night; we need an impactful HP7 to help wreck this game.

Never thought id see Pavia run away from Perkins.

I was amazed at how often he would fail to set containment. He absolutely sucked. Hard to judge effort, but his focus was very poor. Just did not seem to be locked in, and it was a very large part of why we lost.

Lane figured out how to scheme around HP. Vandy replicated it. If you put trip receivers into the wide side, Baker’s scheme has HP out of the box and 3-4 yards off the LOS over the slot. He can’t do anything there. He loses focus /enthusiasm some point bc he is not involved in making plays. Then when he finally gets a chance to make a play from the box, he loses discipline and forces the rush instead of maintaining leverage to prevent an escape. You could see it building at OM. Baker needs to keep him in the box and/or on the LOS.

Not sure what to make of Perkins. I've seen him do instead and take over games and I've also asked at times why isnt perkins spying the qb. I think k he the most lazy Talented player lsu has ever had