Defensive struggles & Baker

People underestimate how hard it is to "stop" a quarterback who can run and pass with accuracy.

If you spy, you're taking someone out of coverage; if you don't, he can run.

It's why basically no one could corral Jayden Daniels in 2023.

Blake needs to really do some self scouting with offensive Coaches to understand how to stop a running QB. His defensive style being so aggressive can work on mobile QBs but you have to have controlled chaos not just chaos.

If he can figure that out he will be an ELITE defensive Coach. Until then he will always have a significant flaw. He has never been able to stop the mobile QB.

Outside of that I think this years struggles were mainly due to promises given to Perk. There is zero reason why a player who doesn't do his job, give full effort, or know what hes supposed to do should be playing the amount of snaps he is. That tells me its promises because there has been no adjustments or accountability. I really believe he should only be a 3rd down/pass rush substitution player. He should not be playing on 1st and 2nd down right now. Move him back to a see ball, get ball role in passing situations and let someone else be the spy since he clearly doesn't want to do that either.

Didn't play complimentary football . Defense to me did all it could but the offense could never give them a break.

Watching that Vandy game was the final point for me. Being down and still had a chance to come back.

The difference in those Miles offenses is they were ball control and could actually move the ball. We got frustrated because they weren’t explosive…but it was a RB factory. Sans Bama, no one could really stop his offenses from moving the ball. This situation has been different in that it’s repetitive 3 and outs so the D is seeing so many more snaps because the O isn’t moving the sticks.

The next coach can decide that, but the entire program needs a flushing if one is objective. Baker's defense has been impaired by one of the worst offenses in CFB, but he had struggled to control a good offense.

Agreed on the ball control, but outside of the first two possessions of the Ole Miss game, have you really been impressed with how the D has played?

The game is just getting started and you've already given up 14 points to Vanderbilt and A&M on their first two possessions, and you're putting your offense in an even worse spot.

Vanderbilt and A&M basically scored almost every possession through the game, and that is inexcusable.

A&M's drive chart against us dating back to when Marcel Reed entered the game is sickening.

The offense sucking is such a weak arse excuse for this defense.

The offense sucked in the games it performed well in too. Florida for instance ran more plays and had a longer TOP than Ole miss.

And then there’s this vs A&M:

LSU’s offense goes on a 4min 9 play TD drive the 3rd series of the game…

What’s the defense do to follow? Give up a 10 play 5 min scoring drive with 2 3rd and long conversions. This defense is undisciplined and can’t get off the field vs an offense with any pulse.

What’s the excuse here?

Everybody struggles with good dual threat QBs. Chambliss lit Kirby up. Reed lit Freeman up.

The long Reed TD run Baker had the perfect call on with Perkins spying. Perk has no discipline at times and allowed Green to get free. Same thing on the first TD of second half. Perk is the spy but peaks at crossers instead of doing his job.

Vandy game. We had unblocked blitzes getting to Pavia all game. They just couldn’t get him on the ground. One play Woodland takes the wrong angle and attacks Pavia front shoulder while he should be attacking his outside shoulder. Pavia spun Pyburn around one time and made him look silly. Losing Reliford really hurt in the pass rush department because he’s athletic enough to get dudes on the ground.

It’s obvious Kelly lost the team. And along with that we lost the attention to detail needed to play good defense.

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Perk is getting paid too much to be on the bench, college football is a business

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Well unfortunately he being on the field is hurting the team and the defense. Hes a liability everytime he steps foot on the field.

I'm not gonna judge Baker til I see what he can do while Kelly is gone.