We're so stacked at DB it's silly!

I heard yesterday that redshirt freshman Sam Gibson is showing signs of being seriously good at safety. Stuck behind some very talented players and will see mostly special teams work but he is smart, very fast and will lay a hit on you.

Last fall the coaches worked him at several different positions including WR, S and CB. Now that he's concentrating on S his stock is rising.

Since we are inexperienced at LB, I would almost expect LSU to be in some form of the nickel/dime the majority of the defensive snaps. I'm ok with this bc Taylor, Reid, Loston are all excellent tacklers at the safety spots.

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Since we are inexperienced at LB, I would almost expect LSU to be in some form of the nickel/dime the majority of the defensive snaps. I'm ok with this bc Taylor, Reid, Loston are all excellent tacklers at the safety spots.

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Our D-Line is going to be good, too!

If we can get just average play from out LBs, we'll be top 5 D in the country.

I agree and also think Cooper is one of the more underated coaches on the staff.

I think that Reid will be great by the time he leaves but I saw him miss several tackles last season. I also saw him make great defensive plays, but I don't think tackling is his strongest point of play...I do realize he was only a freshman

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Simon showed late last season that he's pretty physical for a corner, too

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I agree. I was just saying that our Safeties are very good against the run so not having a 3rd LB on the field does not make us vulnerbale against the run.

TM, Simon, and Claiborne are all physical corners who are play the run well.

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Hey we arleady do. They called it the "Mustang Package" last year.

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I know everybody just continually complains about LB depth/quality when the truth is that LSU's scheme rarely has 3 LBs on the field so it is not as a big of an issue.

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I think it is only really an issue when we play pro style offenses with big offensive lines and backs. Think Alabama and--I'm guessing Florida now that Wies is instilling a pro style offense there (although their backs aren't very big).

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Ok, but its not like Bama just rammed it down our throats or anything.

a lot of talent, but i think we will need more range at safety.

He's also widely considered the best RB in the conference coming in to next year. If you want to say that our DBs are only slightly less physical that Peterson, you can also say that we won't be facing the caliber of RB of Richardson on a weekly basis.