re: Our linebacker play.

Kwon has been awesome and may be our best player on defense. Welter and Barrow not so much but Barrow has proven himself over the years to be fairly solid. What the younger guys lack in technique and knowledge they would more than make up for with greater speed and possibly size, instincts, and tenacity (would be hard to have less of it). Go with Beckwith and either Debo, Riley, Philips, Louis, or Lewis Neal or move Logan Stokes or Melvin Jones to LB. Take your lumps on the learning curve but they will more than make up for it in the long run just on shear athleticism in the mean time. Somewhere on this roster there are better LB's. That is where an eye for talent comes in and one of the reasons these coaches earn the big bucks. Time for them to step out the box and earn their money.

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Keep in mind the type of offense Auburn runs and the way we defended it. I agree the LB spot has been a weakness but scheme makes it seem worse going forward than it really is.

Our Offense is clicking and along with the big leads this has allowed LSU to play a Vanilla defense further into the season than probably ever before in LSU history.

Look for Chavis to dial up some run stuffing plays on defense when they play Ga.!

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Great post, very valid points. Boy I sure hope you are right, because I hate to be the one that is the glass half empty. I would much prefer to be the glass is half full!!!

Should we run a base 4-3 and not that 4-2-5 where our 2 LB look spread out inviting someone to run through the line then through their turf? I say we go 4-3 with the LB's no further out than where the DL are. Then one of our safeties can edge in on the strong side (at times 8 in the box to stuff Gurley). That leaves man on man on the outside with another safety to help over the top. Then, on obvious passing plays we go back to nickel.