re: Chavis on Georgia Performance

Honesty, while fatigue with the lack of depth people believe we have at DL is potentially an issue, LSU was getting blown off the ball from the opening kick before the guys had a chance to get tired.

There is a fundamental issue on this team that people will continue to deflect. When your LBers refuse to play aggressively, this is the result. Barrow and Welter are out of position a ton and teams have keyed on that. They don't have to worry about blocking them initially and can play 5 and even 6 players to block 4 lineman. The outside runs kill LSU because our LBer play has been horrid and Kwon, while a great talent, can't cover at all.

Further, the defense at times both at the LBers and the DBs look completely lost. This reminds me a ton of the Saints defense last year. When they switched to a zone coverage scheme, players looked horrible. When they played man this season it has drastically helped. Clearly a pass rush helps, but it isn't just about the players. The scheme is old and worn out and teams have figured it out. Chavis has to change things up.

These players just aren't good at zone. Zone coverage is better for less athletic DBs, LSU has great athletes in the defensive backfield and they play on instinct (which Cooper stressed with them), while making them think too much in a zone coupled with issues in pass rush/pressure will only make it worse.