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Sorry but man or zone doesn’t make you take shitty angles and not wrap up.

It doesn’t matter if it’s man or zone if Patrick Queen fills the wrong gap and lazily lets the QB run right by him.

It doesn’t matter if it’s man or zone if Delpit can’t put a finger on a guy that runs a post route in front of him.

Check my post history I haven’t went at the defense at all in over a month but I’m sick and tired of them using the offensive success as a reason they can’t be half arse decent.

I’m also sick and tired of seeing our Heisman candidate in the game in the 4th quarter against teams that aren’t gonna be bowl eligible because our 2.5 million dollar coordinator can’t stop an 18 year old running a read option.

Offense shouldn’t slow down. Defense needs to catch up. This lack of effort, complacency, piss poor technique and bad play calls falls at Arandas feet. He has to be better

100% agreed, on all points.

What's the difference between a two minute scoring drive, and a three and out? The two minute scoring drive is longer. Why is it that LSU's offense put up zero points, and had multiple three and outs last year, but the defense held Alabama's high powered offense under 30, while this year's defense barely held Ole Miss under 40, despite being on the field for LESS time?... Poor tackling, bad angles, you named it already. But people still make the same lousy excuses.

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Posted by RightWingTiger

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Posted on 11/23/19 at 7:21 am to Metaloctopus

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What's the difference between a two minute scoring drive, and a three and out? The two minute scoring drive is longer.

EVERY OC's play calling varies dependent on the score of the game, NO? Will an OC / HC not call a more aggressive set of plays & take way more chances if down by 2+ TDs as opposed to being up by 2 scores?

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Posted by Reeaholic

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Posted on 11/23/19 at 8:27 am to Metaloctopus

I agree the defense is not good right now, but reality is alot of factors are playing into it. Depth, injuries, lack of focus at times and some blame does in fact lie on the coaches. Look at each game we gave up big points and see that we held opponents to 10 or less that first half. You can say adjustments were made but Im not sure its 100% that either. We held Florida to 7 in 2nd half after giving up 21 in the first. A month off before the playoffs will absolutely be huge in getting this defense back to being at least respectable.

Also, Bama's offense scored 29 last year and 34 this year on our defense so its not the best example to use for a regression.

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Posted by J2thaROC

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Posted on 11/23/19 at 9:01 am to Metaloctopus

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Why is it that LSU's offense put up zero points, and had multiple three and outs last year, but the defense held Alabama's high powered offense under 30,

More depth.

We held their “high powered offense” to 7 points in the first half this year and only 14 through 3 quarters. Last year they were up 16 to 0 by half and 22-0 by the 3rd.
It wasn’t until the 4th quarter of this years gane that Bama started scoring. Did the players forget to play all of a sudden? Did Aranda forget how to call plays all of a sudden? Or was it the more likely scenario, that they were just gassed by the 4th quarter because we can’t rotate players properly due to lack of depth?

The Alabama game isn’t an anomaly. Texas was the same way except they started scoring often the half. Well shock of all shocks, it was a much hotter day AND we had players injured in the first half.

If you watch the games analytically, it’s clear as day that when this defense is fresh, they can play hard and get stops but as time goes on, they get tired as start making mistakes

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Posted by Father Time

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Posted on 11/23/19 at 9:57 am to Metaloctopus

Poor tackling, angles, and players not being in place to make a play are all valid concerns. All of those issues lead to big plays against the defense.

You chose to bring up 3 and outs. LSU's defense has more 3 and outs this year than UGA, Bama, Auburn, and A&M(all of them are ranked top 25 in total defense). LSU is top 20 in 3rd down and 4th down defense. There have only been three occasions this entire season that an opposing team has scored twice without LSU scoring.

All of that tells me the defense does make plays when they need to. Still have work to do but a week later the sky still hasn't fallen. Relax and enjoy the game today.