DT and CB desperation is overblown

If we are aiming for 8-9 wins you’re correct. If we are aiming for 10-12 wins you’re completely wrong. Need at least one starting corner and DT added if not 2 to sniff a championship run.

Also, as bad as Maason Smith was, there were rare moments he showed elite level play. We don’t have anyone at DT that can flash like that ever.

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I think CB wise we may be done (besides maybe Amos).. just a lot of guys there that could improve with better coaching.
Defensive tackle wise is where we are screwed right now. Not even close to enough bodies.

Why does no-one mention Reliford when discussing Dline?

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Why does no-one mention Reliford when discussing Dline?

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He weighs 260 pounds. He would get pushed around inside in the SEC.

If we’ve taken this many cb and may take bussey or transfer in Amos, then you’ve got to think that they will find out who the top five cb are.

Then about 2 or three of the remaining 8 will move on.

But you’re off about dt.

Need three more for depth and to also find out which ones can actually play.

You don’t roll out another season where you had Jefferson and wingo playing 80% of snaps vs Uga due to no depth in SecCG.


D end is deep. Jack is too.


Dt/ng is not.

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Some attrition will need to happen in the CB room after spring because MOST of those guys are not SEC caliber.

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Fixed it

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I have confidence in Alexander, Stamps, Toriano, and hopefully one of the OSU guys...Johnson or Brown. ... not even counting any TR FR phenom that might appear...like a Woodland for example.

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Safeties IMO is a little bigger concern...I see Yaites (who can play CB BTW), Gilbert, and Allen as good ones

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What in the world have you been watching? Precisely zero of the CBs you listed have proven that they are SEC starter quality CBs--even below average starter quality. You think PJ Woodland is going to step in as a true freshman and be a difference maker?? It's damn rare even for the best of the best recruits to do that in the SEC, let alone a 165lb 3*. We need at least 3 starting-caliber CBs and we have 0 who can be penciled in as being that. By contrast, at safety we have Jardin Gibert locked in, and only need one more guy to step up from the group of Burns/Ryan/Yaites/Toviano. As a group, our safeties have a MUCH higher floor than our CBs. It's really not even up for debate.

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I will admit the DT position needs 1 more good player ... Sign 1 or maybe a second DT and LSU is fine on defense

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Okay now this is where you give yourself away as a troll - not even a particularly believable one. Assuming that McKinley signs as expected, we currently have a grand total of FOUR interior DL on our roster - as a team that plays an odd front - zero of whom have ever started, and one of whom has ever even gotten extended playing time at the division 1 level. If you think 4 guys is sufficient to fill 2-3 spots--at a position where you HAVE to rotate guys in and out--you are truly operating at the absolute peak of delusion. What if one guy gets hurt? Hell, what if two guys get hurt? You are staring, very quickly, at a scenario where you have 1-2 available bodies - again, at a position where you HAVE to rotate in and out. Nevermind the fact that none of those guys have shown themselves to be SEC starter quality players.


2 additional IDL is the absolute BARE arse minimum. If you bring in fewer than that, I promise you there is gonna be at least one game where you struggle to even field a full roster. And, of course, all this is totally ignoring the actual caliber of the players, which is not good. You went on about how you thought wingo and maason smith weren't good this year... well guess what, buddy? They still played damn near every snap because of how much better they were than Guillory and Lee.