re: So the rumor is that Tulane's Patrick Jenkins is the target DT from the portal

They need bodies now, at that point i thought they'd retain Maason Smith and add a few other guys






PFF

11th ranked player on Tulane's defense.

733 snaps

65.0 overall
64.9 vs run
65.7 vs pass



Just to compare to LSU

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Jordan Jefferson

413 snaps

70.5 overall
72.4 vs run
61.0 vs pass

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Jacobian Guillory

69.0 overall
69.2 vs Run
69.1 vs pass

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Maason Smith

582 snaps

65.3 overall
64.1 vs run
76.5 vs pass

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So he’d be basically just another body

Need the kid from Indiana bad

I'm not saying he's as talented athletically as Jefferson, but he's more than just a body IMO. Would be a good get.

Most kids we'll be able to go after will be "just another body" perceptionally. We aren't the only school in need of DTs, the SEC kids are off the board, and most are guys that weren't going to play at their previous school. Have to trust that whoever we get can provide quality snaps for a year and hope we get lucky and one possibly plays over his head. Competition for perceived "top" guys will be fierce. Take the Blidi kid for example. Lots of suitors for an average Dlineman from Indiana.

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PFF is a really dumb way to determine if somebody is actually good.

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I mean its a completely impartial view that's going to be as unbiased as it comes to grade someone over every single snap they play, not just the 3 or 4 plays you remember that were really bad or really good. The common issue regular people have forming an opinion on a player is they only remember those few extreme plays from a game and have no recollection of anything else. Raw stats dont prove anything really. You could have a linebacker get 14 tackles in a game and played pretty poorly. Likewise you could have a DT play a gret game and maybe they had 1 tackle on the stat sheet. Nobody on here is watching every snap of every player in the portal and could determine how good they are. So PFF seems like a pretty good source to cite in determining how good a player might be overall.

Generally speaking, if you're a better player, your grades will be higher. Who cares if they mess up a few things here and there, the collective amount which is vast shouldnt be far off. They dont need to know every single assignment on every play, in the end of the collective amount of grades, it will be pretty representative of a player generally speaking. Is it the end all be all? No, but I'd trust their system grading out a guy over 3-4 years over some rando on the internet that says something like "well I saw him play well in this 1 game for this 1 quarter, so he's great!" if you will.

For example with Jenkins he got a lot pressure on QBs last season, but still only ended up with a above average pass rush grade. This could be for a multitude of reasons people arent thinking about at all. Maybe he over-pursued taking himself out of a lot of other plays, etc...

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What happened to Diggs?

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He tore his ACL in bowl game.

Ole Miss believes he'll be ready for the start of the season though. ACL tears can be hit and miss for recovery time. 8 months is probably a tad optimistic from their side. But it wouldnt surprise me if he's definitely playing by SEC play.

Issue with Diggs is he was just injured seemingly half the time here, and with the ACL tear to end last season, just no idea what you could possibly get from him for 1 final season next season. We obviously couldnt gamble a scholarship on a RB who may or may not be able to contribute, especially now in hindsight with Holly at least off the team for next season it appears.

Twins

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PFF is a really dumb way to determine if somebody is actually good.

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As opposed to one tigerdropping poster who watched him play 1H vs Ole miss?

I’ve been posting here a long time, and the general public is absolutely clueless most of the time with any action that happens away from the ball.

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I’ll go find the video and post it later of NFL coaches and players shitting on it bc the guys doing the breakdowns don’t know the what the assignment of that player was especially on defense

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The same team’s front offices & scouting departments are using PFF data to analyze players

PFF can be misleading for sure. It's just another data point, but you need other data points. At the same time, it can be valuable. It just depends.

He could've faced double teams and teams may have game planned against him in conference play especially because he was their best interior DL guy, which isn't picked up in the stats. I could also see USC and Ole Miss leaving him 1 on 1 and not focusing on him because they thought their talent level was better.