The LSU has too many WR's misnomer...

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The LSU has too many WR's misnomer...

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People also are forgetting that out of the four in this class the chances that all four are studs and turn into every down players is very low.

When you run a spread offense with 3-5 receivers on every play the chances of injury at that position exponentially increase along with the challenge of actually finding competent players to fills those spots.

If 2 WR’s go down and you only have 9 guys on the roster and really only 6 are even remotely ready to play at a high level then you’re in trouble.

I wouldn’t say we have too many WR commits. But I would say we have too many WR commits compared to OL commits:
> Even if we get Dumervil, that is only 3
> One is switching from the D-Line
> LSU will never be hurting for for our ability to sign top WR talent (including what is on the horizon for 2021)
> The status of our 2019 OL class is questionable
> OL is the most difficult position group to predict how recruits will work out. So taking a flyer on an OL project is not a bad strategy here
> WR is one of the easiest to predict
> O-Linemen are much more likely to miss games than WR

So in my desire to bring in 4 (or preferably 5) O-Linemen in this 2020 class, yes I would be willing to sacrifice one of the 4 WR commits

I don’t “want” to lose any of them (hence the word “sacrifice” in my post above).

But I simply cannot imagine many times where a college team should sign more WRs than OL in a class. Certainly not a WR haven like LSU

We dont run a Les miles offense anymore hoss.

If we did I could see your point.
But like another poster said you need WR because of the 5 wrs sets of the new offense

There is only one football. The ball will go to the top three WR's and one TE primarily. Any stud WR not getting the ball will transfer. 2021 looks like another good class of WR's for us. If all four sign, I have a hard time seeing all of them staying.

LSU will lose 3 Senior OLmen (Magee, Lewis, Traore). Possibility Cush could go pro too.

I think the minimum # should be 3 Olmen in this particular class if coaches are confident all the juniors are coming back (Cush, Deculus, Charles, etc). Savage or Campbell could transfer out though due to lack of PT I suppose.

Personally, I would love to carry 15-16 OL on a roster.

We are going to have excess depth at WR between this year and next years classes. We are in much more need of OL's. Crazy to take 4 wr's in this class and only 2 or 3 OL's.

Nothing excessive about carrying 10 WR with this offense. Some schools that run spreads have 13-14.

You dont need more than 15-16 OL on your roster. Just need to sign 3-4 quality ones each year.

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Just need to sign 3-4 quality ones each year.

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if we sign Dumerville we will have 1 that is considered quality in this class so we are going to need to add 2-3 more, other than him, to meet that number

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Nothing excessive about carrying 10 WR with this offense.

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Moss and Gilbert are just as much receiving threats as any of the WR's and should be taken into account as well.

just for next season, as it stands now, we will have Chase, Marshall, Palmer, Moss, and adding in Burton, Jarret, Moore, Boutte, and Gilbert; also McMath, Jenkins, and Kirklin. That is 12 right there. Then there are at least 3 in state in 2021 that are just way to good to pass up, plus no telling what other very highly rated out of state WR's that are going to want to be part of the 2021 class. We are going to have a glut of WR's (and pass catching TE's)

I’m telling you man 10-11 WR is no big deal.

That still leaves roughly 30 offensive players left on that side of the ball.

4 QB
5 RB
5 TE
15-16 OL

LSU is currently fine as far as OL #’s. They have 16. 17 if you count Michael Smith who I think was given a scholarship this year. Just replace the 3 or maybe 4 you are going to lose.