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re: Can someone who understands ball better than me explain Perkins shift from Freshman yr on?
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:55 pm to OJsLifeCoach
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:55 pm to OJsLifeCoach
Internal cancer plagued the team. Basically, he stopped playing. He hid and ran away from plays.
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Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:14 pm to OJsLifeCoach
Misused but still finished top 10-11 alltime at LSU in sacks and higher in TFLs. Led the team every year in those categories and let the team in INTs last year as well. Guy finished his career with more sacks and TFLs than Glenn Dorsey, KiKi Mingo and many others but Kelly’s teams underperformed after year 1 and fans look for scapegoats, Perkins was scapegoated.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:47 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:'They" gave him too many responsibilities, reads and assignments.
It wasn't necessarily as much of a Perkins sucks problem as it was a rant group think problem.
He's a pure rusher.
ILB.
Star. NO. Too many responsibilities.
Best position. OLB in rush situations.
OR.........Running Back. Just give him the football and let him run fast with it.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:54 pm to semjase
The same people complaining he didn’t get enough sacks were the ones saying he shouldn’t be rushing the QB. It was bizarre.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:51 pm to OJsLifeCoach
Perkins was a perfect example of a physically gifted player with no football IQ. Instincts for football are required to be great.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:40 pm to OJsLifeCoach
You have to understand and realize there’s no tape on him at that point. Him moving by to lb and then to star is more of helping him become a lb than a one trick pony and try to avoid teams targeting him. People have to realize playing sec LB it takes realistically 2yrs if they stay at the exact same position ( so 2 yrs at will or 2yrs at mike or 2yrs at will) when they are asked to move consistently and learn something new without having a true base there will be struggles for those 2 yrs, what helped whit is he’s always played the will
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 9:48 pm
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