re: Ego and Freak certainly not draft ready

I hope I'm wrong, but I will suck a monkeys arse if freak goes in the first round. And as far as the guys we redshirted this year, they are not even close to being break out players next year. With the complete lack of depth at DT this year, if these guys were even anywhere near average they would have played. Especially knowing that miles and chavis are not scared to play freshman. DT/DL play was the main reason for all three of our loses and our poor defensive play. Bama, Georgia and Ole Miss ran all over, especially in the fourth quarter. When a team runs all over you in the fourth quarter in a close game, you can forget about it. Yes our LB play was average at best but it has been so obvious and even more so last night that when on the snap your DL gets blown back for three yards each play, there's no way the LBS can stop that surge especially when the OL is already to the next level. The way to fix this defense is upfront and it doesn't look like it will happen next year. In years past, LSUS defensive line would stuff the run for no gain or a loss one out of every three plays. We don't have the studs there, it's so obvious. Our number three guy would probably start for no one in the SEC.

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I spoke with Johnson's HS headcoach last week, he's gone. He's been told by NFL people that he will be a 1st round pick and is projected to move to DE in a 3-4 base.

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I'll be shocked if he's a 1st rounder. He's done so little, I can't see how anyone would take that chance on someone they need to pay big bucks to. Then you look at the other D-lineman from LSU that were drafted really high...

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montgomery, ware, and ford

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Does the athletic department have a career services office? If so, they should put posters up of these guys to show the other Jr. Classmen that not every payday pans out and graduating, so you can get a degree and become a leader / Man, is always worth it.

I have specifically watched Johnson on many plays. He either gets totally dominated or he puts his head down and just drives himself into the ground. I have never seen him dominate anyone at the point of attack. So many on here have said that he always gets double teamed. Rarely does this happen. It doesn't need to. He is nowhere near an NFL ready prospect. He is average at best as a college player and I'm being nice

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would of

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It's would've. As in "would have"

as undrafted free agents they have absolutely no protection from getting cut or released. They both could have stuck around and worked on areas to increase their draft stock and work themselves into a more secure situation. Montgomery was not mature enough to handle his situation.

Freak, Ego, and Collins SHOULD stay. They will leave, be drafted mid rounds and we will notch up more drafted players...like it makes a shite.

IMO Hill should stay, because we stood by him, but he will go....

Landry and Beckham should go, they have done their best and they will be drafted high.

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as undrafted free agents they have absolutely no protection from getting cut or released. They both could have stuck around and worked on areas to increase their draft stock and work themselves into a more secure situation. Montgomery was not mature enough to handle his situation.

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Or, they could've suffered career-ending injuries in practice or games, or a concussion that would've kicked off a string of subsequent concussions, or there was little room for improvement as depth contributors in a packed backfield.

Ego is ready. He doesn't get the credit he deserves because the LBs playing behind him haven't been too good.

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Ego is ready

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Just because you are marginally "ready" and will be a mid round pick and fight for a spot...doesn't mean you are "ready". He is by far our best DL, but he should stay.