re: Perkins to spy Klubnik

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he only issue I see with Perkins being the Star is that you can force that position into coverage nearly every down if LSU is in

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we have others capable of spying. Why not disguise the spy.....they won't know who to target.

The wonderful thing about this defense is that they can spy the QB without tipping their hand as to who is the spy. Certainly it should usually be Perkins, because he is the most explosive. But Whit Weeks is also explosive, and we can fool Clemson by swapping that spy role between them every third time or so.

I hope he has Honey Badger instincts Saturday. Play with no pressure to make every play, but play within the Def scheme and eat.

Speed is needed to be a spy, and good open field tackler.

This is actually one of my keys to the game. If Perkins can be what we think he can be and fly around making 2023 type plays, making Klubnik pass, creating chaos, tackles for losses, he may be the reason why we can win Saturday

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They've throttled him

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Meh. The other 10 guys on the field played a HUGE part in that. We have upgraded the defensive talent and depth immensely. A lot of people are sleeping on how much of a difference Haucey and Delane are going to make due to their ability to come up and make tackles. That is going to make a world of difference. When Baker has confidence in his DBs making plays in the run game, and the penetration we should get from the DL relative to last year—particularly up the middle, he’s going to be able to get much more creative and take more chances, because the risk won’t be as high this year. And it’s his 2nd year, so he’s been able to install much more of his defense than he was able to his 1st year.

And you can’t determine anything relative to Perkins based on his ‘23 season. 1, he actually had a really good season—it just looked different. But our DBs were so bad in both coverage and tackling, that House wasn’t able to take as many chances with Perk. If he was sent and missed, there was nobody behind him House could trust to clean up. And House’s defense wasn’t as aggressive as Baker’s. Especially with the DTs.

It’s a different defense, a better, more creative, and more aggressive DC in Baker, and Peoples is a fricking stud in teaching pass rush that will show up there and in TFLs in the running game. Nothing that has come before matters regarding Perk, except we know how good of an athlete he is and in ‘23 we learned he can cover. ‘25 is a brand new year, and I can’t imagine the defense is not at least really good. Possibly great. Barring injuries, of course. And we are going to create a ton of turnovers imo.

Perk did not spy a single one of those QBs

I would’ve loved to have seen what a healthy 2022 version (or this year version) of Perkins could’ve done with Milroe.

On some plays, but I suspect that we'll have one of our safeties spying in certain situations. Expect to see AJ Haulcy make some big plays.