So Arguably….. does Lane have better players at LSU

In his first season? There is no argument, he absolutely does.

As the Ole Miss team last season, Lane's 6th year there? Yes, he arguable will. Only time will tell if that gels in season 1, though.

No. It's not arguable. He absolutely does.

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I don’t think there is an argument that Ole Miss has a more talented roster this season, but talent isn’t everything, so that doesn’t necessarily mean that LSU will be better than Ole Miss.

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What?

yes, if this roster was in year 2 of 3 of the system we wouldn’t even be questioning it.

we have 2 things going against us:

Cohesion - hard to build this without reps and it’s a very new offense scheme and roster wise

Leavitt’s injury holding him out of spring. (really a sub issue of the cohesion part)

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On the DL the youngsters look pretty good, but can you count on young DT's?

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Yeah, as big of studs as they were in high school and how well Geralds played in the spring, a lot of LSU fans on here are putting way too much faith into Geralds, Anderson, and Brown just coming in and, if not dominating, being able to give 1st/2nd team reps. They may, but that’s a big assumption for 1 freshman DL, much less 3.

Most people were rightly concerned with Reliford’s injury. But I think it’s even bigger than most think. Not just because I think he may have been our best overall 3-down DE, but the trickle down effect on our depth. And I read a lot of “Well, Brown will be here in the summer/fall, we’ll be fine.”

Again, we may be, but I have no idea what Brown’s gonna be able to do at DE, or even if he’s in good enough shape to play there. So we’re counting on a freshman who played mostly OL last year in high school, and even though he was the #1 ranked recruit, has never gone against college OL to immediately be in 2-deep rotation and providing those reps, a highly touted and physically talented guy from Tennessee who hasn’t put it all together in college in 2 years, and a proven guy who was probably the best pass rusher in the SEC last year to be our top 3 DEs.

But, God forbid, Prince gets hurt. Or Brown needs a year to adjust. Then, what I would have said was a big position of strength before Reliford got hurt, is all of a sudden a weakness. I like Carpenter and Cobbins as completely complementary pieces, 3rd team guys who can come in for specific plays or a couple of drives a game to spell the starters. If we get into a position where we’re counting on them to give us 1st/2nd team reps, that’s not ideal.

We’re gonna need some good injury luck along the DL and at CB to be who we think we could wind up being towards the end of the season. But so does just about every team at various positions.

We took a lot of his best players