re: Who Will Start D-Line 2010???

1st line;
Sam Montgomery DE
Lavar Edwards DE (Our best returning DE)
Mike Brockers DT/Josh Downs DL
Drake Nevis DT/

2nd Line;
Chancey Aghayere DE
Bennie Logan DT (DarkHorse)
Chris Davenport DT
Chase Clement DE

I know Pep started last year and will prob do the same this year....Just dont like watching him play...so I left him off..

Corley and Hicks are gone I think

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DE Edwards
DE Slammin Sam

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next three years, fo sho


I think downs unseats somebody, but they rotate them anyway, I believe Davenport will get some reps as well.


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Don't know how a line with Nevis and Downs at DT would hold up against the run. Both are the quick lighter DT and need a good 300 pounder in there. Don't see how Levingston loses his starting spot if he stays at DE.



I agree but as we have seen just because a guys are called the starters doesn't mean they will be on the field most the time. So its possible that those two are called the starters and are hardly on the field at the same time

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I agree with all this....and I wanted add on to that DT postion, that other guy is right, we need TWO larger DT's to fill space...remmeber when Dorsey and those guys were here, they didnt move...they held there ground...i love downs, but I remember quite few times he was blown off the line, they gotta learn to fall or hold their ground...

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I think this is right, but I think Aghyere gets the nod over S. Montgomery who will come in more on passing downs

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Pretty likely, Chancey does have seniority and experience over Sam which has proven to mean something over the last few years.

Having Edwards and Sam coming off the ends on 3rd and long and Mingo as a rush LB would be fun to watch.

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seniority

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Montgomery did his red shirt, its all about talent now, Les knows to play the most talented, he will be on the hot seat this year and he knows it.

Levingston
Nevis
Edwards
Agahyere

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Although it might not happen this year, you could add J.C. Copeland in there as well. He's quick

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I wouldnt mind seeing him this year, but I like it when the freshman who are lineman redshirt, and I think Miles does too.

Last season LSU played 4 scholardship DTs- woods, charles, downs, nevis. When Downs got hurt Miles played a walk on Dennis Johnson over true freshman Brockers and Davenport until Downs was available again. Thats pretty telling that Miles wanted those guys to redshirt. The reason Downs played is because we were paper thin at DT last season.


This season LSU has Nevis, Downs, Levingston, Brockers, Davenport at DT who are available to play. Thats 5, and not counting Logan who I dont know if hes an END or TACKLE or Dennis Johnson( was he a SR?). Maybe JC is more ready to play than Brockers or Davenport and could see some time, but we are a little deeper than last season.

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I wouldnt mind seeing him this year, but I like it when the freshman who are lineman redshirt, and I think Miles does too.

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I have a theory that if you bring in a frosh and a JUCO at the same position, the coach would really, really, really like for the JUCO to come in and play in order to Redshirt the true frosh.

You could argue that Miles didn't offer Ken Adams unless he thought he could play this year; therefore redshirt a frosh DE.

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Nevis, Levingston, Downs, Brockers, Davenport, Logan. Im not sure any freshman could outshine these guys enough to jump them and get PT this season unless we have a few injuries.

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I would agree, until next year when "the freak arrives" I think he's moving some of those ends to DT (Brockers, Logan, Lev) because we have Soooooo many good DE's...

I think damn near all of those new DL guys in this class redshirt unless Ego is a freak of nature...

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and young.

Edwards SO
Chancey SO
Sam RSFR
Mingo RSFR

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agree, I still think Mingo is a hybrid guy, wont be able to put on the weight for DE...and might be too tall and not fast enough for LB....might be a stand up LB/DE hybrid...

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I dont think Anthony Johnson 2011 class redshirts, hes ready to play now.

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said that earlier...I think he starts opening day 2011...I think he'll beat out everyone....my brother coached against him and said he hadnt seen a guy like that in many years...said Hilliard, Collins, Landry, and Hill were gonna be the next crop of future 1st and 2nd rounders...he's seen them all play