re: Why are we so upset with the defense?

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Which some of that softness falls on moffitt

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Why are we so upset with the defense?

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Because we're idiots.

I don't get it.

We're 4-0 with an offense the likes of which we've never seen. People need to quit stressing and just enjoy the ride. These moments are rare.

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We're 4-0 with an offense the likes of which we've never seen. People need to quit stressing and just enjoy the ride

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This implies people are not capable of enjoying this 4-0 start while still being observant of our perceived (valid or not is arguable) flaws.

I don’t think it’s fixable talent issues back ups aren’t as good.

We can't solely rely up the offense to score whenever we need one. Just like in the past we couldn't rely upon the defense to hang on to the game for us. We need both to perform at a high level when we face the tough competition.

With the likes of Bama, AU, and UF run games, the DL and LB run defense is worrisome. The up the middle run attacks really get LSU and it was that way last season as well. The tackling does need to get better and not having DW is really apparent.

With that said, when they needed a stop or make a 4th down or goal line stand, they have been great.

One thing I noticed with Vandy, the 1st possession they ran off tackle for big gains and then they stopped running up the middle. They tried getting around the corner and that is something LSU is excellent at. They pursuit on wide plays is excellent. Not sure why Vandy stopped attacking up the middle. Was it an LSU adjustment that made Vandy think it wouldn't be successful but for some reason they stopped attacking up the middle.

Anywho...the DL and LB's need to improve in the run defense and getting QB pressure. The secondary....I'm not worried about them at all and Stingley is unreal.

I agree. They will have a chance to to much better

Our defense may require too much thinking, a situation we've experienced in the past. We recruit football players not rocket scientists.

Our tackling problems are frustrating, especially when we appear to arrive off balance and out of control.

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The score could have been 66-0 and people on here would still find something to complain about.

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But it wasn't, it was 66-38.

Yes, 14 pts given up by the offense (which is a bit worrisome, considering we face better D's down the road), but that still means 24 pts allowed to a team that got 6 against UGA.

The defense seems to be able to make individual plays, and it seems to provide stops to allow the offense to separate. But once the score is comfortable, the defense seems to get bored and check out. Hopefully some of that is playing for strips and INTs instead of the sure tackle (something that can be adjusted in tighter games), but too many times out of place, and too many missed tackles.

People keep saying "it's alright", but we saw that come back and bite Alabama in the arse. They couldn't blow Clemson out, and then the sloppy tackling made for an ugly final score. I don't want to see that happen to this LSU team.

Part of the problem I think is the mentality of the defense. They sed to be the rock we had to lean on to win games.They used to have to carry the game until the offense got going. Now they have an offense that can put up 40,50, 60 points in a game. That attack mentality seems to have subsided a little which leads to a comfort zone which leads to mental mistakes. My biggest problem is tackling especially open field. It's as if they were never taught to break down which is what you have to do in the open field. I am by no means the sky is falling kind of guy. That can be fixed but that us against the world defensive mentality we used to have needs to get lit again in my opinion. We'll see how they play when the games are closer which they will be when we play the likes of auburn, alabama, florida.