David Greene vs Chris Leak

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  1. Sourdoughman

    Sourdoughman TigerFan of LSU and the Tigerman

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    Which one is better and If Florida picks up the blitz like Georgia should we abandon it and play more of a bend but don't break defense.
    Will Chris Leak be able to burn us on the blitz?

    This defense isn't last years and we don't get the pressure we did then.
    Georgia was able to pick up the blitz most of the time and we died by it.
    It also helped to make our all world corners vulnerable and come back down
    to earth.

    Corey Websters draft stock might have plummeted with the loss today?
    What do you guys think?
     
  2. Thorny

    Thorny Founding Member

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    Leak took advantage of his offensive coordinator (our beloved Eddie Zaunbrecher, for you Tom Hodson fans) turning to plays that found the open man on the blitz--Short drops, quick outs and slipping RBs into routes. Very similar to the LSU gameplan against Joe Lee Dunn's defense in the '87 Gator Bowl. We sacked Leak something like 7 times last year. Zaunbrecher was willing to give up the sacks because he knew the open plays would be there. Leak's passes weren't particularly accurate, but they were effective by giving wide open recievers time to run under them. Ole Miss, UGA and OK learned how to take advantage as well, but they couldn't do it enough.

    Greene on the other hand had the advantage of being able to relax in the pocket. He's too good to let do that (are you listening, Auburn?) and he was able to put the ball in places where the DB couldn't stop it. UGA's O line played light's out--not sure we'll see that at UF. I am also not sure Leak can throw the passes Greene was throwing today.

    Containment will be the order of the day next week. I think you will see much more of a gameplan like the Sugar Bowl, where we repeatedly faked the blitz and dropped into a deceptive coverage. Then the question becomes, do we have the line to stop the UF running game, which looked pretty good against the Hogs today.

    I think we have a pretty good chance as long as Nick Saban is on our sideline and Ron Zook is on theirs.

    GEAUX TIGERS
     
  3. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Definitely thought the same thing about Webster...but not only this game, all year long. He is no longer worthy of a #1 draft choice. He should have bolted to the NFL had he known he was gonna get burned like he has this year.

    Looking at early 3rd round pick right now, unless he makes a comeback to his old self.
     

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