New defensive strategy: Let Patrick Johnson cover the opposing team's best receiver one on one and blitz a lot.
easy slugger. I know you been on PJ's fan club since day one and I respect that, but he is not at Chevis Jackson's level. Not yet, anyway. He will be by the middle of year 2, but not now
Actually the recent trend has been to get faster kids who still have the size. Big men moving fast has been the key to LSU's success in this decade.
If I was coaching at LSU I would have a crazy 3-4 package with a lot of blitzing. My line up would look like this. DE: RJF Nose: Al Woods DE: Tyson Jackson Outside LB's: Chand Jones and Curtis Taylor on passing downs Perry Riley and Kelvin Sheppard on every other down Inside LB's: Beckwith, Cutera Corners: Patrick Johnson, Phelon Jones Safeties: Taylor. rotating in Taylor and Jones I think that Jones plays around the ball on certain downs b/c damn he needs t o.
i'm partial to the 4-2-5 especially given LSU's personnel. love to have taylor, chad jones, and coleman on the field at the same time. jones is so athletic he could be like a nickel back. i'm not as partial to the 3-3-5 which pelini seemed to like. D-Line U needs at least 4 guys up there. recruit some big defensive backs who like to hit(harry coleman is perfect) to be that tweener guy in a 4-2-5.
Mobile QB's always present a problem. He's another weapon on the field. It's hard to criticize the coaching after a NC. But as regular "Monday Morning QB's" on this site, we crtitique our team regularly. We did give up some yards on defense last year. McFadden was talented but I thought there was no reason to give up the amount of yards we did when he was in the wild hog. Adjustments should have been made on defense to stop him. Against mobile QB's, our DE's would loop outside to get a strong pass rush and the QB would run inside of him. LB's would be in pass coverage so a running QB would be able to gain 5-10 yards. That's why UF presents a difficult challenge on the road in the swamp. Tebow is mobile and smart. It should be an interesting year. Of course the same thing was said before last season.:LSU231:
I wasn't trying to criticize last year's team...that defense was the second or third best in LSU history. But even mighty Achilles had a heel, and a mobile QB was LSU's last year. I like the 4-2-5 or nickel ideas, but only if it involves a safety blitz. QB scampers are generally short ranged and I'd rather have seven than six up front for that situation. I think I would blitz, but I wouldn't send the house until our corners get some game time. As Nutriaitch said, PJ is an exceptional find but he's still inexperienced. It may be the case that he can come in and lock down a corner, but it's unlikely at this point in his career and asking him to do so before he is ready might cripple him. I hope Eugene has learned a lot since Kentucky. Corners are the only real worry I have going into this season, but that's a little OT.
I was at the spring game. We do have to be concerned at corner. Johnson will get his shot. Eugene has to improve from the spring to start. But hey we have time to get them acclimated. The first 3 games will get us ready and give us some experience for the SEC wars.
I do recall many a crashing end and linebacker having to stop dead in their tracks and reverse field when the mobile QB or RB faked the dive and went outside. Used to drive me crazy watching the defense. Pellini also had a bend but not break philosophy that made me gnaw my fingernails many a time. He really counted on his front line for all the QB pressure only blitzing at expected times. QBs had a lot of time back there. But when the other team got deep into our territory, the dee would stiffen. Why couldn't we stiffen on the opponents 20 yard line instead? Although it is really hard to argue with his results. :lol: I will be interested to see if the 2 co coordinators continue this philosophy.
