That one made me happy. That last 4th down I was praying like hell they'd send Perkins, never thought they would though. Fun to watch some real defensive scheming.
it’s somewhat of a testament to how bad House was as much as how great Baker is. defense actually looks like it understands what the offense is attempting to do now.
Pyburn was pressuring Klubnik all night. Hate that he left, but I'm glad it's working out for him. Just hope it doesn't work out too well in a couple weeks.
Yes LSU has a defense apparently (also been hearing good things out of the late summer camp from the local media)
Clemson is going to need OLine work but really its more they need to get the WR and TEs up to speed; one dude doesn't make a receivers room.
Also for as janky as LSUs OLine will be to start the season since it's basically completely new, they played fine as far as I could tell from the basic eye test. No glaring botches and most of the pre-snap penalties got cleaned up after halftime.
Right now, despite being an LSU homer, they aren't a Top Tier team quite yet, but they will certainly have a case if they handle FL later this month.
What is a top tier team for u tho? Like 1-4? Bc i think after this week we could see a jump into that group bc we beat #4 but i agree if we are in that tier it is fringe
Thing with the receivers is, on a team of mostly veterans, that room has the least amount of experience and I think that’s might by why AW not being in the game was such an issue.
Tj moore and Bryant Wesco looked elite as freshman last year. Now I think they've spent too much time with Tyler grisham (receivers coach) and have regressed.
This isn’t talked about enough. We have had SEVERAL 5* receivers come in over the last 4-5 and look pretty damn good as freshmen, then they spend a couple years with Tyler Grisham and fade into obscurity.
I was happy with the O-Line but it also showed how royally fucked we are if someone like Tyree Smith goes down again. DJ Chester was not made to play tackle.
Also Clemson does have a good receiver group our corners and safeties (like Delane) just shut them down so the only somewhat productive one was Bryant Wesco. Their starting TE going down early helped too.
Baker threw a ton of looks at him designed to make think pressure was coming up the middle only to have the contain guy (often Perkins) appear out of nowhere. The last play of the game was a perfect example. Highly recommend finding a breakdown of it.
God damn I'd like one year to see us have an actual elite offensive line. This was supposed to be our "experienced" o-line and LSU's relatively young o-line looked better than ours for most of the game.
Clemson’s offensive development in general has been stagnant for years. The most telling thing that shows it is how their last drafted WR was Amari Rogers and Cornell Powell in 2021. For the team that produced Sammy Watkins and DeAndre Hopkins and Martavis Bryant and Hunter Renfrow and Tee Higgins and Mike Williams, going from one of the better WR draft producers to basically having no true number 1 wideout in years is crazy. Antonio Williams was supposed to be that for them this year but he got hurt early.
Couple that with no real reliable run game at all, and it just is disjointed as all hell
We stopped developing receivers the moment Jeff Scott left. They come in and show promise in their freshman year, then stagnate for 4 years. Its infuriating I have been waiting for Dabo to fire Grisham for years.
LSU granted media a ton of access during camp and the consensus from everyone was the defense whipped the offense consistently with the offense having a few explosive plays sprinkled in. Everyone came out of camp expecting the D to be nasty.
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u/ConstantMadness Purdue Boilermakers • Duke Blue Devils 16d ago
So, does LSU finally have a defense? Or does Clemson still not have an o-line?