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re: How good is your DB unit heading into 2015?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:33 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:33 am to BowlJackson
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best safety in the league in Trau Matthews
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:35 am to CBandits82
Floor of streaky and ceiling of legendary.
Return both starters at corner who should only improve. Cyrus Jones played great last year and will be one of the most experienced corners in the conference. Eddie Jackson will be in his third year and should be more confident in his knee.
Tony Brown and Marlon Hunphrey, 2 five stars in their second year
Kendall Sheffield and Minkah Fitzpatrick, 2 five star freshmen
At safety we're looking at Geno Smith and Hootie Jones most likely. Geno will be in his second year at safety after playing year one at corner, so the coverage skills are there. Hootie is an unknown at this point.
Have 2 freshmen early enrollees. 5 star Deionte Thompson and 4 star Ronnie Harrison, who has the most potential in the country at safety in this class outside of Derwin James imo. At worst the secondary will be the same level as last year, but I expect an upgrade in pass defense.
Return both starters at corner who should only improve. Cyrus Jones played great last year and will be one of the most experienced corners in the conference. Eddie Jackson will be in his third year and should be more confident in his knee.
Tony Brown and Marlon Hunphrey, 2 five stars in their second year
Kendall Sheffield and Minkah Fitzpatrick, 2 five star freshmen
At safety we're looking at Geno Smith and Hootie Jones most likely. Geno will be in his second year at safety after playing year one at corner, so the coverage skills are there. Hootie is an unknown at this point.
Have 2 freshmen early enrollees. 5 star Deionte Thompson and 4 star Ronnie Harrison, who has the most potential in the country at safety in this class outside of Derwin James imo. At worst the secondary will be the same level as last year, but I expect an upgrade in pass defense.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:40 am to CBandits82
OM is stacked as usual
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:40 am to CBandits82
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:40 am to SwampyLSU
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By the end of next season jamal Adams will be the best safety in college football
Correct. As soon as Conner declares.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:41 am to CBandits82
Ours is very good.....
Henre Tolliver & Jared Collins one of the better CB duos in the SEC. Arkansas is losing a solid safety in Alan Turner, but honestly his replacement (DeAndre Coley, Santos Ramirez, Josh Liddell) should be better.
Henre Tolliver & Jared Collins one of the better CB duos in the SEC. Arkansas is losing a solid safety in Alan Turner, but honestly his replacement (DeAndre Coley, Santos Ramirez, Josh Liddell) should be better.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:43 am to SwampyLSU
Better than anyone else's ;)
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:47 am to SwayzeBalla
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OM is stacked as usual
By "as usual" you mean....what exactly?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:47 am to MMB5DAP
One of the most truthful posts I've ever seen on tRant.
Congratulations to you sir.
Congratulations to you sir.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:50 am to DBU
They'll be better than last year purely from a depth perspective. They were anywhere from average to good last year depending on the game and almost everyone returns in addition to a really stout DB class.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 11:52 am to CBandits82
Per usual, we lost a couple to the NFL and will be just as good if not better. 
Posted on 2/26/15 at 12:07 pm to MMB5DAP
that's awesome. Ours will be incredible as usual. We have talent and depth. Rickey Jefferson would start for most SEC teams but we struggle to put him on the feild. To think that our DBs were some of the best in college football last year, and we had zero pass rush is incredible. We return everybody but Jalen Collins and Ronald Martin who might have been our 2 worst contributing DBs last year. And unfortunately Rashard Robinson
. We return 3 of the best DBs in the league in White, Adams, and Mills.There are dedefinitely some questions though, mainly with a new DC. Can we get more pressure on the QB? Will Dwayne Thomas be back to normal after his injury last year? Will Ed Paris or Kevin Toliver be able to step up and carry the DBU tradition at the corner spot opposite White?
Our floor is pretty high, but if the answer is that DT is healthy, we get a pass rush, and Toliver/Paris are very good.... Holy shite I will feel bad for opposing QBs. Especially since all our LBs will have the speed to cover too
Posted on 2/26/15 at 12:17 pm to DBU
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One of the most truthful posts I've ever seen on tRant.
Congratulations to you sir.
Call it like I see it. I am hopeful that our DL can help mask the issues in the secondary. I think we are going to have a good mix of talent/experience/depth on our DL this year. Hard to make a case when this is our 4th year starting CB:
Posted on 2/26/15 at 12:20 pm to MMB5DAP
He's not worthy of that #
Posted on 2/26/15 at 12:41 pm to FightinTiga
On a scale of 1-10 I'll give LSU a 28.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 12:45 pm to CBandits82
Corners look GREAT...New players at S. Guess we'll see if Talent > Experience.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 2:14 pm to tylerdurden24
quote:We have DC Jeremy Pruitt as our secret weapon. He coaches the secondary, he came in & ran off 3 starters from the '13 team, Shaq Wiggins, Tray Matthews & Josh Harvey-Clemons. How did that work out you ask??
They were anywhere from average to good last year depending on the game and almost everyone returns in addition to a really stout DB class.
UGA's pass defense went from 59th nationally giving up 228yds/game, 18td's & only 7int. in '13 to 5th in the nation in '14 giving up 170yds/game, 13tds & 16 int.'s....
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 2:38 pm to CBandits82
Water covers 71 percent of the earth's surface. LSU's secondary covers the rest.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 2:45 pm to wadewilson
LSU
Bama
Everyone else
Bama
Everyone else
Posted on 2/26/15 at 2:51 pm to CBandits82
I think much like last Season Bama's DBs will be an unknown quantity.
Of course we can hope that the ones that played last Season will improve and hopefully new comers will contribute but who knows.
Of course we can hope that the ones that played last Season will improve and hopefully new comers will contribute but who knows.
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