Not sure where the Tigers are headed atm. Before the season I said the OL was the biggest concern, because of lack of experience and depth. A quarter into the La. Tech game LSU was down 4 starters from the season's projected starting lineup. Two of them should be back sometime, maybe by Florida, but at least by UGA, I hope. One's not coming back this season, if ever. The fourth guy, there's no word yet, but his injury against La Tech did not look good. I fear he's done for the year. So the unit that could least afford it is having its depth tested the most.
Ole Miss is a bad, bad defense, and I think we win, but I don't trust LSU to operate on anything but fits and starts with occasional explosiveness right now.
This secondary isn't what I thought it'd be so far either. Not bad at all, in fact good by most teams' standards. But outside of Delpit at safety and Greedy at CB, the other guys are beatable. For anyone who follows the S&P+ adv. stats, according to that my eyes may not deceive me, they indicate this isn't not the pass D we're used to seeing, at least on standard downs. Still very good on passing downs, according to that. If the Tigers can get you behind the chains they can still expect to get off the field. I think Ole Miss is about to put up some points on LSU, we might see if the offense can get in a shootout with a bad defense. This would be a prime game for some vintage Les Miles pound'n'pound-some-more, lean on them and play keep away.
