Originally Posted by
ShotgunDawg
A few things:
1. Leach has never had a Costello type QB. Minshew and Harold were close but not quite as physically talented. Costello has the accuracy to throw guys open and that's rare.
2. Leach said in the post game that LSU kept playing their DBs tight, so he gladly just kept throwing over the top of them. Leach's offense takes what the defense gives them and LSU was giving us deep balls. Their entire game plan was based on compete disrespect for our WRs and arrogance of their own talent.
Now, what does that mean?
Teams aren't going to make that mistake again I don't think. Against Leach, you have to rush 3 and drop 8 into Zone. Of course the problem with that is: with Costello and Hill, by only rushing 3 your opening up running lanes and giving Costello and his accuracy all day to throw. Also, how often do SEC team run defenses where they rush 3 and drop 8 into a zone? So while it may be the correct defense, they've now got perfect something in a week that they never run.
Leach has better OL, RB, and QB talent than he's ever had and that creates real issues in deciding how to defend us.