LSU FOOTBALL 10/19 Brian Kelly Media Availability

[Luke Hubbard]

• Mekhi Wingo and Emery Jones are out, Chris Hilton is in
• The emphasis for this week is to play physical and disciplined, something the defense has needed to improve on since the Ole Miss game.
• Specifies that they need the linebackers to be particularly disciplined. With the option offense that Army runs, the linebackers will play a huge role in the run and short pass game.
• Says he began to see some things from Daniels at the end of last year that led him to believe who could take this next step as a passer. He pointed out the Georgia and Purdue game specifically.
• Says they still need to get better in the red zone on offense. Said they've began to go with red zone earlier in the week, because as the week goes on they take their foot off the gas a little bit in practice, so by moving it up, it allows them to go hard in their red zone drills.
• Said he as a college coach, he gets to determine the roster, the scholarships and other aspects that you can't control as an NFL coach. Says he wouldn't have control in some of the things he thought he needed to be in control of to run a successful program. Also says he loves player development, and you don't get that opportunity in the NFL.
• LSU has won the field position battle the past three weeks. Feels the special teams is doing a very good job, but they're still working to be more dynamic.
• Deuce Chestnut is inactive. He's still on scholarship and is still on the roster, but he's inactive for this game.

 

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