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http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_6e340a7a-8213-11e7-8921-4f3220418d16.html
"It’s a growing trend in college football: less of the 300-pound defensive linemen and more of the 245-pound, speedy outside linebackers on the edge. It’s sweeping the defensive side of the ball, just like the dual-threat quarterback and spread swept through offenses."
“Who’s rushing and who’s dropping?” Aranda said. “Whether it’s Arden Key, Ray Thornton, K’Lavon Chaisson, Andre Anthony, (inside linebacker) Jacob Phillips, Tyler Taylor. You’ve got guys who can stand there and you can move them around. This play he’s an outside linebacker, this time he’s a down (on the line) guy, this time he’s rushing, this play he’s an outside guy dropping.”
Even the nose tackle position will see more of a push to rush the passer this season, starting nose tackle Greg Gilmore said. Sometimes, there may not be a nose tackle. During his three seasons at Wisconsin in 2013-15, Aranda sometimes operated with just one or two defensive linemen, utilizing “four, five linebackers in packages,” he said."
"Aranda described LSU’s 2016 defense this spring in this manner: "Here we are. What you going to do about it?"
"That was our personality, the D-linemen we had," he said. "Next year is going to be a different year.”
How different? Quarterback Danny Etling smiles when asked.
“I’m not going to tell you, not going to give that away,” he said. “If BYU is listening, we don’t blitz, never blitz.”
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_6e340a7a-8213-11e7-8921-4f3220418d16.html
"It’s a growing trend in college football: less of the 300-pound defensive linemen and more of the 245-pound, speedy outside linebackers on the edge. It’s sweeping the defensive side of the ball, just like the dual-threat quarterback and spread swept through offenses."
“Who’s rushing and who’s dropping?” Aranda said. “Whether it’s Arden Key, Ray Thornton, K’Lavon Chaisson, Andre Anthony, (inside linebacker) Jacob Phillips, Tyler Taylor. You’ve got guys who can stand there and you can move them around. This play he’s an outside linebacker, this time he’s a down (on the line) guy, this time he’s rushing, this play he’s an outside guy dropping.”
Even the nose tackle position will see more of a push to rush the passer this season, starting nose tackle Greg Gilmore said. Sometimes, there may not be a nose tackle. During his three seasons at Wisconsin in 2013-15, Aranda sometimes operated with just one or two defensive linemen, utilizing “four, five linebackers in packages,” he said."
"Aranda described LSU’s 2016 defense this spring in this manner: "Here we are. What you going to do about it?"
"That was our personality, the D-linemen we had," he said. "Next year is going to be a different year.”
How different? Quarterback Danny Etling smiles when asked.
“I’m not going to tell you, not going to give that away,” he said. “If BYU is listening, we don’t blitz, never blitz.”
