LSU Tigers vs TCU Horn frogs

LSU Tigers

#6 Craig Loston: 6’2 209

Senior, Position- Safety

Grade: 79 Early 3^rd round grade

Strength:

+  Comes down hill hard and fast. Gets into the backfield and stops the run.

+  Takes on blocks at the point of attack instead of waiting for the block.

+  Always takes good angels on tackles, putting himself in good position.

+  Can make plays in the open field after an interceptions.

 

Needs Improvement:

–          Weak in man to man coverage and gets beaten down the field.

–          Way too high. Must bend his knees and keep his butt down throughout the play.

–          Dives at the feet instead of going through a ball carrier for the tackle.

#90 Anthony Johnson: 6’3 294

Junior, Position- Defensive Tackle

Grade: 66 Middle 4^th round grade

Strength:

+  Can get skinny and shoot in between the blockers.

+  Takes on the double team really and does not get pushed back into the 2^nd level.

+  His 4 point stance, is so low and explodes off the ball.

 

Needs Improvement:

–          Needs to use leverage better to be more successful.

–          Will stop his feet and can’t create much push.

#56 Trai Turner: 6’3 316

Sophomore, Position- Guard

Grade: 77 Late 3^rd round grade

Strength:

+  Works well on a double team and gets to the 2^nd level.

+  Knows how to finish off a block and gets them on the ground.

+  Will take a defender momentum out of the play.

+  Always keeps his legs chopping. Never flat footed.

+  Good understanding of blitz pick up and what his assignment is.

 

Needs Improvement:

–          His stance is a concern. Elbow is resting on his knees and is way too high.

–          Struggles to block at squaring up his block against the linebacker.

–          Must sustain his block better.

–          Can’t create much push on his own. If you are not the low man then you can’t win.

 TCU Horn frogs

#2 Jason Varrett: 5’10 176

Senior, Position- Cornerback

Grade: 95 Top 10 pick

Strength:

+  Great trail technique. Stays with his man through the route.

+  Tackles really well and doesn’t miss a lot of tackles for a corner.

+  Hides his blitz assignment from the quarterback well.

+  Plays all over the field in the secondary. Left corner, right corner and slot.

 

Needs Improvement:

–          Must maintain outside leverage against the run.

–          Has to come down hill harder when he is playing against the run.

–          Not the best hands and will drop some interceptions.

Barkevious Mingo #6 pick for the Cleveland Browns

 

Barkevious Mingo

Position: Defensive End/ Outside Linebacker

Height: 6’5 Weight: 240 Arms: 33 Hands: 9 5/8 40 time: 4.58

Well it is just fitting that “Bark” evious Mingo goes the the Browns. Woof woof!  Louisiana State University has some produce amazing defensive lineman in their days, Ronnie Estay (1971), Anthony McFarland (1998), Chad Lavalais (2003), Marcus Spears (2004) and Glenn Dorsey (2007). So no pressure on Mingo.

Barkevious Mingo was highly recruited, he was 4 star prospect. He was redshirted his freshman year but came out of the gate swing after that. In his sophomore and junior year, he was named Second team All-SEC in 2011 and 2012.

Strength:

+ Can play sideline to sideline.

+ Can dip his shoulders and get under the lineman.

Needs Improvement:

– If he gets stop on his speed rush then he is no factor in the play.

– Called offsides way too many times. Not looking at the ball, just hearing the snap count or guessing on silent count.

– Plays too high to make any tackles.

– Always in pass rushing mode but will not play the run.

– Can not take on blocks. He gets swallowed up by the offensive line.

Summary:

I am not a fan of Mingo. One: he seems to give up on plays. He has all the athletic skills but he doesn’t take advantage of it. Two: With a great defense around him, he doesn’t produce at all. Had 8 sacks in 2011 and then in 2012 only 4.5 sacks! What is amazing, he was mostly in pass rush mode even if he was 1st and 10 or 3rd and 23. so why doesn’t have more sacks? I feel like the Cleveland Browns made a mistake but hopefully it won’t hurt them.