What personnel do you think we will use when LSU goes 4 wide?

Finley or Smith will be on the field in 4 Wide sets... w/ Bandy inside at Nickel w/ Jackson and Dean on the outside.
 
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derrick smith will be out there with dean, bandy, and mike jackson, just like he was at the end of last year
 
Players who can cover and tackle better than what we saw against UVA and others at years' end.
 
I'll break it down.

Against 21/12 personnel and short yardage/run first situations we will favor the traditional 4-3 package. Pass first situations will elect the Striker Package
Against 11 personnel, our NASCAR/Nickel package will be favored, so we can match 3 CB's with 3 WR's and retain a single high safety, with a rover to play with, or 2 safeties high. We want to avoid having 3 LB's in against a 3WR set, which is why we can also elect to play the Striker package against 11-Personnel where the offense has a "Run first" identify or RPO scheme.
Against 4 wide, we would probably end up playing our Nickel package, and have Redwine lined up at Safety still, but more than likely responsible for the 4th WR.

Seems as if the OP is asking if we will elect to a Dime package to combat the 4-wide. This would require running a 3-2-6, or 4-1-6. I don't think our defense would want to run either of those. Outside of a prevent defense, I don't think we will see our squad line up with 6 DBs.

As a counter argument...I would love to see Ed be bold enough to pull a RB and TE off QB protection duties pre-snap. I'm 90% sure Barrow would see 6 rushers and be forced to make a quick decision everytime.

Edit: To answer the question that I think you had, If we some how end up with 6 DBs on the field (which I doubt), I think they would retain Shaq (cuz you need your ILB) and put in Blades as a Dime CB and Bandy as the Nickel. Obviously Dean/Jackson on the outside with Redwine/Jaq in the back.
 
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Bump out the Sam/Striker over the Weak 2 receiver (more thump) and have the Nickelback (3rd CB) and with a Safety play single high, still allows you to play Cover 3 with 2 guys running flats. One LB can play man on the Tail another LB plays Man on the QB, and you out number them in the box.

If you watch Canadian football, this is the most primitive defense that we play up north and the Single High Safety has more field to take care of, I'm sure JaQuan will be fine.

Go Redblacks
 
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