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- Pick/market: Great questions from our @BengalTigerOn3 community.

- Pick/market: 10 LSU enters "must-win" territory in Week 4 with Lane Kiffin and the Tigers looking to avoid an 0-2 start in SEC play.

- Pick/market: Lane Kiffin and Co.

- Pick/market: This was a very unfortunate play but it’s not a dirty hit Green is 6-7, smaller players are gonna tackle him lower

- In LSU's Ole Miss loss, transfer receivers other than Winston Watkins Jr. combined for seven catches and 38 yards. The writer links their difficulty separating to Sam Leavitt's limited downfield options and frequent escapes from pressure. This is the article's receiving assessment, not an announced change in the starting group. - The LSU transfer review says Ole Miss frequently double-teamed Princewill Umanmielen or chipped him with running backs. He still recorded four tackles and a sack, but the writer also faults his run-edge setting and containment of Chambliss. These are game-specific protection and edge-execution observations, not a new LSU front. - LSU safety Ty Benefield had five tackles and a sack against Ole Miss, plus a quarterback hurry credited with helping force Chambliss' interception. The writer balances that disruption against coverage losses and missed tackles in key moments. The assessment does not establish a changed safety role or future snap allocation.

- LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt finished the 32-24 loss at Ole Miss 16-for-27 for 158 passing yards and two total touchdowns. Dilin Jones carried 23 times for 106 yards and a touchdown. The rushing workload and passing totals describe LSU's game production; the recap does not announce a new quarterback or running-back hierarchy. - LSU's Trey'Dez Green had four catches for 60 yards, while Winston Watkins Jr. caught three passes for 54 yards and a touchdown. The writer highlighted Leavitt's scoring connection with Watkins during LSU's second-half comeback. Those are receiving contributions, not an injury update or a new permanent receiving order.

- LB/DB: Certainly concerns in pass protection, but with Trey’Dez out for the next few weeks, Leavitt needs a safety net.

- LSU cornerback Ja'Keem Jackson is upgraded from doubtful on Wednesday to questionable on Thursday's availability report for the 2026 Texas A&M game. His status has improved, but questionable is not confirmation that he will play; the article gives no snap allocation or new diagnosis. - LSU safety Tamarcus Cooley is removed from Thursday's availability report and described as active ahead of the 2026 Texas A&M game. That is a different status from Jackson's remaining questionable designation. The report supplies no new safety rotation, starting change or guaranteed workload for Cooley.

- Injury: New: Lane Kiffin said shakeup is being explored on the offensive line.

- Injury: LSU TE Trey'Dez Green is out indefinitely (injury), and the search for a next man up isn't a clearcut one.

- Injury: New: LSU will have to replace STAR Dashawn Spears following his season-ending injury vs.

- Injury: LSU starting star position player Dashawn Spears is out for the season with anterior cruciate ligament tear in knee.

- Injury: Here’s Matt’s story on Spears’ season-ending injury + some notes on Trey’Dez!

- Injury: Time to see who steps up at TE beyond an H-Back in Grace.

- Injury: Lane Kiffin says to reporters that LSU WR Phillip Wright has a season ending injury.

- Pick/market: LSU TE Trey’Dez Green likely out after injuring knee.

- Injury: New: 24 hours after LSU's loss in Oxford, we've learned a lot...

- The Sunday report attributes Trey'Dez Green's injury update to his mother: an MRI showed no torn knee ligaments, with sprains and bruising, no surgery needed and games to be missed. This is the family's reported update after LSU's Ole Miss game, not an independently verified medical assessment, a team clearance or a firm return date. - Discussing Green's absence on Sunday, Lane Kiffin said LSU had used receiver Roman Mothershed and highlighted his running and pass-catching ability. That describes an option already used to cover the missing receiving threat; it does not establish a permanent tight-end replacement, a fixed workload or another player's eligibility.

- QB/LB: In an early-season matchup with potential College Football Playoff implications, No.

- Pick/market: 10 LSU will return to Tiger Stadium in Week 4 for a Top-25 showdown against the Texas A&M Aggies with Marcel Reed and Co.

- After LSU stormed back with 17 unanswered points, quarterback Trinidad Chambliss' 14-yard rushing TD and successful two-point conversion gave No. - 8 Ole Miss enough to defeat No. - 7 LSU, 32-24, in Oxford.

- QB/LB: LSU's matchup with Ole Miss was filled with several dramatic storylines.

- For LSU's 2026 Texas A&M week, Zack Nagy identifies William Satterwhite as a potential first-team left-guard replacement for Bo Bordelon, with Devin Harper also competing for reps. The article cites Bordelon's 36.7 overall and 12.6 pass-blocking PFF grades at Ole Miss. Satterwhite's promotion is the reporter's expectation, not a confirmed starting change. - LSU's Week 4 report says Sean Thompkins continues pushing Weston Davis for first-team right-tackle reps before Texas A&M in 2026. Nagy is monitoring how much work Thompkins receives, while treating left guard as the more immediate focus. The report supplies neither a confirmed right-tackle replacement nor a fixed rotation or snap allocation. - LSU's Harlem Berry has six carries for 13 yards and 15 offensive snaps through three 2026 games, while Dilin Jones leads the backfield and Stacy Gage takes backup work. Nagy advocates more Berry touches and swing-pass packages. The limited usage is reported fact; an increased workload or a new receiving package is the writer's preference, not a staff announcement. - After Dashawn Spears left the 2026 Ole Miss game, LSU used Jhase Thomas with Tamarcus Cooley and Ty Benefield in a three-safety look; Thomas played 30 snaps. The report says Spears' ACL injury ends his season and projects more Thomas and likely Faheem Delane. The observed adjustment is distinct from that projected future rotation, which has no fixed snap split.

- In LSU's 2026 Texas A&M-week presser, Lane Kiffin identified pass protection and too many one-on-one breakdowns as the offensive line's main correction. Early interior pressure prevented Sam from stepping up and throwing in rhythm against Ole Miss; Kiffin still wants on-time delivery rather than excessive improvisation, without announcing a quarterback or line change. - Kiffin clarified that Ty Benefield was assigned the inside gap on Trinidad Chambliss' late scoring run against LSU. Another defender came underneath instead of maintaining the outside, leaving the edge open. That corrects the apparent blame on Benefield for the play; it is an assignment explanation, not a new safety role. - With LSU needing tight-end depth, Kiffin praised Zach Grace's improvement, assignment knowledge and blocking, while saying Malachi Thomas had been inconsistent and needed to improve. The comments distinguish their current performance without naming a permanent replacement for Trey'Dez Green or promising either a snap allocation. - Kiffin attributed LSU's red-zone failures against Ole Miss to missed assignments and missed open receivers. On one toss, the tight end failed to block the defensive end; other chances left receivers open in the end zone. He described lost touchdown opportunities, not a newly installed goal-line package or a new fourth-down policy.

- Coaching: New: LSU's staff is exploring some shakeup in the trenches, Lane Kiffin said.

- Coaching: There's some really insightful stuff in here from Lane.

- DL: I don’t think Leavitt is as bad as he looked yesterday It was rough, but I think we’ll see him improve as the season goes on and he grows into the scheme I also...

- Pick/market: New: Each week, I make my predictions for LSU's MVP on offense, defense + special teams.

- OL/LB: Sometimes their grades can be diluted but I can assure you the ones from last week have some merit, particularly on the OL.

- RB: No Running Back By Committee needed at LSU with Dilin Jones.

- QB/LB: Lane Kiffin says Sam Leavitt knows he needs to hang in the pocket more and deliver throws to open receivers.

- OL: Lane Kiffin has been pleased with the run game in terms of the offensive line blocking.

- DB: “Just calm down, do your job, and be yourself, because that’s going to be enough.

- Defense: New: LSU's defense has largely shined across three games.

- DB: When Spears left, it was Cooley who played the $ spot and Benefield stayed at safety.

- Defense: I’m getting sick with no one over slot on field side literally every 2nd and 3rd down.

- Defense: The adjustment is working.

- LB: LSU linebacker TJ Dottery starts game after being questionable throughout week.

- Defense: LSU defense once again flying to the football on first and second down.

- LB: New: LSU will be battling against a Texas A&M team in the same position this weekend.

- LB: We’re about to chat with Will Wade about LSU starting practice.

- LB: Will Wade says the full 15-man roster is signed and they're all going through practice right now.

- Intel: Think the ceiling is still the college football playoff but they have to overcome a lot with Green and Spears now out.

- LB: I’m sure this weeks positional meetings will be intense to say the least

- LB: The usually jovial Whit Weeks was as deflated and frustrated after LSU's loss to Ole Miss on Saturday night.

- Intel: He played 72 snaps so out there pretty much the whole time

- LB: New: The usually jovial Whit Weeks was as deflated and frustrated after LSU's loss to Ole Miss on Saturday night.

- Intel: This is the kind of third down that you're going to go back to after this game....