Clemson Football: Lamar Jackson says Tigers not best defense he’s faced

The Clemson football team defeated the Louisville Cardinals 47-21 on Saturday. QB Lamar Jackson still didn’t believe the Tigers were the best he’s faced.

The Clemson football defense was a huge part of a 47-21 domination of Louisville on Saturday.

It was clear that the Tigers were in control from basically start-to-finish.

Louisville finished with 400+ yards of total offense, but the majority of that came in garbage time when the Tigers were playing second and third stringers.

The Cardinals were held to just seven points in the first three quarters.

Despite all of that, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson still doesn’t seem all that impressed with Clemson football’s defense.

So, even after the beatdown, the 2016 Heisman winner believes the reason Louisville lost was because they “didn’t play their game.”

The reason Louisville lost the game had nothing to do with them “not playing their game.” It had to do with a gap in talent level.

The Cardinals just were not good enough.

As a matter of fact, 191 of his 371 yards came in the fourth quarter.

Now, that may be impressive if the game was close, but when Clemson football is up 33-7, that’s not necessarily the same thing.

Thoughts:

I respect Lamar Jackson as a player. I recognize that he has great talent. He has an accurate and powerful arm. His elusive ability is unquestioned.

But he just hasn’t learned how to lose. Instead of just giving credit where credit is due, he has to make excuses. After every single hit he took, he had to get up and complain to a referee. After a while, it’s just get tiring.

I know he’s a great player and I wish him nothing but the best going forward, but this quotes sounds to me as a guy that will never have to face the Clemson football defense again.

Because as much as he wants to say that Louisville just “didn’t play their game,” anyone that watched the game knows better.

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