BATON ROUGE — Senior defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory lets his fellow defensive linemen know it’s OK to lose a rep in practice.

Obviously, every guy in LSU football’s defensive line group wants to win each one, but with an influx of some newcomers, Guillory wants to ease his teammates’ minds when they get beat in practice. It’s not an anomaly.

There’s good reason for it.

“Think about it like this, you’re going as hard as you can against the best offensive line in the country, Saturday nights are going to be that much easier,” Guillory said. “Keeping a level head and just keep going. If you get knocked down, pop that up and run to the ball.

“You’re not going to see anything better on a Saturday than what you see during the week.”

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Per multiple national outlets, LSU just may have the best offensive line in college football. Stars Will Campbell at left tackle and Emery Jones Jr. at right tackle are ranked among the best NFL prospects at their respective positions this season. Miles Frazier and Garrett Dellinger at right and left guard, respectively are strong interior linemen and helped the group be as dominant as it was last season.

Combined, there are 99 starts between the four standout linemen and freshman D.J. Chester at center has more than held his own so far in the middle.

“I enjoy the challenge,” senior defensive end Sai’vion Jones said Friday after practice. “It’s exciting to know that if you can challenge them, going into the season, it shouldn’t be that hard.

“For me, that’s my main motivation right there. Beat them, challenge them like that because once we get into the season, I’ll be able to do my thing.”

Sai’vion Jones got the best of Emery Jones on a rep and after practice, the two discussed the play in detail with the offensive lineman asking the defensive lineman why he used a particular hand move on him.

The defensive lineman told his teammates he timed the snap well and he was ahead on the rep.

Sai’vion said these conversations happen frequently after practices and it’s all part of both guys helping each other understand approaches and moves to improve.

“Being able to come back after practice and talk about what moves we did and why he did this just helps us get better,” Sai’vion Jones said.

“It’s the best right tackle and left tackle in the country. They don’t get better than that.”

There’s some truth to the younger, more raw defensive line gaining far more than Campbell, Emery Jones and the rest of LSU’s vaunted offensive line. The reps during the week have been the best teacher for the LSU’s D-line.

And it’s why Guillory said it’s OK for them to lose reps.

“It motivates us,” Sai'vion Jones said. “Because we know that if we can beat them or at least challenge them then most offensive tackles we’re going to go against are going to be, I won’t say a cakewalk, but definitely it ain’t going to be nothing new we haven’t gone against.”

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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz atbdiaz@gannett.com.

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