Not really. Nevertheless, I’d be willing to give him a chance to quiet all the people calling for him to start based on a silly spring game performance where the speed and intensity isn’t close to replicating the speed and intensity of an actual game, where the defenses are vanilla, where blitzing is not allowed, and where he doesn’t have to worry about being sacked. Not only that, but he stunk it up big time in 2008 in his 8 starts and he stunk it up again big time in relief of JJ in 2009.
He won’t throw TDs, as last year at Bama and La Tech he proved that he is far less accurate than JJ in real games. In practice drills and before the games when he has time to set his feet, he looks like he throws a pretty pass especially with that quick release, but when he is being rushed as in a game and when he doesn’t have time to set his incredibly slow feet, his accuracy and pretty throwing motion both go out the window, and that’s when the interceptions, pick sixes, and incompletions start mounting up.
Not to mention that JJ doesn’t read defenses too well. Hence, with Crowton’s ineffective option route offense, he throws passes to where he thinks the receivers will be, but the receivers make different reads and end up somewhere else, with the result being incompletions or worse interceptions. While JJ, on the other hand, buys time with his feet to wait until the receivers make their cuts, then makes his throws, which is why he doesn’t throw as many interceptions.
The main problem with JL is he is so slow that when he is rushed he doesn’t have time to set his feet, with the result being a very inaccurate pass. Last night if he had faced the same kind of pressure WVU put on JJ in the second half, JL would have been sacked at least 3 or 4 times if not more and probably would have thrown 4 or 5 interceptions. Not to mention also that when he is inserted in the game, the opposing defenses can cheat because they don’t have to respect that he will run the ball at all. At least with JJ in the game, the defense has to remain disciplined because JJ is always a threat to run, as he is a mobile QB.
Well, I don’t know if you have been paying attention lately, but our offensive line in 2009 was far worse than in 2008 and this year’s 2010 version also sucks albeit not as bad as the 2009 offensive line. However, our defense is a lot better than it was in 2008 and 2009.
Nevertheless, as dysfunctional as this offense is, I’d still like to see JL play if for anything to watch him self-destruct again and quiet all the JL homers, because it is very annoying having to constantly listen to you guys harping for JL to start all the time. I mean it should be obvious that if JL were the better QB he would be starting already.
In any event, the problem is not the QBs. The problem is the offensive coaches both Crowton and Studrawa. At the last two schools Crowton coached at, he specialized in making their offensive stars look horrible, and he has certainly accomplished the same damn thing at LSU. Also, under Studrawa our offensive lines have steadily been atrocious.
By the way, I don’t know if you have noticed, but Miles is also pretty incompetent in his own right. I’d like to get rid of him as well, but I don’t think we can. Hence, lets focus and concentrate on making him get rid of Crowton and Studrawa.
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