You think receivers are dropping passes hitting them right in the hands because they don't have confidence in JJs leadership ability?? First, I think that's an absurd statement. Second, if it is true (a big if), then how exactly is that JJs fault?? The receivers are just as much to blame as Jefferson, IMO. From what I've heard, JL continues to make bad decisions in practice, too. It's obvious to me that Les has decided to go with the guy that makes the fewest mistakes, even if he is limited. Lee might be better throwing the ball, but he's gonna kill you with mistakes. Try and win with defense and running the ball. As good as our defense is, I don't think you can win consistently against the SEC upper echelon with that kind of strategy, but at least they won't lose to the Vandy's and the Miss St's of the world. Recruiting a QB last year that could go to baseball was not a smart move.
Dropped passes are going to happen. The problem is, that right now, when any adversity hits, JJ can't shake it off and overcome it. He has a huge confidence problem. He proved last year he can play better, but how long do you give him to play his way out of the funk before you give Lee, who has by all acounts improved his game, a chance.
I've wondered if the WRs are dropping the balls because they're surprised that it's actually hitting them in the hands. Sounds kinda silly, but it's possible. I also wonder if their lack of faith in JJ is causing them to not run the best routs, and thus, not get open. The drops & the poor routes could be compounding JJs problems.
agree on both points. seems like it is realllllly easy for things to get in his head and effect not only his performance, but his attitude.
But like I said, a QB has to shake that off. Just like a reciever has to shake off a drop, and a DB has to shake off getting burned.
Yep, I'm a talented wide receiver with NFL potential but I'm going to risk millions in the draft and drop balls because I have no confidence in JJ's leadership....sounds logical :insane:
Take a deep breath, amigo. There. These receivers are not only being looked at closely by the fans, dissected on TiVo, and posted on You-Tube, they are being scouted by NFL every time they are on the field. They want it to be very obvious that they are not the problem on offense. They have incentive to do everything right and they are doing pretty good. I see them getting open and not getting the ball. They seem to block very well downfield, too. They've had some drops and need to fix that. But mostly, they need to see the ball more . . . quickly, in-stride, and accurate.
He made the safe throw; however, that would have been open if he would have waited for the deep routes to develop. He had the time due to good blocking. I don't have a problem with the safe route; however, receiver needed to be closer to the marker - run an 8 yds pattern rather than a 5.
Okietiger ... I'm still an LSU fan .. as in once an lsu fan always an lsu fan. Contained Chaos hits it on the nail. I don't care if the NFL is looking at them or not, they are still people and their attitude will affect their play. When any player gets a bad attitude because they have no faith, they don't put out the extra effort to run the route better, make the catch, make the block. They begin to expect that the ball will be underthrown, overthrown, thown behind or to far ahead. it becomes a scenario of "what's the use" ..... It kills their buzz man!!!! Throw on top of that, being on a "winning team" garners a tad more attention from the NFL. .. so even with that, having to put up with JJ steadily going down hill is a downer as well for them. I compared the points of 2008 to 2009. Lee put up 388 points, JJ put up 323 for 2009. Lee lost to FL and Bama in 2008 because of inexperience and mental mistakes, and having an inexperienced defense ... JJ lost to FL and Bama because he didn't put any points on the boards. .. I mean .. 3 points is all he could muster against FL on the year Bama wins the NC, Lee put up 21 points agianst FL on the year FL won the NC. Comparing points scored, one is hard pressed to convince me that JJ moves the ball down the field better than Lee. I don't care what his "potential" is. Yeah he is tall, faster, has somewhat better career stats, but .. he lacks the main ingredient .. the ability to lead the offense .. the ability to make the players put out the extra effort for him. The main thing Lee needs is for someone to tell him to put a little zip on those short passes in the flat so defenses have less time to react and make a pick. Other than that, he's as solid as JJ.
