With a great recievers and a stable of great backs not to mention an outstanding offensive line, 20+ points a game is almost a given especially when the game is out of reach or playing a bunch of nobodys. This defense will not win us any games this season and its up to the offense to win games not toss points to the opposing team. 45 pts in turnovers in 8 games is unacceptable particularly when LSU has only faced currently 2 ranked teams. Yeah the redshirt kid is going to do something stupid but come on, at this late in the season, Lee should have shown progress which I have yet to see. Its bad that when you have receivers that are probable NFL draftees and the other team stacks the box and dares you to to throw to them that something is seriously wrong here.
Tell that to JaMarcus... his last year here, he scored 3 against Auburn and 10 against UF with Bowe, Buster and Early.
I don't know if this contributes to my argument in support of Lee but Lee' performance vs Florida was better than Stafford's. Maybe it indicates that Lee will not improve. Lee, in his first start on the road in the Swamp, had about the same completion percentage, threw one less interception, and had two TD passes to 0 for Stafford.
Prepare to be called stupid. Not many people around here want to hear about Lee's accomplishments. No one wants to admit that he's in a huge learning curve. No one wants to take into account that he's a freaking red shirt freshman playing in a league with some excellent defenses. I'd like to get my hands on one or two of the people that booed last night. I'd split their lips so bad that they would only be able to "oo".
I've been really hard on Lee, but I think a lot of the blame should go on Miles/Crowton. When you have a stable of RBs like we do (especially Scott), passing should be a secondary option. Run to set up the pass. Had we kept it more on the ground against UGA, we would have won, but they get too pass happy, forcing Lee into too much pressure, thus resulting in more picks and the deflation of momentum...
If ALL he was doing was throwing INT's (not returned for TD), would people be complaining so much? While I'd say throwing an interception is almost always on the quarterback, pick-sixes are mostly a TEAM malfunction. Last night, for example, the interception happened midfield about 15 yards (to the best of my memory) in front of about seven LSU players. The defender somehow managed to navigate around and through them all untouched. Lee was the only one to really put a hat on him. My point is...the interception was TOTALLY Lee's fault...but the return for TD cannot be put squarely on his shoulders. And that's not the first time that's happened, but yet again he's the only one responsible.
Well, the offense is rarely coached to square up and tackle. Besides, Lee eyeballs the receiver all the way, and on several occasions, the LB reads it all the way and intercepts the ball at full speed heading the other way. The WRs are going one way, and the DBs and/or LBs are going another, while the linemen are just slow. It's tough to blame the TDs on the entire offense for not turning around and running full speed the other way. If there were no INT, there would be no TD.
Prediction.... Lee will have the game of his life next weekend, and LSU will beat the number 1 team in the nation and everyone will be on his nuts.
Last night's pick six is a good example of how you can be wrong. Lee threw up a hail mary as he was being pressured...he didn't have TIME to stare down a receiver, but that one was returned regardless. And YES, offensive players go through tackling drills just for that purpose...not to mention most of them start out on special teams where tackling is a number one priority. But I agree that without the INT, there is no return. But my point still stands. The players are trained in contigencies.
