The only good I see out of Lee doing great today, other than a win, is to make JJ work harder. Thats it in my book. Nothing against Lee and I respect him for trying so hard last year, but I think JJ is the better QB and has the ability to be one of the best LSU has ever had. Then again, Lee could prove me wrong and that would be ok too. I just think with JJ in the game, LSU has more options on O.
If we had a defense worth a darn last year, we'd have hit 9-10 wins easily. My big issue with Jefferson is that he doesn't seem like he wants the ball, but hopefully that was addressed the week he dodged the media. Lee is willing to take this team on his shoulders.. and take the responsibility for it too. That's usually a good indicator of work ethic.. and with natural ability like that.. that's a package man. As long as he can stay composed in the pocket, he's the better option.. but that remains to be seen. FWIW I think with Lee leading the team this year, we may only have 1 loss. But then again, we may have 3. Who knows..
Now you're getting into crazy territory. Our D played great against the #1 team last year (Bama), we lost because J. Lee had four picks (one pick 6 and one in OT). Our D sucked last year, but our offense wasn't that good either. Luckily, Charles Scott had a monster overall year. Look, we were losing by 3 when Lee came into the game early in the 2nd half last week. We lost by 9. I know it was a tough situation, but he didn't make it better for us. We couldn't stop Ingram on D, but we the passing game took a dip.
Heh. I'd take an offense that averages 31pts per game any day. Wish we had that this year, I'll tell ya that much. People forget that Lee did a heck of a lot of positives last year. They were just overshadowed by all of the negatives. His real problems are mental, whereas Jefferson's are physical. And frankly, I don't know which one is more coachable. But, when Jefferson is given free reign and allowed to do his thing, I think he gives the offense more dimensions. Fortunately for him, things like mechanics and arm strength aren't nearly as critical in the college game.
I'm not saying we were a bad offense, but we were very inconsistent. We were good at times and terrible at other times. A few times we were getting a lot of yards playing catch-up while defenses were in conservative mode protecting their lead. I'll take the wins we have this year over the five points more that we averaged last year. I didn't see that many positives out of Lee last year (although I thought he did great against Auburn considering all that happened). I know it wasn't all his fault either because he wasn't supposed to be our starter. I do think he is good with hitting receivers in stride when he is on (but he needs to be on more). And to me, that's not really strictly a mental issue. He has an issue with physically throwing his passes like a maniac at times. The football goes far beyond where it's supposed to be. It's something he needs to practice on. Hopefully, he'll be on tonight.
Well, there you go. I was wrong. Lee did not throw a pick 6. He did complete less than 1/3 of his passes, though. Against a WAC team. A mediocre WAC team, too, not a great WAC team. Maybe Jarrett could be a good FCS QB.
Well, he certainly knows how to throw the ball away. And I know he came close, but at least he didn't have any picks or pick 6s. But I've heard a good number of people talk about his "arm" or "good arm" when talking about Lee and the real possibility of better accurate downfield passing with him in and I've been wondering if people have watched the same games I've watched. My college roommate/old friend could throw the ball about as far as anyone I've known. He had a strong arm. But it was useless on a football field because he threw every ball like a maniac. It's all he could do. He was just strong. Whenever I played against him in football I'd get like 2 or 3 picks as a corner or safety. Seriously. I loved when they tried him out at QB. I think of Lee this way. Yeah, he might have a strong arm as far as being able to throw the ball far from spot X on the field. But he's totally inaccurate much of the time. He doesn't adjust his throws. So his arm really means absolutely nothing. I feel sorry for him and I never really give up on anyone, but that's something he desperately needs to work on if he ever is to really see the field again. Jefferson is way more accurate. He waits too long and doesn't hit his receivers in stride as good as he could, but he almost always puts it in a place where they have a fair chance at making a catch.
