If you notice, I agreed with her that he needs to make those plays. If you're the man, you've got to make "I'm the man" type plays. I simply pointed out that Lafell had quite the problem with dropping EASY passes his first full year of contributing. They kept throwing to him. Tolliver has dropped a pass every game this year. They keep throwing to him. It's a two way street. If he's seeing the field, he needs opportunities to make plays, and he'll get them...eventually. He's had three balls come his way. But we can't be critical of him for not catching a wet, underthrown ball in the USL game when noone else was catching those wet, poorly thrown balls either. I didn't see the one for the State game but I was told it wasn't a great throw. I included it in his thrown to count.
EXACTLY my point and I wouldn't even call them dropped passes. Dropped passes are obvious catches. He hasn't dropped an obvious catch, although there hasn't been but one. Those bombs dont' count as dropped passes unless he has them in hand and drops them...which neither has happened. He has to make SOME plays like that with an effort to make EVERY play like that, but geez. Jefferson hasn't stopped looking Tolliver's way, just like Flynn didn't stop looking Lafell's way. I doubt JJ has or will stop looking Rueben's way. He's getting open, but so are other guys who ARE the primary options. It's the nature of the beast and he understands...
Randle is not a little baby. He kept his head up after that long pass he dropped. If dropping passes bothers his confidence, then the guy shouldn't be playing football in the first place.
I agree with you, but when Lafell was dropping passes, they stopped throwing the ball to him for a few games until the national championship game. Early D came back and he and Byrd got the majority of the looks, along with Dickson. I am just saying that Jefferson being that this is the first year they are together, will trust Randle less than he does Lafell. and Randle is probably the 3rd or 4 read anyway.
Agreed. I'd be more concerned with Rueben's play if as a unit, LSU was throwing the ball 40-50 times and putting up 300-400 yards every week. The opportunities are limited. I ask about him every week because I know he talks to people back home regularly. He's fine mentally and physically. He still feels his time is coming. If it's not this year then it's not this year and he'll get ready for 2010. I haven't checked in this week but I didn't see anything in the MSU game that would change is state of mind.
We're really saying the same thing. I'm simply saying I SERIOUSLY doubt that "dropped" (notice the quotes...I don't think that classifies as a drop) pass against USL has limited his looks. I also don't believe catching that ball, as great a catch as it would've been would have gotten him anymore looks. We have stubborn coaches. If the 3rd or 4th read makes a great play on the ball, then he made a great play and goes back to his status as 3rd or 4th read. I think we're way more invested in analyzing this than Rueben or the coaches are.:wave:
You are amazing. Just when I think you have exhausted your possibilities for bashing the staff, you reach down and pull another one out of your ass. Do you NOT watch the games? Do you realize how much RR is in the games and running routes? He just isn't open, or JJ doesn't see him quickly enough while going through his progressions. Oh yeah, and his blocks are total crap for the most part. Not unlike Toliver as a freshman, Lafell, Doucet, Bowe...... Your eternal displeasure with Miles is duly noted and even has some validation on occasion, but every week you push the envelope to the absurd. Maybe Miles can run his routes for him too. What an utter failure on the part of our coaching staff( read Miles)... :insane:
