First i would like to say, thank you John Chavis, i hope you make a permanent residence in Baton Rouge. The Defense looked amazing last night, and just as good as the Florida defense if not better. I would even venture to say that Florida's defense couldn't have contained their offense the way the Tiger D did last night. The linebackers and secondary, and front 4 played their asses off last night, and they deserve all the love and support from Tiger nation. The one touchdown Florida did score shouldn't have been a touchdown in the first place because of Riley Cooper's hold but i won't be a Georgia fan and blame that play for the loss. Welcome back LSU Defense!! You just held the greatest college football player of all time 13 points. Which should have been enough to win this game. Offensively, what can i say that hasn't been said. Jordan Jefferson can't make decisions quick enough in the pocket, and has no pocket awareness, you have to put 95% of his sacks this seasons directly on him. But that wasn't really the surprising part. What surprised me was the fact that we didn't try to establish the line of scrimmage. From what i saw Charles Scott off tackle was working. I am starting to think that Crowton's offense isn't effective in the SEC, and only effective when we play non conference games. JJ can't take sacks like that, it could have been the downfall against Georgia, and it was the downfall against Florida, along with the gameplan. No Russell Shepard was not a good thing either. First of all i think the staff needs to think about pulling Jordan Jefferson, but its going to be a tough call, because Jarett Lee has no wheels. I like the fact that Jefferson can pick up first downs with his legs, and when he does throw the ball he does a good job, but his lack of pocket presence, and awareness, and inability to get rid of the ball quick is his downfall. And i don't know if that is something that can be coached. He looks way too scared to pull the trigger. We still control our own destiny, and we can win the SEC and for that reason, i think the coaches at least need to evaluate the Quarterback situation. If they decide to stick with Jefferson, he had better start getting rid of the ball, and stop taking sacks. We cannot rely on our Defense to score points for us too, we have to have a capable offense to win this league. Great Job Tiger D, and lets get to Atlanta, so we can beat Florida, because this team CAN beat Florida. :geauxtige
. I think it's too early to say "can't". I feel that "isn't" is a much more accurate word to use, but yeah if you get a few licks on any QB early and keep the pressure on them they're going to start taking sacks because they have no confidence in the blocking. He didn't get careless with the ball which could/would have led to a couple cheap defensive touchdowns. I think that JJ has some work to do this week because Alabama, Ole Miss and Auburn are going to do exactly what Florida did. The O-Line should be out running stadium steps by now...
COMPLETELY AGREE! Disagree 95% of the sacks come when the play calling is coming in from the sideline and the WRs have been shown to run the wrong routes and Jefferson is confused, rushed and frustrated. Is it Crowton or is it Miles...either way SOMETHING has changed with the play calling! I think we need to see a change in the offensive scheme before JJ needs to be pulled. Just allow him to play in a comfortable setting and I think he will be fine because he has shown it. Last night 2 drives..The one we got the field goal on and the last drive that ended in the fumble we MOVED the ball but the were calling the plays from the huddle. DAMN SKIPPY!!
JJ should have something in his head that tells him when to just haul ass. If he sees that receivers are running the wrong routes, he cant just sit back there and wait for something to develop. If its busted he needs to run. He has about 3 seconds to get rid of the ball, if he can't do it in 3 haul ass. Maybe it is play calling, or maybe its Jefferson not being able to operate this offense. I don't know, but we all know something is wrong with the offense, and it can't be just put on the line. I agree that play calling is an issue, when Tennessee showed what the weakness in Florida's defense was. If you just punch them in the mouth, and do what you can to control the line of scrimmage, you can move the ball on Florida. I don't know if JJ needs to be pulled, but the quarterback situation is definitely something that needs to be evaluated, and let JJ know that if he can't do he WILL be yanked. Nothing is wrong with a quarterback feeling his backup snipping at his heels, it might cause him step up and realize that there is no such thing as job security when you aren't performing. I forgot to mention, Ron Brooks put Joe Haden on his ass, on that kick return, that was awesome!!
TK, Are you saying that Jefferson is better at calling the plays than Croton and Miles because he wwas calling the plays in the huddle on the two drives that they moved the ball somewhat? I can't believe that the coaches allow play calling in the huddle on some series and not others. But if he is a better play caller than the coaches then he needs to be in the press box because he would definitely be more effective there than on the field.
I am a firm believer in sitting a starter down to put a little fire under his ass! I dont know what it is..I cant explain it but there is 2 sides to Jefferson and it is CLEAR. From the huddle he plays better when they do the sideline stuff he and the rest of the offense are bad. Perhaps its just a mental thing who the hell knows...what I do know is what I see and when he is allowed to control the offense we have long drives that usually end in scores or field position.
JJ isn't calling any plays he simply runs the plays the coaches call whether it is from the huddle or called at the line of scrimmage from the sideline.
I am saying that he is more comfortable when the play comes in while in the huddle then he is trying to wait at the line of scrimmage trying to get the play from the sideline. AND its not just him. The False Starts happened because of the play coming in at the last second. The WRs running the wrong route. One play last night they showed the replay. Jefferson was dropping to pass and 3 out of the 4 recievers BLOCKED 5 to 10 yards down the field. 1 receiver ran a fly route. The offense as a whole clicks and drives the ball down the field when the plays are not coming from the line of scrimmage and it has been this way in EVER game so far this season! Our field goal drive last night...every play was run from the huddle!
So do we run everything out of the huddle? What happens when we need to run the no huddle? Or we need to make adjustments at the line of scrimmage based on what the defense shows? Jefferson has be able to operate on the fly, or he cannot operate this offense. Do we change the scheme or put a guy in who can operate it?
