Oh, he has the arm. It's the accuracy I wonder about. A fair few of his longer passes were off-target. He seems especially errant on over-the-shoulder throws to a receiver running straight downfield. Don't get me wrong. I think LSU can do fine without that this year. All we have to do is take some shots and the D will respect it whether they are complete half the time or not.
he is accurate when he is moving right. i just think his wind up is long that he is going to miss a step throwing downfield, its going to be something he will need to work on, but he will be fine. He makes me feel safe, i haven't felt this safe with a quarterback since Herb Tyler.
i wasn't talking about writing them off, i was talking about them not living up to the hype, and after the vandy game i stand by that comment. Jefferson got ZERO pass protection.
Clearly he has the arm strength. Question is will he develop the touch. I vote yes. But we'll have to wait and see.
He showed some sweet finess passing at times since he's started. He'll get better... and he'll become the talk of the SEC QBs... if he keeps it up he'll be a heisman finalist in 2 years, I also think we have a good and upcoming in Lee, and I think when he's in people will be pleased.
It's always been my philosophy that it's better to be more ball-controlling on offense when you're either: A) Breaking in a new defense or... B) Have a weak defense I don't think we have a weak defense (it's not a defense chalked with monster talent all over the place like we've seen in recent seasons but it's young and the potential is there for them to be....they just have to get the defensive scheme down first). So I believe that it's going to be by design to try to control as much of the clock as we can. That's NOT to say that we won't or shouldn't take shots on offense for big gains but I think until we get multiple games strung together where our defense continues to improve, we'll want to protect them a little and do our best to make sure that they don't have to rely too much on the defense yet. The quicker our defense gets the scheme, calls and execution we want and know a Chavis-coached defense is capable of, the quicker you'll see more deep balls, downfield plays and an opened-up offense.
I'm not looking for the deep ball in order to score quickly. In my mind a clock-eating offense can be a defense's best friend. The successful deep-ball threat is essential to making the opposing defense respect the pass and back off out of run protection.
It also opens up the bubble screens that LSU just LOVES to run and it makes teams think twice about blitzing too many CBs or Safeties.
Exactly. :thumb: :geaux: I believe JJ will improve his touch. He's just a true Soph. with four starts to his credit. He'll be even better by Florida and downright scary by the end of the year...when we get Bama and Ole Miss.
Sooooooo you're saying that a defense out on the field for long, sustained drives is a defense's best friend??? Odd. Every color analyst across the country talks about how tired defenses get when they are on the field so much--including for long drives. And did you not notice the multiple throws downfield (including missing a wide-open Chris Mitchell) early in the game? No, they weren't successful and I'm certain that the weather had a LOT to do with that and because of such, both sides HAD to know that the threat of a long ball in those conditions weren't going to happen often--if at all. The odds of having a WR keep his footing sprinting down the field, plus the QB's ability to be able to retain a solid grip on a wet ball coupled with the WR's ability to find AND locate the ball looking up through rain drops were pretty low...
