Under Nuss, do you think offense will change much???

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do you think offense will change much???
He doesn't have the

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If by change you mean scoring 35 less points, then yes

Kelly was just talking about it changing and implied downfield passing since Nuss defaults to pushing the ball down the field.

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Heavy run and play action ?

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I expect our running game to consist primarily of running backs rather than the QB as well as heavy play action to marginally replace the threat of the QB running

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More 2 tight end set?

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Probably not.

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He doesn't have the escapability of Daniels or Nabors and Thomas to throw too, so how much change do you see ??

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Substitute the Daniels Read/Option for a RB zone read with more playaction pass. Nobody on our team runs like Daniels so the RB's will have to make up those yards either rushing or in the screen game

Of course it will. You won't run R/O RPO tight end flat at all. LSU won't run any qb bash, draw, or lead. You'll see other concepts replace those, such as instead of R/O RPO, you'll see flood and leak concepts that get to the edge and flats without the qb action. You'll probably also see more screens to backs and throws to backs out of the backfield since you won't be clearing/keeping backs in to protect as much to make room for Daniels to run.

I hope that it changes because we are in a different game script because the defense actually makes stops. Hopefully we have a healthy run game to open it up for nuss.

I don't know what to expect yet, but I think the bowl game will give us a pretty good idea. I suspect that they build a specific game plan for Nuss (and the offense, in general) in the bowl game as a test case for what they foresee.

There won't be as much RPO obviously, but the OL should be stout AGAIN. Look for 2 backs to get the bulk of the carries and Nuss' arm should help open things up for the run game.

Let's just beat Wisconsin and get a good spring of work in to see where we're at.

saintlad74Under Nuss, do you think offense will change much

It almost has to.

Not a knock on Nuss but JD can do things with his legs that Nuss can’t (he’ll all but very few can do what JD does)

Also, not a knock on JD, but Nuss has a better arm.

The offense will be altered to suit Nuss’ abilities. If he makes the leap mentally, we will be OK.

We will need to the the ball better and more often with Nuss. Daniels was so dangerous on 3rd and long. He could turn a ten yd sack into a 30 yd run. If they rushed too many , and he escaped, he would punish the defense.

No knock at all on Nuss, but it’s asking a lot of any qb anywhere to replace a heisman winner. Keeping Nuss out of 3rd and long will be critical. Play action on first down is the best down to pass, but play action depends on the threat of a real running game.

It will be the same offense, but LSU will have to rush the ball better than last year. The development of our running backs will be critical.