Watched Oregon and Bama games last night

I think the difference was the intimidation of Bama. Plus, Lee did fine at first until #30 hit him. That was a very hard hit, delivered late, and should have been flagged. The Bama coaches almost certainly saw from film that Lee was more sensitive to pressure than most QBs. I think they told their front 7 that they'd take the penalty to get a quality hit on him. And it worked. And it'll work again. That's why he's not seeing the field.

This is not an attack on Lee;

against Oregon I felt he was competent, but not crisp. A number of his completions were to the receiver's back hips, which slowed them down a lot. He had the potential to have a much bigger game than he did.

Against Oregon he faced plenty of 8 man fronts, and was able to exploit man coverage. Bama was able to play a more balanced defense against him, and he looked lost for the most part.

I seriously doubt having JJ available to relieve him made him tense; if anything, FOR THAT GAME, it eased the pressure. He could take a risk or 2 knowing there were options available if he messed up. Against Oregon, it was him or no one.

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as good as Flynn and better than Mauck

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Great Kid, great Tiger, BUT, the kid could never stand pressure, once you knock him down a couple of times, he falls apart.

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Wonder if the pressure of JJ on the sidelines

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on the field


He does not handle it well. That's not saying he hasn't made a few good throws in his college career (Auburn 2008, Bama 2010), but generally when there's pressure he panics, sometimes throwing the ball away when a guy is 10 feet from him. If you watched the Bama game, watch his attempt at tackling Marc Barron on the INT. He essentially used himself as a cape in a bullfight. LSU has a physical team identity and you simply cannot do that and have any credibility as a player. Especially in that kind of game.

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Dude's a solid QB, as good as Flynn

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Maybe you'll understand how crazy this is next year when JL is not a solid backup to any NFL QB. Matt Flynn was mobile, delivered under pressure, and threw his body into the mix in big games. I know you want to support Lee, but it's insult to Matt Flynn, a clutch championship performer to say this.

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He just shite the bed in the Bama game.

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It wasn't the first time.

JL has some success in the first part of the year because LSU was so unbalances as a run team, and played a bunch of teams that they could dominate on the line, and for the first time, also decided to mix that up with play action. It was great then, but could not have worked against Alabama. JL was also so jittery he couldn't even complete a few 1st down passes off of that game.

Where do you idiots get this shite. JLee was not a good qb in the Oregon game. He threw for 98 yards. I gues it's true, you see what you wanna see.