re: What happened to Jordan Jefferson over the course of his career

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so did Jarrett Lee against Oregon. Would you say he played a good game? I mean the offense had FIVE scoring drives and Jarrett Lee was the QB for every single one of them, one being a beautiful back shoulder throw to Rueben Randle for a TD. Jarrett Lee led LSU to a score on 4 of the 6 drives in the 2nd half. I mean you know how ridiculous this sounds, right? Or would the more accurate description that defense, special teams, and the running game were 90% responsible for the outcome?

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There is an inherent difference on the impact on the rushing offense between (1) an option and zone read QB, and (2) an immobile pocket passer. That is ELEMENTARY football. LSU rushed far better with Jefferson at QB than with Lee at QB. Those are facts.

LSU's four best YPC games in 2011 were Jefferson starts, and one of those four best YPC games was the SECCG.

On the other hand, Oregon was the third worst YPC game. Only the two games against Alabama were worse YPC games than the Oregon game.