Danny Etling vs Auburn (Every throw)

good work

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good work

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Thanks, coach.

He needs to throw the ball sooner. Anticipating the route. He was late on a few throws with no pressure on him.

He made some poor decisions and missed a couple of open guys but he made huge throws when we needed them the most, which is really all we've been asking for for a long time. A couple of those could've easily been picked, but outside of Bama that's the best defense we'll see the rest of the year.

O-line looked much better in the second half than the first which was also huge.

Danny is what he is at this point - if he can continue to make big throws in big spots and the line continues to gel I see no reason we can't finish 9-3.

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On that note watch Chark closely. He's learning to leave the hands relaxed and not in a fist. He always looks like he's ready for the ball. Well, not always but many times. Makes it tough on opposing DBs. Now he just needs to learn to fake them with the same type of reads, and THEN break (they'll be looking for the ball and not watching his hips). The other WRs need to learn all of this. They suck at the little things, just so damn talented and fast it makes up for it.

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Watch Chark at about the 8:53 mark. That is not a push off. He waiting till the last second to make his move to be in catch position that way defender(s) had little warning to locate the ball. That move made this catch. It had so much air under it if he had tracked directly to catch point the DB would have had better position than he, time to locate the ball, and no separation.

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Etling has good pocket awareness. He's tough and willing hang in and make plays. He generally makes good reads and is relatively accurate. His fatal flaw though is his inability to pull the trigger on time. He is often late in the letting the ball go and doesn't have the arm strength to make up for just being slightly off-time

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No, he does not. Most of his sacks are cause by him turning in a circle instead of sliding out underneath the DE circling behind him. It's like he chases his own tail when his read is not there and there is a 2 second window to bail and pick up yards. He should have had at least 1 INT as well.

I'll take the win, but every time we win some of you come out of hiding and go overboard with praising DE. The biggest issue I have with him is he panics and runs himself into sacks and he's way too inconsistent. You can't coach consistency. He's never had that or great awareness in the pocket. This will only go so far unless he fixes those things.

The oline has played well enough to not be off target as often as he's been. Managed the game outside of that, but we can only expect to win a few a few more games like that.

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He generally makes good reads and is relatively accurate.

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common dude, take off the rose colored glasses. He is a serviceable QB, but LSU will be nothing more than a 500 team with him. The idea that he makes good reads is laughable, he makes one read, then is unable to throw the ball. Most of the when he does throw it, is is a poor pass. He is a 5th year senior how makes freshmen mistakes and cannot read progressions.

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Etling hotter than the East uppers

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Love the title then like the first pass is a dead duck that bounces of the helmet of an Auburn player.

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No, he does not. Most of his sacks are cause by him turning in a circle instead of sliding out underneath the DE circling behind him. It's like he chases his own tail when his read is not there and there is a 2 second window to bail and pick up yards. He should have had at least 1 INT as well.

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Well, it can be difficult to slide up in the pocket when the interior DT's are blowing up the middle. Feel free to show us the tape from the AU game where could have stepped up into the pocket. He's not a great passers as a scrambler. No one will dispute that. But his recivers don't exactly help him in that dept either. Most just stand there.

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He is a serviceable QB, but LSU will be nothing more than a 500 team with him.

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No one is saying he's a HOFer, but this statement is just flat out false. He's 12-5 as a starter and 7-4 in SEC play. He's 5-2 vs ranked teams (at the time)

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The idea that he makes good reads is laughable, he makes one read, then is unable to throw the ball.

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Other than failing to hit Guice in the flat on a throw in the 2nd half, where was there a clear "mis-read"?

His biggest issue is his tendency to hesitate before throwing the ball. That's why most of the deep balls are under thrown. He just doesn't have the arm to make up for being off-time.

Again, no one is sitting here saying he is a Davey O'Brien award candidate. But, from the mental side he generally (not always) keeps LSU out of disastrous plays.

The biggest issue with Etling is that he is either late and/or inaccurate on his throws. The other issue is he fails to go through his progressions. If the primary target is not available, he is either sacked or he bails and runs.

He really needs to be more timely on his throws.