re: Matt Flynn traded to Raiders for two picks

you might want to look at the supporting cast around Flynn before crowning him the best.

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Flynn was the better QB over his LSU career.

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I really thought you were better than this...

You can make an argument that JaMarcus was better than Flynn in the years he was at LSU, and that Flynn got better after JaMarcus left.

You can make an argument that JaMarcus reached a level by the end of his career at LSU that Flynn could never touch.

You can make an argument that JaMarcus would have had an even better senior year than Flynn had he stayed at LSU.

What you cannot do with any kind of modicum of consistency at all, is say that an average LSU start by JaMarcus was more productive offensively than an average LSU start by Flynn. It's just obviously not true, and no argument you can make based on how awesome you think JaMarcus was, or how high he went in the draft, or how many posters you had of him on your wall, or how talented certain selected plays of his were, make any difference at all.

On average, Flynn's produced more than JaMarcus at the QB position at LSU. This really shouldn't be controversial at all.

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Flynn played on a better team for sure.

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That's funny. Most of the JR was #1 fanatics on here insist that the 2006 team was the best of all time at LSU.

It's funny you call people defending JR's career the fanatics....

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Titles are what you play for and when you are the starting QB and MVP of a BCSCG you are about as successful as you can get in college football.

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They both lost 2 games in the regular season....unless your argument is Flynn magic was the reason behind Pitt knocking off WVU

It's hilarious.

There's the '06 Kool-Aid I've come to expect. LULZ.

what Kool-Aid? Ok.. have it your way. 2007 was a better team and Flynn lost just as many games as JR did with what you think was a lesser team (and the teams he lost to were worse than the ones JR lost to and one was at home). Still doesn't change the fact that JR was an insanely better college player than Flynn

He was often frustrating to watch because you could always tell he really didn't care very much about being at LSU, and it was sort of grating to keep hearing people call him the greatest while every single time LSU went up against one of the 3 great SEC defenses (AU, UGA, & UF) from 2004 to 2006, the offense basically underperformed all 9 times.

I was more upset at Jimbo than anyone, but still, it's just weird to me the mental gymnastics people will undergo to try to argue that what Flynn accomplished in 2005 & 2007 (scoring at least 28 points against every team he faced, a huge number of which were highly ranked) wasn't anything special, while somehow offenses that put up 3 or 10 points in big games should be given a bunch of excuses.

I admit that JaMarcus pissed me off at times from I thought was lack of effort when he was at LSU (before those last 4 games), but I've certainly got no beef with the guy anymore.

It's sort of like the way I call out all the people who say Glenn Dorsey was the best DT LSU has ever had. It's nothing personal against Dorsey. I like the guy and can't fault him for anything really. It's just retarded to think he was LSU's best DT, and yet the majority of LSU fans really seem to believe it.