Trey Quinn - Why does he start?

This is not a flame on the kid, it's just something to discuss.

ETA: This is more of an LSU offense problem as a whole.

First off, I understand that he is open sometimes and Jennings misses him. That's true. However, I also know that he's not open nearly as much as everyone claims. Every single passing play, you can hear fans in the stadium screaming about how open Quinn was. It's kind of tiring at this point, but oh well.

Secondly, I think he would be very good in an offense where he can be utilized correctly. An offense where we throw short screens to him, or we run pick plays to him. He's a good player. But it's clear that we aren't going to run that type of offense. With the quarterback play we have gotten (very poor), he just isn't a guy who can give you as much.

In my opinion, if you've got a quarterback who isn't very good, we need to have bigger receivers out there who are bigger targets. Who can maybe go and get a ball that isn't that well thrown. To me, any play that Quinn is out there when Dupre or Diarse could be instead, we are hurting ourselves.

Now, maybe Quinn is a good blocker down field on our running plays, and that factors into the decision. But man, it just seems like Dupre is an overall better player than him. Plain and simple.

And, of course, I can't fail to mention the fact that Quinn probably has half as many drops on the season as he does receptions. It's gotten to the point where I'm not even confident he is going to catch the ball when it's thrown to him. His drops yesterday were both absolutely killers and drive stoppers. Yes, other guys dropped balls too (including Dupre on what would have been an easy first down), but Quinn seems to do it more this season than the rest of them.

Anyway, what a heartbreaker last night was. Again. Hopefully we can figure out a way to get off the mat and play well in our last two games. Geaux Tigers.