re: Why LSU Needs to Run on First Down Against Ole Miss

AJ just needs to trust the receivers more. He's waiting for them to be completely open on routes except for sideline go routes. Throw the ball to where they should be and let them go make a play. If he doesn't begin to do this he won't ever develop the necessary confidence to just release the ball and trust the play calling.

One thing we can all agree on is that LSU football is known for many things but being QB university is not one of them.

Lets hope that changes with AJ or Harris!

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Why would you want any of those guys to be playing over Jennings? Tell me one thing that they would be capable of doing better. I'll wait.

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I think thats his point, man. We've gotten medicore play from Jennings and he was the best of that bunch. Why are we so weak at that position?

Sometimes I wonder if people even pay attention to what's going on in the game, or if their preconceived perception just becomes reality. LSU essentially has no intermediate passing game. It's all virtually deep balls and short passes outside the hashes. That said, other than his first pass to Neighbors a roll out in the 1st Quarter, Jennings didn't struggle in completing the short passes. After that, he hit Hillard on a bootleg, followed by a rare intermediate crossing route to Drual for a first down. He also later completed multiple short passes to Magee. The only "intermediate" incompletion I recall was the out to Dupree where it hit him in the hands, but the UK player made a nice play to knock it loose.

I'd be more inclined to agree with you if LSU actually HAD an intermediate passing game. Or one that featured routes that cross the middle of the field more than 2-3 times a game. It's probably difficult to see on TV, but if you're in the stadium you can see on many of the occasions where Jennings is sacked, the receivers are all covered 25 yards down field outside the hashes. They essentially all run "go" routes over and over again.

I don't think Jennings is the problem as much as LSU's whole risk-averse, simplistic approach to the passing game. If the staff doesn't trust Jennings, then that's fine, put Harris in. However, don't expect that passing game to produce results until the staff is willing to allow the QBs to, as Les likes to say (but not do in practice) "let 'er rip"

Plus all season last year...

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Have you seen him play at Vandy this year?

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And he sucked.

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So you are saying that we had horrible quarterbacks on campus. Why did we give those guys scholarships instead of finding good quarterbacks?

I think we should run the ball on first down and second down. And you know what, probably on third down too.

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You wont make this blind homer understand.

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We have WRs and TEs running wide open every pass play. But since our QB decides who he wants to throw it to before the snap and never looks for anyone else...it would seem trying to establish the run would be the best bet. Don't need to start game with turnovers.

But running from a slightly more spread out formation would be nice for a change. Too many damn bodies at LOS...including OURS

And also, one good positive is that of the few throws that were good for AJ, one of them was to the TE. Would be great if he starts to view that as a security blanket and looks for it a bit more..