Great post! Some observations and things I am seeing as a fan...and this is just things I hope to see improvement in. While JD scrambled and made something out of nothing often, could there have been better reads and plays?

1st set of pics....presnap, 3 defenders on left side handled 1 on 1 by OT, OL, and RB. C is occupied by MLB, and RG and RT headed up by DL each. Free man on outside coming off right side. Hot read to the slant on right side? May have caught it and split defenders, or at least positive yards.

2nd set of pics....Simple rush with S blitz off right side. Not sure if Mason Taylor chipped FSU DE, but that DE easily beat Wire.

3rd set of pics....again, head up 1 on 1 assignments. We had a hat on a hat. How did 70 end up behind Cambell? Looks like he is blocking 66, not the DE. If we have 1 on 1 at presnap, why did we end up double teaming DL and leaving Verse on Kole Taylor? Even then, he got free of Taylor before Goodwin made it across the formation to help. I am confused on the OL call here.

4th set of pics....How did we get beat on the double team in the middle? Impressed by RG handling 1 on 1s though. Even with Wire getting beat deep, I agree that we had the dig in the middle coming wide open. Side step to the left and hit that WR for good yardage.

Blocked FG Pic....agreed. Blown assignment by Wire. Who was to his left? Kyle Taylor? I ask because Brian Kelly said they made adjustments for the extra point later to address this. I need to go check that because I hope he changed out Wire, not just the TE.

6th set of pics....It looks like Wire helped down on the DT, leaving Verse to the RB 1 on 1. DTs look like they ran a twist in the middle, and Wire is left looking like his girlfriend left him at the Prom. Wouldn't you want him to take Verse and leave Josh to block the potential blitzing LB or S coming off the right, if they blitz? I think it was clear #4 on FSU was spying Jayden, not blitzing much. So, we often had 3 blocking the DTs, with an eye on blitzers coming in on adjustments from their side.

From your selections of clips, I am most concerned that we don't seem to be pounding the middle with routes. We did this religiously with Burrow in 2019, and he spent much of that year under duress. But, Brady and Ensminger called plays that complimented our weak pass protection, and Burrow looked for routes that compensated for that deficiency. Be ready for short routes to keep ball moving, but have your deep shot routes in mind if protection is there.

OVERALL....I still have faith in these guys. I know this year will be tough...Completely new support staff, coaching staff, and half the team wasn't at LSU last year. BUT, I like Kelly's approach to bring in LA guys, who want to play hard for their home team.

I think we still see a culture in college football where players know their value and don't want to risk costing themselves millions in the NFL draft. If Maason Smith were in his draft year, look how much he may have cost himself on a freak injury. I understand their position, but I hate this part of the game now, as a fan. Don't think it will change, though, so gotta live with it. Younger guys just need to be ready to go!