Passing . Limited deeper throws

I think the coaches wanted him to get the ball out fast.

There were a few shots they wanted to take outside of the slot fades, but they ended up being check downs.

With this defense, we don’t have to be risky at all. However, we will need to hit shots. Expect this to be a focal point this week.

For goodness sakes don’t say anything on here about LSU not throwing deep. I got grilled the other night for simply saying I was suprised LSU didn’t use the vertical passing game with Hilton or Anderson at all.

Nuss will need to throw the intermediate ball a lot more this season. 10 yard slant passes aren’t going to cut it if you want to win on a consistent basis.

supposedly the best DL we would face, the thought was quick passes, let the receivers make yac.

Keeps QB clean,
Easier to block from OL standpoint
The DL spends more energy and doesn't really impact the throws
DB's have a choice to make, play off and give up 3-5 yards / or
Play tight and potentially have the top blown off

Good game plan for that D, it will be modified accordingly.

My only gripe with GN is late in the game, we were trying to run out the clock and he was snapping the ball with 25 seconds on running clock! why do that

My take was that we were taking what they were giving us, and the way the defense was playing that was enough.

That said, I didn't like the last couple series as we were trying to burn clock instead of trying to put them away. That's the main thing I'd like to see changed.

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Was the lack of deeper passes a product of what Clemson was doing?

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It was the game plan, you don't average getting the ball out in 2.1 seconds with only 2 pressures and 1 sack unless that is part of the game plan. I think we will see the most fluid offense LSU has had in a while this season. Which makes us less predictable. That is good.

The coverage that Clemson was playing was to eliminate getting beat deep. So that is why we went with the underneath routes. There was only 3-4 times when a 1-on-1 downfield was an option and Nuss took those shots to Sharp, Green, and Brown.

If the running game and quick passing game keeps being productive the deep shots will come. Don't worry. It was just good to see us being able to control the game with the quick passing game and running game. The line will get better at run blocking as the season goes on as well.

Destyn Hill getting hurt will be curious to see how bad it is. Because he supposedly won the starting role with his preparation. Hes a speedy receiver too.

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When we did throw deep for a touchdown the refs just took it away.

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That play was only 30 yds and was the only time I noticed them running a single high safety.

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Was the lack of deeper passes a product of what Clemson was doing? O line not giving Nuss enough time? Not bitching , we won, but was curious why with our deep threat receiving corps, we didn’t see more of that.

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They wanted to neutralize Clemsons DL. Nuss' average time to throw was like 2.14 seconds or something insane like that . I also think they realized after Clemson went 3 and out so many times that we weren't going to have to score a lot.