Should we be able to establish a verticle passing game it would be most diffcult to contain our running game. With creative play calling we should control every game.

My concern is this...after a full spring, a fall practice and 4-6 months into the season Mettenberger was not recognized as being better than Jefferson and/or Lee, what makes everyone believe he is "the answer". I think it's wait and see and hope he turns out to be what's advertised.

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Posted by AlaTiger

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 2:09 pm to airpapa

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My concern is this...after a full spring, a fall practice and 4-6 months into the season Mettenberger was not recognized as being better than Jefferson and/or Lee, what makes everyone believe he is "the answer". I think it's wait and see and hope he turns out to be what's advertised.

No matter what, Mett was not going to play last year. Lee was better than JJ and he did not play at the end of the season. Why wold Mett play over both of them.

Miles was too afraid of an INT.

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Posted by Hugo Stiglitz

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 2:14 pm to airpapa

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Mettenberger was not recognized as being better than Jefferson and/or Lee

Please, just stop.

Mettenberger was not recognized as being worse than JJ/JL either, just significantly more inexperienced.

It's clear that Miles played it safe with JJ/JL the entire 2011 season and it damn near worked to perfection until the NCG.

Have you seen some of the throws Mett can make?

Because I have and he is on another level of QB than JJ/JL.

Additionally, because of this and Miles' outspoken near guarantees that we will have more passing in the 2012 season, I believe we should expect more down field passes on early down which will allow our stable of running backs to gash the defenses and run for a plethora of yards.

LSU will still be a running team, but maybe even a better running team with Mett at QB.

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Posted by omegaman66

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 3:18 pm to airpapa

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after a full spring, a fall practice and 4-6 months into the season Mettenberger was not recognized as being better than Jefferson and/or Lee

This is simply not true. The vast majority of the fans might think this because they only know he didn't play much. But Mett was the best qb last year and believe it or not even the coaches new it. They just didn't think we needed him to win they played favorites with the Seniors.

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Posted by dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 3:23 pm to airpapa

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what makes everyone believe he is "the answer"

The spring game did it for me. Of course he was wearing a green jersey, the intensity wasn't the same as a game, etc. But pocket presence, making reads without staring down the receiver, maneuverability gives me optimism.

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Posted by Hurricane Mike

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 4:21 pm to airpapa

"My concern is this...after a full spring, a fall practice and 4-6 months into the season Mettenberger was not recognized as being better than Jefferson and/or Lee, what makes everyone believe he is "the answer". I think it's wait and see and hope he turns out to be what's advertised."

To be the answer he only has to operate at a true freshmen level, that's how bad JJ was/and or limited Les kept Lee. I'm pretty confident he can manage a freshman level performance with Les Miles tight on the reigns.

People are gonna look back at the last 4 years and realize how pitiful JJ and Les' passing offense was and wonder why the heck we couldn't just get a Marcus Randle type performance out of QB, I'm telling you people don't understand, they got lulled to sleep over-supporting Jefferson because you're only a fan if you say positive things constantly about your team.