re: Stud Vs. Grimes..coaching differences

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The running game is a lot easier to block when you have a rocket arm like Mettenberger back in the pocket keeping them from stacking the box

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I guess it shouldn't, but it always amazes me how many people think that having a "rocket arm" is the ONLY requirement for being a great QB. Hell, if that were the case Uncle Rico would have led his team to state. He could throw the ball a quarter-mile!!!

From all indications Harris has a "rocket arm". However, defenses aren't too worried about that when the ball is sailing 3 feet over the intended receiver's head. Until LSU shows any ability to complete passes on a consistent basis, teams aren't going to respect the passing game. shite, Mettenberger had that rocket arm in 2012, yet teams continued to stack the box because he could not complete a deep ball to save his life, and LSU had zero interest in throwing anything inside the hashes or in the 7-15 yard range. It was basically boom or bust except for the second half against Bama which "coincidentally" was Mettenberger's best game.