re: Let's discuss expectations for the rest of the year and 2018

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Lee, JJ, and Harris were all negatively affected by being thrown into the fire too early

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Lol, no they weren't.


Jefferson as a true sophomore with by far the worst OL and rush offense I've ever seen at LSU, (I've only been watching CFB and LSU the past 13 years) had 17 passing TDs. Since 2000, that puts him behind only Russell, Mauck, Davey, Flynn, and Mett who all five only had more than 15 passing TDs in one year of their career. He completed 61% of his passes, ran for another 170 and a TD, and was the #2 QB IN THE COUNTRY, in the redzone behind only Boise State's Matt Moore. Based on the 2-3 long dropped would be TD passes vs Penn St and being knocked out in the second half of Bama and not playing at all vs La Tech, he should have racked up at least 400 more yards and 4-5 more TDs.

No, Les Miles turned him into an option QB and he regressed significantly as a junior.

Lee was a gunslinger and that is what prompted a lot of forced passes that turned into pic 6s and tons of ints. By his senior year he was a decent enough game manager to guide us until we actually played a defense with a pulse (well Bama was like going against a Titan). He and Etling are similar in the fact that they need perfect pockets to do anything. Any hint of a pass rush and they start running backwards, and Lee had that terrible trait of throwing off his backfoot when he felt pressure.

Harris also wasn't negativity affected by playing early. I think he was more affected by the fact that he was benched after only a half and only got like two more pass attempts the entire season of awful pass offense. Statistically his 2015 and Etlings 2016 seasons were damn near the same except he actually threw 3 TD passes vs UF and Bama while Etling didn't throw one. He also provided us with a running option at QB, something I think is greatly needed for any team trying to win a national championship in these modern times.

More than anything I think they were affected by Miles being a complete joke on QB prep, and the way he ran his antiquated offense.

With how bad this OL is, and Brennan's strengths, we should be in shotgun 3-4 wide and run an uptempo quick passing game. RB and WR screens, quick slants, RPOs, read option, etc. If people think Petrino played Lamar Jackson the same way as say Ryan Mallett or Tyler Wilson, you're nuts! A pro style HC/OC went straight up spread/option with LJ as a true freshman.

Brennan can be molded after he gets experience, put him in something he knows how to run.