The rise and fall of Arden Key...

guys we ned to be a little more fair to key. The shoulder surgery was just in june and its impossible to get in football shape or any king of shape when you shoulder is in a sling or you can't lift it above your head. Lets see how he's playing at the end of the season.

He should have had surgery after the season with lsu doctors and not leave the team. Another waste of a talent

He really may need another year at LSU to bounce back from his offseason surgery and weight gain. His assets of being athletic off the end with the ability to be flexible and play long seems to have really declined to where he is slow and unable to bend and use his length because of the poor distribution of his weight. He needs to work to improve his body composition and mobility again. His strength is his leverage, and he seems to have lost a lot of leverage.

This is obviously just my opinion after watching him play last year and this year, but seems pretty night and day watching him stand straight up on pass rush and basically get neutralized if he can't overpower his blocker. Hope he improves sooner rather than later for his future and because the team needs his elite pass rush ability when they play better passing teams.

Jonathon Allen had a great senior season and was projected to be a top 5 pick. He fell to 17 because of a bad shoulder. Key has a bad shoulder, under performing, and he's overweight.

Pure conjecture on my part, but I wonder if what we are seeing with Key is someone who had severe MH issues over the Summer and is currently on psychotropics to manage it (i.e. SSRI/2nd gen antipsychotic combo). I don't think it is simply lack of effort on his part.