re: All of our "talent" at WR

If you are a wide receiver in this offense and when the play is called, you are not the primary receiver, you can't possibly bring yourself to going all out on the play. And if you are the primary receiver, you know there is a 60% chance the ball will not even get close to you.

I think that TT should get more balls thrown up for grabs where his height will be an advantage. RR is usually money and should be our possession WR. RS is fast and that is about all the credit he gets as far as being a WR. The kid is EXTREMELY athletic but I don't think he is a GREAT WR, mediocre at best. He can create space and in space he is VERY dangerous. I really don't think he has the hands to be a D1 caliber WR. RR and TT should be the main targets and RS should be used for screens and short range to medium passes, maybe a reverse here and there.

When I read that RS was JJ's favorite target, I knew it would be a looong season.

How do you people not understand that no one is saying "but for the drops, Jordan Jefferson would be good"?

The point is that our offense would be better if we had elite WRs, and some people think we have elite WRs, but we don't.

We have a bad quarterback and one really good wr and a couple of ok ones.

Reggie Ball threw 20 TDs his senior year at Georgia Tech. Take away his TDs to Calvin Johnson and he only has 5.

We have Reggie Ball with no Calvin Johnson.

Thanks man I needed some help here

How in the hell does anyone know how good our WR's are? Just not enough opportunities yet to know. Well the jury is in on TT (inconsistent) but to early to tell on the others until they have a chance to catch a few passes.

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but what do i know?

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THANKS JJ for coming on here and defending yourself AGAIN!

Great points all around DMitch.

I just think with a QB who is not accurate its going to be tough for any of these receivers to do what they do best---run after catch.

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Please read the entire thread for context before making a comment.

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I read the whole thing.

It goes back to the old adage "which comes first, the chicken or the egg?"


You want to pin it on both, but it just simply isn't both if you have watched LSU play the last 2 years.


Rank these in order, from what you think is the center of our passing game problem:


A) Jordan Jefferson
B)Playcalling
C)our WR's

just a simple 1-2-3 order from the biggest problem on down.

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I know it makes you feel better to come on this site every day and say how bad you think the qb is regardless of what is being discussed but you really cant add any substance to the thread if you don't take the time to read all the comments posted above your own.

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Well if thats the problem, then yeah.

Im not going to make up some phantom problem with our WR's just so I can generate talk.

On another note, it has taken most of LSU's good WRs at least 2 years to become elite. Most of them, 3 years.


Now you want to keep bringing up Randle being the #1 WR in the nation and Shepard being on of the best athletes in the nation coming out....

But you dont want to acknowledge that both were HS QB's their SR year in HS. Shepard WASNT even a WR at LSU last year. And Randle didnt play much until late in the year last year as a FR.



Toliver's hands have been questionable this year, but I dont blame him for being lulled to sleep by our passing game. He has been thrown more BAD balls than GOOD balls by Jefferson. It's atrocious, and probably going to cost him some money, because he has NFL measurables our the wazoo.


BOTTOM LINE : our WR's cannot look elite if they arent put in position to do so. You keep saying they havent showed anything.....Well, they havent had the opportunity to do ANYTHING. Throwing an 8 yard out route to the sideline isnt showcasing. Throwing a WR screen isnt showcasing. If the ball cannot get down the field, then even NFL WR's wouldnt look good.

we need a token white receiver