re: Anyone else really like the dual QB system for us?

Jefferson and Lee was basically a two qb system. Got us the best regular season ever at the time and into the national title game 2011. I dont know why we didn't play Nuss against Arkansas this year when Daniels was found frozen in the pocket. Ark had one of the worse pass defenses in the country and we let em get away with rushing 3 and dropping 8 most of the game with a spy on Daniels. I don't care if Nuss threw a pick or two. I think he would ripped em up through the air. And the sun was out and it wasn't that cold after game started.

I don’t like it and it’s hardly ever been successful. It requires the rest of the offensive team to become familiar with two different guys and two different ways of doing things.

In two years Nuss has completed about 55% of his passes for seven touchdowns and six interceptions. He hasn’t proven in the game situation that he’s capable of being the man or capable of guiding LSU to big-time wins.

Why anyone would feel that he suddenly is deserving of equal time in a game as the guy who just led us to a victory over Bama , a 10 win season,and the west title is beyond me, but each to our own

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We could run some never before seen type offenses with both quarterbacks in the Huddle every play.

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In two years Nuss has completed about 55% of his passes for seven touchdowns and six interceptions. He hasn’t proven in the game situation that he’s capable of being the man or capable of guiding LSU to big-time wins.

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Did you miss the last two games where Nuss came off the bench and quite literally threw Daniels under the bus? The dude adds a whole other element to the offense that you don't get with Daniels, and is required to be elite, a vertical threat passing game. Everyone gives him crap for that jet sweep that counts as a pass, but that play doesn't work if Daniels is the QB in the game. Nuss also actually developed quite a bit in the last 14 games unlike JD, who's is exactly the same as he was during the spring.

Look, I have nothing against Nuss and I hope that he only has success when he’s in the game.

Having said that, those two games you mentioned were nothing but mop up duty and says nothing about his ability to be the man at QB. Now, it’s better that he had some success rather than being a failure, but he’s got to be able to do that when it really matters for the team to be successful.

If you think J D’s play didn’t improve from Florida State to Bama, then I don’t know what LSU football you watched this year.

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unless Daniels can develop a consistent deep ball

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Unless he lost something, I don't think he has to develop a deep throw seeing as he completed 37 +25yd passes in 50 less attempts in 2019, which would have been good enough for about 15th FBS this year.
He likely has the ability and my guess is he hasn't developed trust in WRs and values possession more.

I don't think JD is ever going to develop a deep throw game. He could develop to hit one every game to keep the defense respecting it but that's about it. I don't think he'll ever do it consistently.

Where he can greatly improve is intermediate throws though which is all he really needs to do. Improve accuracy, presnap reads, defense reads, intermediate throws, deep throws, touch, confidence.

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He had a deep shot to Thomas in the end zone vs Purdue

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I saw sure TD that Thomas pulled up on and got tangled up with DB then pass sailed over his head.
If he had just ran the route sure glory.
I guess we all see what we want or maybe a different play.

Using both this year will help build a dynasty because there will be so much less of a transition at the top.

Last time I remember LSU doing it was with Hodson and Mickey Guidry, and it worked well then. Different dynamic; Hodson was the starter but a redshirt freshman, he'd sit a couple series in each half and watch Guidry, get coached up, and see what the defense was doing.

If you go Daniels/Nuss, it's more of a grooming situation: Daniels is the starter, a senior, and Nuss will be the young guy standing on the sideline watching, seeing what's open with Daniels etc. And to be accurate, he won't be watching Daniels, as much as he'd watch the defense vs the receivers, etc.
There would be some drawbacks- Daniels is going to earn a defensive spy, and that won't be there for Nuss. But he could still see if the corners are playing off or cheating up, see if they're tipping off the blitz etc.

I do think it's a fair idea; it's not that you don't trust Daniels, you want to slip Nuss in a few series because he's likely the starter in 24 (and 25 unless he absolutely blows up). If we can forget about players leaving early, it's an ideal program move. And you start working Howard into the games in 24, etc.