re: Baker - for those of you dogging him

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he TD right before the half was absolutely unacceptable and a back breaker.

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The TD before the half had nothing to do with the scheme. It was one player fricking up.

False. They were heavily defending parts of the field that didn’t need to be defended. Ole Miss didn’t have any timeouts.

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I think he’ll be an NFL player. With the way they draft now I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s a high pick and starter either

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Evidently NFL scouts don't feel the same way.

At the end of last season he was out of eligibility. Also, the QB draft prospect class was viewed as really weak. Basically, it was Mendoza and no other consensus first round QB. The second QB taken in the draft was Simpson, and MANY thought that was huge reach. Most would say Chambliss outperformed Simpson last season. Especially in the CFP.

So in what looked like a VERY favorable market for QBs, why did he choose to take legal action to obtain a 6th year of college eligibility rather than go through the draft? The only logical explanation is that NFL teams don't see him as a great pro-prospect.

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Great idea... just let em throw 13 yard completions and step out of bounds

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Now you're purposely being obtuse.

Kirby couldn't stop Chambliss either dude.

I don't know about the second quarter, but LSU had 2 first downs in the first quarter.

Yep. Those two guys should have dropped back to the endzone shortly before or right at the snap.

The other two guys on the outside in zone can play the boundary. If he happens to run and crosses the line of scrimmage, he still has 21 yards to get to the end zone. If he gets a first down, who cares because they have to kick the FG. Or if they happen to get close enough that they want to go for the TD on the final play of the half, then that benefits LSU some because at least now we have a chance to win the whole pot and hold them to 0 points instead of 3.

It was an insanely athletic and great play by Chamblis, but it was quite literally the only play we couldn't allow to happen in that situation.

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Well I didn’t say that’s how I feel about him I said it wouldn’t surprise me if someone reached. When franchises are drafting Cam Ward and Bryce Young #1 overall they’re obviously not taking the best prospects anymore.

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Maybe so. But that would have been the case last year as well. Chambliss had a good season. He had a really good CFP performance. There was a huge hole in terms of prospects for the #2 QB behind Mendoza. Yet, he chose not to enter the draft and instead HOPED he could gain eligibility for another year in college. Logic suggest that was because NFL teams did not see him as a high round prospect.

Cam Ward was 6'2 220. Mendoza is 6'5. NFL teams don't take short QBs often. Young was an exception and until the second half of last season looked like a massive bust.

This year's QB prospect class looks better than last season's and all of the guys ahead of Chambliss are taller/bigger.

If we were playing a Calcutta this may be good

I’m so glad someone brought this up because Chambliss is hands down the best qb in college right now. I do not think any other qb LSU faces this year will do what he did. He was poised and fitting that ball into tight spaces the entire game.