re: Brody Miller on Myles Brennan

Sounds like Brody is assuming that Myles gets beaten out, and I disagree. I think Myles will beat out Jayden fair and square.

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This is the off-season! Until proven otherwise, Brennan is the next Burrow. He is backed up by Russell Wilson and there’s a freshman on the roster who is exactly like Drew Brees with better arm strength.

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Brennan is in the enviable spot where he has played just enough to be considered an LSU legend...but not enough to be torn down by the fanbase like Lee, and Jefferson, and Jennings, and Harrison, and Etling, and Johnson, before him. Each guy had a moment with the fanbase where he was going to be the next great...only to eventually be thrown in the wastebasket of history.

I'll hand it to Brennan though. He clearly loves LSU. LSU has tried to break up with him countless times, only for him to refuse to leave. 2017, O gets the permanent job and IMMEDIATELY tries to sign Tua (despite Brennan being a long time commit). 2018, Brennan leaves spring ball as the likely starter...LSU then signs a LESS experienced QB (Burrow) to come in and immediately start. I'm convinced that even if Brennan weren't injured before the season LSU was still going to go with Johnson as their starter. Ed kind of signaled that in the spring. Brennan entered the portal last year before Johnson ultimately did, signaling he felt Johnson was going to remain the starter next season. He then returned to LSU...only to now have LSU go out and sign a 3 year starter from ASU to come in.

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And if he chooses to stay and compete in the fall, he’ll screw himself if he doesn’t get the job. Nuss can do that and be fine transferring next year. Brennan has a tough decision in the coming weeks.

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Agreed.

If Brennan thinks he may transfer it is probably in his best interests to make that decision soon to give him the best chance to play immediately for his new school.

Honestly I don't think Brennan even waits all that long to enter the portal. A 3 year starter at another P5 school doesn't transfer for the CHANCE to be a starter. The writing is on the wall.

The feet. Compare the feet and the future is clear.

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A 3 year starter at another power conf. school doesn't transfer to a school without some degree of assurances he will start next season.

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A) I doubt Kelly would pull such a dick move.
B) he has 2 years of eligibility left. Could easily split time with / backup Brennan this year and take over next.

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Otherwise, he would have gone elsewhere

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I don't know of another program with a better opportunity for him. No big program was going to give him a starting job, and I doubt LSU did. But at LSU he has really just one QB for competition who will be gone after this year.

I definitely do not think Kelly has promised anyone the job. Not Daniels, not Brennan, not anyone. Brennan came back because he wants to play for lsu AND he felt like he had a great opportunity to start. That opportunity just got a little more hazy for him. He doesn’t have a lot of time to make a decision:

Personally, I hope he’s ready to go physically for the spring and we get to see all these guys compete. But I just don’t see Brennan sticking around unless he has a good idea he’s the best immediately after spring. He’s out of time.

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I get it but it really bums me out how it’s gone for a true blue LSU guy like Myles

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If he wasn’t clumsy, he would’ve been the starter last year.

Like Phil Robertson

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A) I doubt Kelly would pull such a dick move.

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Kelly is going to be judged by wins and losses. Period. If he thinks Daniels gives his team a greater chance of winning, so be it. Is he supposed to forego a better opportunity to win simply to be nice? When Brennan decided to remain at LSU, Daniels was not an option and Kelly and his staff had not had a whole lot of time to fully evaluate everyone. So retaining Brennan was probably the best option THEN. But then the options changed once Daniels entered the portal. It's not as if Kelly convinced Brennan to stay and then went and traded for Daniels. A potentially better option later became available.

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I don't know of another program with a better opportunity for him. No big program was going to give him a starting job, and I doubt LSU did. But at LSU he has really just one QB for competition who will be gone after this year.

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Arizona St. was likely going to give him the opportunity to start. Word is he visited Missouri...who lost their starting QB from last season. I'm sure Missouri would have likely given him an opportunity to start. The same can be said for other power conf. teams. And before you say, "well, LSU is a better program than all of those", you're right. But starting at ASU, Mizzou, etc is a better opportunity than sitting the bench at LSU.