re: Dan Quinn's comments about Jayden Daniels has me feeling good about LSU QB' going forward

If he leads us to a National Title you would think that would put him in the drivers seat like Burrow for the Heisman.

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Remember the rant said he couldn’t read a defense ?

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my complaint was that he would not throw into tight coverage - deadly afraid of an interception.

When he finally started trusting his accuracy and hitting his receivers and giving them a chance to show off their skills - it finally clicked and he became unstoppable - if you DID manage to blanket all the receivers, he just ran the ball for 40+ yards.

What a talent!!!! = assisted by an offensive lineup that will be a long time repeating.

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Your post history is full of idiocy.

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Your last two topics have 100+ combined downvotes. How ironic

I said it at the time, but I dont think his issue was every reading defenses or going through his progressions.

He usually threw to the right guy but he was always behind.

And that was because he wasn’t playing with confidence. His hesitation would cause him to be late on timing routes, and deep routes he jsut wouldn’t pull the trigger and they’d outrun his arm or he’d bale because he felt nervous in the pocket.

but he had 68.6% completion rate and only 3 int. you don’t do that throwing to the wrong guy. He just wouldn’t throw the deep ball and he killed all his catch and run opportunities by
making the WR have the adjust to the ball.


This is maybe my best TD take of all time, but i said before last season he was insanely close to being video game player good if he could just let it rip.

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This narrative always chuckled me because if you think he was awful at reading defenses then he would’ve had the turnovers to match Jayden’s first year was objectively good, he just turned it into a legendary 2nd year by trusting the ability of his receivers/improving his accuracy.

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This is all off. He improved his accuracy down field a lot in year 2, but he was never that inaccurate. His issue was his anticipation and vision. He waited until receivers were wide open, then threw it to where they were, not where they were going. It killed the YAC opportunity and limited the passing game. He didn’t have turnovers because he only threw the ball when a receiver was wide open. Kelly literally said the staff was questioning if he was the guy after the Tenn game and was publicly calling for him to not worry about not turning the ball over.

Obviously, sloan is the real deal. To someone who just randomly watched LSU games jadens first year at lsu, to who watched him last year, the progress he made is astronomical. If you cant see that, then i dont know what to tell you. Sloan is worth his weight in gold. He had a qb that went from undraftable, to 2nd pick, heisman winner. Thats crazy progress in 1 year. Yall better hold onto sloan, cause its obvious hes a great coach. If i was sark, id be gunning for sloan to come to texas. Sloan and sark would be a dangerous combination.

But kudos to LSU. Its obvious yall got the realk deal in the qb coaching room.

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Remember the rant said he couldn’t read a defense ?

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That or process fast enough. They always considered him a one read QB. The problem isn't saying that, although it was mostly BS, the problem i had is fools who said he could NEVER improve. I thought that was a completley ignorant thing to say. Are we forgetting that players improve even in the NFL? Sure he played several years, but if you paid attention to anything, those weren't just straight up in an environment conducive to developing.

He had to start as a true freshman. Then instead of getting the development he needed in the offseason, covid happened and screwed everybody up. Then he only got to play 4 games that season giving him little year two devlopment overall. in his 3rd year he was dealing with new receivers, a new coordinator, off the field crap in the coaching staff, and just forced some passes. He gets to LSU the next year and has to rework mechanics and play behind an awful offensive line. Throwing the interceptions the year prior at ASU made him way more careful with ball, basically to a detriment.

Adapting to the SEC was also a different beast and regardless of what people say, Daniels had to pretty much win games or stay in games on his own at times. That damn FSU game in 2022, we were only in it because of him. Terrible snapping problems, half second blocking, Boutte dropping TD passes, fumbling issues galore on special teams and wrong assignments on kicks was just too much to overcome. He had a couple bad games that season to be sure, but the hate and vitriol he got was insane considering what he did do as a first time starter in the SEC with a patchwork team around him. The man had 3800 yards and 29 TDs from scrimmage in about 11.5 games year one for Godsakes. He had a TOTAL of 6 turnovers. The man improved immensely in one offseason while at the same time still limiting his turnovers (5 turnovers in 2023).

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Jayden’s first year was objectively good, he just turned it into a legendary 2nd year by trusting the ability of his receivers/improving his accuracy.

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Hell, there were a lot of posts on this forum about Burrow holding on to the ball too long in 2018 and Jayden's passing numbers his junior year were very comparable if not better than Burrows. So yes, his junior numbers were objectively good as you say, and he got better his senior year.

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How do you know? Maybe the struggle was that receivers were making wrong reads.

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Do we really even exist, or are we a figment of someones imagination only sticking around until they wake up? Assumptions have to be made at some point.