re: Eat Your Crow Here- re: Jayden Daniels

I stated that he was not the best QB for Denbrock's system and Denbrock either needed to change systems or recruit different style QBs. It was after this year's Florida State game. It did not age well.

I’ll eat my crow.

I never expected to see him get so much better so fast. Doesn’t look like the same player from the FSU game. Bravo to JD. He proved a lot of people wrong, myself included.

im on record as saying he'd be in NY .. so... none for me please

First half of last season I thought they needed to change. Since then I’ve been a fan, but pass that plate of crow.

JD is THE best player in CFB.

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Daniels has pretty much admitted that he was hesitant with his reads and tucked and ran too quick last year. The criticism was warranted. I’m just glad the light went on this year.

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It was t the criticism that was ever the issue. It was those who kept saying “Nuss is a better QB” or “Nuss is the better option but BK only plays certain players” even though they had zero evidence to back those claims up. They had already decided Nuss was everything Joe Burrow was and then some but had NOTHING to base that conclusion off of. The simple fact is, JD has always been the better option for this team. Nuss may turn out to be a good QB, time will tell, but as of now and last year, JD was the better of the two and BK knew exactly what he was doing. This fact angers several posters here.

He has always had the talent. Credit to him for putting in the work to up his game. LSU has clearly benefitted from that and so will his bank account next year.

I've been a Daniels fan since the first Fla State game, when he drove us 99 yds in a minute for a chance to tie.

This is the part that has always killed me with the complaints:

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I thought there was no way a player of his advanced age and experience would develop into anything more than what he was

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I mean, that's fricking hilarious.

He transferred here pretty late, was completely new to the system, and didn't know any of our skill players. I would guess that he EXPECTED to ride Boutte, since we all thought he was going to be an All American WR (and by all, I mean the national media too). Instead, Boutte cratered.

Going into this year, Daniels:
had the benefit of playing in the system a year
knew his WRs, particularly Nabers and Thomas Jr
had an established offensive line returning

That isn't something "an experienced QB" doesn't benefit from, we see it all the time. Guys do it in college, they do it in the NFL.

What Daniels did last year is similar to a rookie coming into the NFL, to be honest. Complete new team, new coaching staff, all new targets and scheme, facing different defenses (quite likely better) than he had faced. He was successful enough to lead the team to the SEC West title and a win against Saban's Bama, which is no small feat. I fail to see how anyone would expect that he'd have no improvement the following year, when just about everything would be conducive to him becoming more comfortable as the starter here.

No crow to eat.

Prior to the Bama game, the LSU radio folks ran an interview with Denbrock. He said what all of us morons on the Rant were saying - JD was hesitant, our WRs were catching way too many balls with their backs to the end zone, and he was relying too much on himself.

I never wanted him benched. I wanted him to improve and be a better QB, and I wanted the coaches to get Nuss some meaningful snaps so he'd be ready when called upon. Sadly, our defense prevented that last thing from happening for the most part.

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Eat Your Crow

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Nah.

He simply started doing the things he needed to do.

-Not hold the ball forever
-Give the playmakers on the team a shot at grabbing the ball
-Use the middle of the field

It was even noted last night that BK commented that last year our WRs caught too many passes with their backs to the end zone.

I posted on here from DAY ONE that Jayden would most likely be the starter at QB.

This came from ZERO football knowledge or recognition of talent on my part.

It was simply common sense. I argued on here that there was no way in hell he came here to finish his last 1-2 years without being given a reasonable assurance by the coaching staff that he would start. There are PLENTY of schools below LSU where he would have been given that "guarantee".

It amazes me how few people can read between the lines in everyday life situations. It's almost a childlike mentality on their part.

The "he waited his turn" mentality is absolute BS. The best player plays, period. If BK can find a better option in the portal, he'll sign him, and keep Nussmeir's arse right on the pine. I don't expect this to happen, but it's a possibility.