Hard Truths that explain the season

There are some hard truths about this LSU team that I think explain a lot about our season.

We have some legitimate superstars on this roster, but we also have a lot of average to below-average players.

Dylan Jones is a really good running back, but the rest are below average. Seton and Braelin Moore are really good offensive linemen, but the rest of the line is well below average. Harris is a great receiver who consistently gets open, but the others struggle to get separation and drop passes when they do get opportunities. Greene is an outstanding tight end, but there’s a significant drop-off after him.

Defensively, it’s the same story. Bennefield is a great safety, but the rest of the secondary is average at best, outside of pickett, who is a really good corner. We have one or two really good defensive linemen, but the rest are young, inexperienced, and quite frankly, not playing very well.

So what you end up with is a team with some extremely high-end talent mixed with some pretty low-end talent. Throw in a quarterback who can make 10 incredible plays and then one absolutely disastrous decision, and you’ve got a recipe for frustration.

And I think that explains our season perfectly.

When we play teams with average talent, our superstars are good enough to not only win those games and blow them out. But when we face a complete, well-rounded team, they expose our weaknesses. They don’t have to beat our best players. They just have to take advantage of the mismatches elsewhere on the field.

We have enough talent to beat average teams, but not enough quality across the roster to consistently beat really good teams.

It actually makes a lot of sense when you look at it that way. But man, it’s frustrating to watch a team with this much top-end talent struggle because of how big the drop-off is at so many positions.