I believe that the defense can fix what went wrong. Not sure about Brennan.

Leach was not good matchup for first game. Would have rather played Mizzou or Vandy first

It was the kid’s first game as a starter. I get he didn’t play well, but the defense is the real concern. Specifically, the lack of adjustments when our you g corners were getting schooled in man. That’s what lost the game. We scored 34 points, passed for 300+, and had 4 turn overs. We lost because the defense defensive backfield looked like a bunch of pee wee players going against MSU. It was absolutely terrible to watch.

I sorta Expected a rough season.

No Stingley or Logan was not great.

Giving them that many possessions wasn’t great.

The biggest concern is Brennan appears scared out there. Burrow Etling Mettenberger Jefferson even though their skills were vastly different they all played with an attitude even when they wern't that great. I believe you need that cockiness to be a good QB. You have to believe you can make the throws even when you cant. Think Felipe Franks. I dont see that from Brennan.

I agree the defense will be better and clean up the missed tackles etc.
Hopefully Brennan improves a lot, but the biggest thing that needs to happen is the running game MUST improve. The offense will not work if the coaches act like MB is Burrow and how they didn’t realize this before the season is mind blowing.

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I don’t think we have much chance to beat Florida so this ain’t happening. Offense will struggle this year with Brennan at the helm.

Joe Burrow - first game as a starter for LSU, 9-2-2018 vs. Miami; PASSING: 11-24 (45.8%) 140 yrds 0 TD 0 Int.; RUSHING: 4 for 14 yrds

Myles Brennan - 9-26-20 vs. MS State; PASSING 27-46 (58.7%) 345 yrds 3 TD 2 Int; RUSHING 11 for -37

Im going to go out on a limb and say, comparing the 1st start for Burrow in 2018 and yesterday's start for Brennan, not as much separation as it is being made out to be. Burrow got the Win against Miami which says a lot, but it wasnt flashy.

Lets give this kid a chance, when he had time he looked good. We need to adjust our play calling, offense needs to control the time of pos., stay on the field longer (give the defence a breather), check down more, diversify the run game, etc.

I was going to start exactly this thread. The defense will get resolved.

MB isn't going to win you any games. It's just not our year..

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Im going to go out on a limb and say, comparing the 1st start for Burrow in 2018 and yesterday's start for Brennan, not as much separation as it is being made out to be. Burrow got the Win against Miami which says a lot, but it wasnt flashy.

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Google "Burrow holding onto the ball too long" and see what your first result is. Big surprise, it's the rant from Burrow's first year with the vast majority of people agreeing that he was holding onto the ball too long. It happens with even the best of them when they first see significant action.

We all know Burrow was the best ever and Brennan won't be him, but a lot of his passes were accurate. So that's good. But he needs to let loose a lot faster and that happens for a good number of QBs the more they play and get used to game speed. It happened for Burrow eventually. Brennan didn't have stupid penalties and got the plays off in plenty of time for his first start, so at least he didn't have that issue as well. He looked way more comfortable with the fast tempo playcalling. I believe that is what his high school team did. They should try to do it a lot more, but the D is going to need to improve to allow us to do that a lot. Brennan's speed and ability to move outside of the pocket is a concern for me. He needs to learn to loosen up back there for sure.