re: Jarrett Lee - Emerging Star

CAN'T WE JUST DROP IT ALREADY!!!! DAMN! If there's nothing else to talk about just talk about the QB situation, huh? I get just as fed up as everyone else when Lee makes a bad decision but there is a lot more to talk about..... Like our secondary

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you cry too much.

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You whine about criticism too much.

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he the same qb that is 19 yrs old. he had to listen to a bunch of ungrateful bastards boo him in his own house last night. first year starter who has done some good things besides doing typical freshmen mistakes. you and most everyone else have no idea how hard it is to play qb at this level in this conference. give him a chance before you judge him.

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I know it's hard to play QB in the SEC. I expected him to have trouble playing as a RS FR. What concerns me is that he's been regressing since the 2nd half of the Auburn game, and it's a disappointment.

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he's been regressing since the 2nd half of the Auburn game

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That's just bullshite. He had 3 TD and 3 INT against Georgia, which is the same thing Russell had in his last game against Tennessee, when everyone called him a hero.

Stafford just threw 3 picks against UF, and I don't see many people bashing him. Heck, Snead and Stafford each have as many SEC INTs as Lee does, but with less TD passes.

Lee's not horrible, he just hesitates too much. Obviously, that can be fixed. He's light years ahead of where he was against Appy State, North Texas, or the first half of Auburn though.

Lee is the chosen one.

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That's just bullshite. He had 3 TD and 3 INT against Georgia, which is the same thing Russell had in his last game against Tennessee, when everyone called him a hero.

Stafford just threw 3 picks against UF, and I don't see many people bashing him. Heck, Snead and Stafford each have as many SEC INTs as Lee does, but with less TD passes.

Lee's not horrible, he just hesitates too much. Obviously, that can be fixed. He's light years ahead of where he was against Appy State, North Texas, or the first half of Auburn though.

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I'm not speaking in terms of statistics, really, though the pick-six tally is troubling (2 of those three UGA picks were returned for TDs). It seems like he's becoming increasingly frenetic in the pocket, he's making more bad decisions and he's apparently made no progress in field vision. Hey, maybe it's just different watching the Auburn, UF and USC games on TV and watching the other games in Tiger Stadium, but I've been progressively less impressed with his performances when the opposite is expected to be the case.

You mention Stafford, but Stafford's an established three-year starter earning nationwide praise. There's quite a bit more uncertainty as to how Lee will turn out.

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There's quite a bit more uncertainty as to how Lee will turn out.

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Well, I'll agree with you on that part. I just think the whole regressing theory is flat wrong. He played horribly until the 2nd half of the Auburn game, and that had more to do with the pass blocking and the Aubbie defense fearing Charles Scott than anything else. Any good QB would have done what he did against Auburn.

He played decent games on the road against SCAR and UF (both of which have great defenses), and played a little worse against Georgia, but it's not like he's among the worst starting QBs in the conference. He's still among the conference leaders, because he can make up for some of his hesitant mistakes with some really good throws.

His accuracy is a little lacking, but just look how much better it is than what Tennessee has got right now. The LSU receivers should be helping him out a little more, but they haven't been too great this year in getting open or catching difficult passes (they are still great in running after the catch).

Ease up a little. Auburn, Miss. State, South Carolina, and Florida, are all killer against the pass. Alabama, Ole Miss, and Arkansas should be a little easier.

And yeah, LSU shouldn't be such a big passing team, but the O-line sucked trying to run against Florida, and got behind in every game except for Miss. State. So a lot of Lee's miscues have come when he's trying to rally his team from a big deficit--not an easy thing to do for a freshman on the road in the SEC, or even against Georgia at home.

Doesn't he have a nagging ankle injury or something that he's trying to rest in non-SEC games? I know he didn't play most of the MSU game, and only came in late and got one reception against the Bulldogs too.

Watched part of the TooLame replay last night, and just as I thought at the game-several drops of catchable passes, including at least one by Byrd. The only receiver that seems to catch everything thrown his way is Dickson, and we don't know his status...

A lot of his struggles were DROPPED PASSES and getting blindsided on the paly where he threw the pick.