re: Jesse Palmer: "Lee is the best QB in the SEC."

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Beckham had to stop his route and dive backward to catch the ball.

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Yeah it is called an adjustment that is what a great receiver does.

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I'm an LSU fan. Why would I want Jarrett Lee to suck?

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I don't think you did, but now you have a difficult time admitting you were just wrong. It's easier for you just to continue believing your previous bullshite.

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Right, but he was crediting Lee for the throw when in reality it was a great play by a great WR

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That is not at all what I did. It was a nice play be Beckham. However, it looked to me like a planned back shoulder throw. Because I am not an LSU coach or player, I do no know this to be true, and of course you do not know it to be false.

Not knowing where the ball was supposed to be thrown makes it pretty easy for a fan to in correctly evaluate a play like that correctly.

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Even if it was, it was still poorly thrown was my point

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If it was a designed throw, it was perfectly thrown...IMO.

No way for it to be picked, and Beckham made the catch.

I guess this is where bias shows. One (or both) of us are allowing our bias to color our evaluation of that throw. However, to call it a poorly thrown ball completely discounts variables that we as fans cannot account for.

I believe it was thrown before Beckham even made his break. Did Beckham slant further than the play was designed? Did he break earlier than designed? Or did Lee not throw to the correct spot? Since we do not know, it is impossible to say with any certainty that the throw was poor.

All we know for sure was the it was a completed pass, and I think both players should get credit for that.

There have been crazy comparisons drawn to professional QBs and their feeling that an accurate pass is within 6 inches of their target. That is an unreasonable standard to hold a college QB and a true freshman receiver to after very limited reps together, don't you think?

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I still think it is hilarious that last year we had a dog's breakfast for an offense, and this year we want to nitpick on throws that were caught and contributed heavily to what looks like a much better offense.

It would be interesting to calculate how many points per possession LSU is averaging this year vs last, and vs the rest of the top ten. This is a very telling stat on the effectiveness of an offense, and it does not get any attention in the mainstream. My guess is that the tigers would rate pretty high on this stat (to this point I am too lazy to calculate it)

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One word for LSU's offensive success at QB.

Kragsthorpe

Before the illness was diagnosed, he helped improve technique for all 3 QBs.

LSU offensive output for 2010 was 29 PPG.

IT'S NOW 39 PPG ... Just 0.25 PPG above the 2007 BCS Champion squad

Some would argue the defense gives us these extra points ... and they may have a case.

I say to them that Lee has 1 pick thru 4 games, so STFU

You wanna know LSU's secret ... He's the man behind the curtain ... He's the wizard

Coach Krags, god love him

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I just noticed that he has only been sacked 3 times this year. Very impressive by both, him, and the o-line.

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He has a quick release as well as a good O line in front him. He has no reason to be sacked a great deal this year.

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Never ever heard talk like that about JJ...Just think, one of the best QB's in the SEC may have never seen the field this year had it not been for a guys night out at Shady's...I guess Les just likes JJ more than Lee for some reason.

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Well...Palmer did say this about JJ at the Manning Camp -
"He's one of those guys when you watch him throw against the air, he's unbelievable," Palmer said. "You see his athleticism and look at the strong arm, his ability to make all the throws. His drops are about as natural as anyone I've ever played with and that includes Kurt Warner, Kerry Collins and Eli (Manning)."

I'm not kidding - he actually said that. I like Jesse, but it's possible that he's just a little too high on LSU QBs. Although McElroy from Bama was at the camp and also spoke highly of JJ and what he did against Bama last year - it least his comments were based off of a game.

However, JL probably is playing about as good any other QB in the league. I know there are a number of newer QBs, but still, it's good to be thought of like that. However, I think Arkansas' QB is playing the best considering what he's working with. His OL is terrible with all the injuries and true freshmen starting...they also lost their star RB for the year. If they just get a decent offensive line he'll probably be shredding teams. He got drilled worse than I've seen a QB get drilled over a whole game in a very long time against Bama and didn't have happy feet.

Just heard Les say (Weekly talk show TJ Ribs) that he expects Lee to have an NFL career and an NFL team would be lucky to have him



Les also said it was Lee's job and the team chemistry would not be affected with the return of JJ

Les Miles is one class act ... we are very lucky to have him as a coach and he told a 10-year old boy who called the show on his birthday (Coach asked the boy if he had a wish and the boy said he wished he could grow up and play for LSU). Les thought about it and said he would be around when he became old enough to play for LSU ... he answered the NFL speculation BS

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Well, I think the player that is executing the QB position deserves as much credit as Kragthorpe. JMHO.

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And without Krags, Lee is likely repeating his last season stats and earlier ... lots of picks