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re: Leavitt can't read defenses, throw accurately, or go through his progressions.

Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:13 pm to
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:13 pm to


none of that debunks what i told you about JD seeing the open receivers but being scared to throw. kelly confirmed it.

also proves nothing about Joe's incompletions. or that he missed wide open guys.

nobody is arguing his completion% or that he had drops, Db bat aways or just straight 50/50 balls that were not caught on the fly.

Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135228 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:14 pm to
Reminds me of Daniels first year
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
19529 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:15 pm to
I hope he can make that Burrow style progression and come back in 2027. Maybe we could retain most of the team and coordinators. Thats really our first window
Posted by mcspufftiger7
Member since Oct 2020
3656 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:31 pm to
LOL. You are probably the same people that wanted JD benched for Nuss. Leavitt is not that far off. He's got happy feet because he is not yet comfortable with his Oline and when he takes off and runs most of the time he isn't looking downfield like he did on that wildplay when he ran from one side of the field to the other and completed the pass for a first down. If Sloan and Kelly could fix JD then I have faith that Kiffen and Weiss will fix Leavitt. I expect to see more moving of the pocket and more throws while keeping his eyes downfield this weekend. If he's still struggling second half of TAM then I also expect to see Clark get some PT. One thing Kiffen isn't going to do is go 0-2.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
24224 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:36 pm to
I really think we're using Leavitt in the wrong scheme.

I don't know if Lane's got the balls to change things some... but then again, maybe he was doing that.

Seriously, all joking aside- LSU goes old-school, run heavy. Jones up the gut, with Leavitt reading the defense and either handing off to him, or pulling and running it outside. Basically option.
1-2 passing plays in the normal offense, which would have been Green rolling out as a target on the plays he keeps.
All the "modern high powered offense" passing plays get minimized or dropped, other than something occasional just to keep the defense honest.

Leavitt (and Jones) could run that VERY well, and a healthy Green fits that perfectly. That stops putting Leavitt into a situation he's not good at (straight dropback in the pocket), at least until we can smooth things out more. Problem is, Green's out now, so you need to find that 1 easy target somewhere else.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
57827 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:38 pm to
he reminds me a lot of Jayden Daniels year one at LSU
Daniels also had a much better WR room
Posted by craignettles
Member since Jan 2005
3303 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:40 pm to
We need to coach up the two guards and the right tackle
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
35364 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:40 pm to
While you are right that Leavitt hasn't done anything that bad daniels also had 17tds and 3 picks.
Posted by mjax57
Vinings, GA
Member since Mar 2012
5172 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:42 pm to
Watching the rush and not keeping his eyes downfield is a big problem of his so far even when the pocket doesn’t break down.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
74214 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 1:51 pm to
Yea and Daniels really started to improve from the Florida game on with Arkansas being the outlier down the stretch but again we’ve played 3 games, his stinker vs Auburn was in week 5. One thing I’ve seen with Leavitt is when we dial up something for Green he’s on time and accurate. When he’s looking for Watkins he’s also more decisive. I think there’s an element of trust that’s factoring in when he’s looking for other guys and it’ll just take some time to gel.
This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 1:52 pm
Posted by bluewatersailor
Member since Oct 2018
667 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 2:04 pm to
He's Johnny Manzeil.
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