re: Lee/Jefferson combo is better than the singular of either

It's all in the application, not the design.

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So you know all we will need to beat bama is Lee? Even after seeing throughout the season that our WR's drop passes left and right, even after seeing some horrible balls thrown. When a defense like Bama shuts Lee down, just like MSU did in their territory, I would gladly wish for a running qb who I know has potential to make great throws.

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Nobody knows what we will need.

But everyone knows that what we have now has been good enough to beat 3 ranked teams, get to 5-0, and #1 in a poll.

Therefore, I am perfectly comfortable continuing down that road.

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So, when the defense puts 8 in the box our response would be to put in the worst passing qb we have

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Hate all you want, but our recievers were fairly well covered vs UK and we'll likely see better DBs in the future.
If you can't get open we don't have any QBs accurate enough to make off shoulder throws and this has to be practiced by WRs.

There are ways to to loosen up a defense other than throwing.
Signed GA Tech and others.

In 5 games, Lee has thrown 8 TDs, 1 int and has been sacked 3 times, which leads the SEC in sack avoidance. If you think Jefferson was going to put up anything close to those numbers (especially the 1 int) you are mistaken. Let's not break what is working right now.

Here is the real numbers for JJ & JL

Player Att Comp Pct Yds Long TD Int Sack Rat.

2011
Jarrett Lee 108 64 59.3 793 52 7 1 3 140.5

2010
Jarrett Lee 89 54 60.7 573 47 2 1 6 119.9

2009
Jarrett Lee 40 16 40 197 38 2 1 3 92.9


2010
J. Jefferson 209 118 56.5 1411 75 7 10 18 114.7

2009
J. Jefferson 296 182 61.5 2166 58 17 7 34 137.2

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certainly a few of those passes should have been caught, but Lee got away with a few as well,

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Some shouldn't have been thrown considering the coverage, and some were pretty tough catches of questionable throws.
JL didn't have the best of days vs UK.

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I enjoy having a top 20 offense

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I'm content with our results and QB to this point, but we don't have a top 20 offense.

We have a top 90 offense with a top 18 scoring offense thanks in good part to a top 4 T/O margin, a top 3 rushing D, and a top 9 total D.

It's amusing that last season all many wanted to talk bout was our passing offense and total offense. The fact that our scoring offense last season was much better than our total offense ranking was hardly ever mentioned, but this season passing/total offense is suddenly not important in the minds of some and scoring offense is ALL important.

Go figure........

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It sure has worked extremely well in the past 2 seasons.

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You're right. 11-2 is a terrible record, we should only use one of our talented QBs.

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How did Lee do vs MSU

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went 21-27 for 213 yards...red zone playcalling was the main reason for the FG's instead of TD's. They fixed that for the WVU game.

I'll give them a bit of a pass on Kentucky, wedge game between WVU and Florida, plus 11:20 starts have never been great for LSU offenses.

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it means that the offense is benefiting from field position and leads being made more comfortable by special teams and defensive scores. It's not necessarily having to do too much to win games to this point. Which is fine, that's the way to win championships...the question is, how does this offense respond if it needs a late score to tie against a stout defense. I'm very happy with the offense right now, but Lee and JJ aren't great playmakers with their arms.

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+1 billion. It is not an explosive offense, the turnovers forced and field position gained, defensive scores, the D limiting the other teams' scoring, the kick return score, the net punting yardage, etc. Could the offense be put in a much better situation? Look at the receiving yardage per player, they haven't even hit stride yet. If this team doesn't keep games tight or play with a lead then there is no proof STD that it can overcome a significant deficit. Lee is not going to hit a switch and all of a sudden put up 275 yards passing on UF, Bama, etc and the receivers need to step up their attempts on gaining separation from defenders and convert catchable passes into receptions -- Lee, JJ, whoever is the QB.