re: list potentially tiger's weakest link for 2009 season

You're right, he isn't more talented than most QBs. There are just thousands of 18 year olds who are 6'4", have a strong arm, are athletic, and poised. What did I lose you on?

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You realize in 3 games JJ took 9 sacks last year
In 8 games JL took 8 sacks?

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You realize in 3 games JJ threw 0 pick sixes
In 8 games JL threw 7 pick sixes?

i listed center pay first, because it is usually much more important
then field goal kicking.

Yes he took more sacks last year, but he was thrown into the fire. Things like pocket presence were not quite there yet for him. This year, he will be more poised and know when to let the ball go. And like others said, Lee should have taken a lot more sacks than he did last year.

eta. Also, QBs call their own protections by what they see in the defense. Ole Miss and Arkansas took advantage of him in that regard giving him looks he wasn't ready for because I guarentee JJ wasn't changing protections at the Line of scrimmage in those games.

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Neither QB will put up Rohan, Herb Tyler, Mauck, or JR type numbers what we can hope for is something similar to Bama last year. A QB that protects the ball and delivers when needed to and rely on a strong running game.

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If our QB situation is similar to Bama's was last year we're screwed.

I rewatched the Chick Fil A Bowl the other day, and Jefferson's second half wasn't bad. There were a few drops, and he had about 3 deep balls that they seemed to be calling and throwing just for the heck of it.

With that said, I think the biggest weakness on offense could be the lack of a vertical passing game. Jefferson's different then most young quarterbacks in that his short to intermediate passing game(not including screens, those needed work) is really good where as his deep ball is pretty inconsistant. Hopefully his mechanics have been sharpened a bit and it was more of a timing issue than anything else, but I'm not sure. In the first half when he underthrew LaFell on the deep ball, I agreed with the announcer when he said Jefferson tries to throw his deep ball on a rope rather than loft it.

I think I QB situation will be ok mainly b/c I believe JJ will improve and he does he doesn't have a propensity to turn the ball over (He'll take the sack instead of throwing into coverage)

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secondary

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I just don't see it.

If we still have a problem in the secondary, then it's because we still have a problem with our defensive coaching. We are extremely talented there.

LB is our biggest weakness, IMO.

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list potentially tiger's weakest link for 2009 season

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I love a thread that's meant to call out who we think will suck the most next season by position or name. Just seems kinda dick.

As much as I'm sure you truly believe that on the field coaching would have helped JL, a lack of coaching was not the problem with JL. Some people have it a JL just doesn't have it.

What you people ( and I'm not going to call you names) don't take into account when comparing JJ with JL in games against Ole Miss and Arky is the experience that JL had(almost a whole season, either as a starter or a person that had sifnificant playing time. During most of the season JJ did not get hardly any reps. and it's though to get your rhythm without reps. If you want to be fair( and I doubt that you do) compare stats after JJ has started 8 games.