re: Nuss through first 4 games

I think they told him not to run, but I think when we get to games that matter like Ole Miss and Bama, he will run if its there and it will get a first down or TD.

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In fairness, he would not throw the ball downfield very much at all in 2022. He did in 2023.

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Yeah it took a season, and three games the next, before he broke his tendency of tucking the ball and running, when pressured, instead of looking downfield and throwing. Once he did that he turned into a Heisman Trophy winner.
Too bad he didn't have a QB Coach like Coach Sloan, early in his career.
What a change.

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He does, and our running scheme needs to improve so he's not throwing so much. His efficiency will improve if both things happen, which is good for LSU.

He's doing fine considering our running issues and having such a high passing volume, though.

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You are alluding to it, but the emphasis needs to be on Kelly, Sloan, Brad and Frank getting their shite together and getting an effective run game. Do this and the passing game will get even better. We are one dimensional because our run scheme is basic and our world class OL gets no push.

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Um, why? Especially if we can create a running game.

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Yes in theory. But jeez its pretty damn high now. If you expect it to noticeably get high you must be expecting perfection.

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He does

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Stahhp, he doesnt. We dont have the luxury of a potential Heisman at back-up, like we did last year


Defenses are hoping QBs run

The O-line sucking at run blocking will make him into a Heisman candidate after all.

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But jeez its pretty damn high now. I

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His efficiency isn't that high.

His YPA is 60th

His YPC is 91st

His efficiency rating is 35th

He's got some room to grow in terms of efficiency

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Stat don't mean much for the team if he is not able to convert on 3rd or 4th and prevent punting.

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We are currently 16th in CFB in 3rd down conversion at 50%. That's pretty good. If we did better at converting 3rd and 1 or 2 it would be higher.

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You are alluding to it, but the emphasis needs to be on Kelly, Sloan, Brad and Frank getting their shite together and getting an effective run game. Do this and the passing game will get even better. We are one dimensional because our run scheme is basic and our world class OL gets no push.

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What do you think the difference between last year and this year is? LSU ran mostly inside zone last year and still ate the frick out of defenses. In a 6 week span, when Diggs was healthy, and given more than 9 carries, he had at least 97 yards and a TD at no less than 5.3 ypc. Williams averaged 5.16, Kaleb Jackson averaged 5.3. Why now are they averaging less? Im starting to believe it has nothing to do with the coaches. LSU's players are not executing. These same players executed last year though.

There are two fundamental differences;

1. Nuss doesn't run, AT ALL. Nuss doesn't provide any deception running the ball. He doesn't add anything to the run game at all. He's actually a detriment.

2. Nuss rarely throws deep and most of the time he is overthrowing the guy. That's why somebody like Hilton is needed. His speed is the only thing that can catch up to passes Nuss is throwing 3-4 yards over players' heads. Daniels averaged a 40 yard passing play every 6 completions. Nuss averages a 40 yard passing play every 37.6 completions. Daniels was literally one 40 yard pass play off in 2022 from being around the same as Nuss is this year. Basically im saying, Nuss is essentially Daniels when talking about the lack of deep ball threat. He made up for it with running though.

Nuss not connecting deep AND not being a runner is keeping them coming after the runners and crashing inside too much. We praised Burrow for being tough as shite. Nuss needs to have some faith and take the frick off a couple times. The man is already taking hits passing the ball, at least when you run, you can dictate if you get hit or not. He's not freaking slow. Again, he's going to have 4k yards and 40 TDs if he plays 13 games, but that's because he's throwing 40 times a game. We've become Colorado on offense

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What do you think the difference between last year and this year is? LSU ran mostly inside zone last year and still ate the frick out of defenses. In a 6 week span, when Diggs was healthy, and given more than 9 carries, he had at least 97 yards and a TD at no less than 5.3 ypc. Williams averaged 5.16, Kaleb Jackson averaged 5.3. Why now are they averaging less? Im starting to believe it has nothing to do with the coaches. LSU's players are not executing. These same players executed last year though.

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Either way, there is a serious problem. I don't care if Nuss sat in a lawn chair in the pocket, there is no excuse not being able to run the ball vs Nicholls. Period!

It would certainly help if Nuss ran more, but we have a pass game that is moving the ball and I've seen film breakdowns that indicate teams are not loading the box. They even talked about USC putting safeties over the top to defend the deep pass. We can't convert 3rd and 1 against lesser opponents? Nuss can do more little things to help out, but others are failing at their basic duties and QB is way, way down the list of issues.

Consistency on deep throws can improve. It took both Burrow and JD time as well. I would recommend rewatching the deep throw to Anderson vs USCe. Anderson was not open when he threw and Nuss was hit immediately afetr the throw. The throw to Parker last game as well. A the announcers said, he could have walked down and handed it to him and it wouldn't have been any better. He also had a deep sideline throw to Lacy that would have been on target if Lacy was held (PI was called).