re: Overlooked reason why LSU / Burrow is so dominant.

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was really impressed by Moss that game

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This is essentially the same group that ranked in the top 20 nationally in drops last season. There were 30 in all, and each would-be catch further amplified the lack of success the Tigers had in the passing game as a whole, which ranked 66th in the FBS with 228.5 yards per game.

Enter Joe Brady, the former New Orleans Saints assistant whom Orgeron hired during the offseason to serve as LSU's co-offensive coordinator. The 30-year-old Brady not only brought his take on the spread to Baton Rouge but also helped bring about newfound focus on the art of catching the football. Using everything from the traditional JUGS Machine to new-age goggles, Brady and receivers coach Mickey Joseph tasked receivers with catching at least 10,000 passes during the offseason.

Offensive lineman Lloyd Cushenberry remembers those drills and how strange they looked from afar. But what he remembers more than anything else about them is the timing, namely how early they took place. Cushenberry would think he'd beaten everyone to the facility in the morning, only to see Brady and the receivers playing pitch-and-catch.

At first, it felt like a novelty. Then it kept happening over and over again.

"They worked every day, countless hours, coming in early on Saturdays," Cushenberry said. "When we came in and did drills, they were already in there with Joe."

It translated to live action. Relieved of the case of butterfingers, LSU's receivers started making more plays and bolstered a new offense that spread the field horizontally as much as it stretched it vertically.

In the spring, behind closed doors during practice and in player-led 7-on-7 drills, Cushenberry saw an unfamiliar site: The receivers were winning one-on-one battles against All-SEC-caliber players such as Grant Delpit, Kristian Fulton and Stingley.

"They were making plays against our great DBs," Cushenberry said.
He added: "It was definitely different."

The receivers felt the shift as well. There were times in practice when Orgeron had to call timeout just so his defense could catch its breath.

"I saw our defense have a little trouble guarding us," Jefferson recalled. "So we knew what it was all about and the new weapons we had: me, Terrace, Justin and Clyde running a couple of routes out of the backfield. It was a lot of new tricks we had up our sleeve."

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He might not be as good of an athlete as Jordan Jefferson was but he is light years and galaxies better seeing where and when to run.

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