We all knew LSU was going to have a ton of questions coming into this year and we got our first game to see them. Now we'll have to keep an eye on them rest of the year to see how they progress.

Offensive line - D - Was really bad but even so, hard to say how this unit gels moving forward. You're starting a true freshman at LT who got ravaged. Should get better because it's not going to get much worse. As bad as they were Daniels made some bad decisions that was on him too.

CBs - B- - Outside cornerbacks played well, actually. Didn't give anything over the top except 1 trick play. Seems to be an assignment issue here on busted coverages on 3rd down conversions. They're clearly still learning how to play zone. QUestions still remain here how legit they are because I felt like FSU's WRs were not that good in this game.

LBs - F - Awful. No way to slice this. I saw tons of rotations on LBs and I have no clue what's going on here. The single worst thing about the defense. They hardly existed, were terrible making tackles, couldn't make easy plays for TFL, and were the main reason 3rd downs kept getting converted with busted coverage assignments. This looks like the weakest part of the team alongside OL.

Safety - C+ - Burns made a lot of plays but he missed some assignments alongside Ward. Looks bright here with Burns and main problems appear to be busted assignments that should get better.

Dline - B - Not what we thought they'd be but still played well all things considered. No Smith is going to make this unit take a significant step back so highly unlikely to meet expectations this season. Can still be very good. Mingo played well and made a lot of tackles. BJ got quite a bit of pressure. Consistent penetration with the QB making plays under pressure and also contained the run well. Started to get gassed in the 4th with the constant 3rd down conversions allowed from secondary/LBs.

WRs - C - Huge disappointment and we all know why. Did pick it up at the end but the major issue here was mainly OL not giving Daniels enough time and Daniels also not seeing the open guys fast enough. Outside Boutte, the WRs didn't get a bunch of opportunities to do much but they stepped up when they needed to. Not worried about this group just give them the ball. They were consistently open throughout the entire game but Daniels wasn't seeing the field well enough.

RBs - D - Not much to say here. Didn't get a lot of opportunity and the few times they did they didn't do a lot. Bad OL was main issues here.

QB - B - Daniels played well. I'm not sure why this board is ripping him. He's not flawless. He needs to do better on presnap reads, go through progressions faster, and learn to step up in the pocket more. He gets happy feet too fast before the pocket is actually collapsing. That said, his last drive was absolutely textbook. Perfect execution and perfect clock management. He played way better in tempo offense. Denbrock needs to seriously consider this moving forward.

TE - D - Taylor looks like a superstar in the making. Yes, he missed the block but this was his first game as a college player. He moves extremely well and carries his weight great for a player his size. Should be an elite TE when his career is over here. Needs to learn blocking that will come with time. Going to be a great receiving threat until then. Nice surprise here considering how weak the position is. All the TEs were terrible at blocking while in the game that I saw.

Special Teams - F - We all know why. No point breaking this down. Pollian needs his duties revoked.

Denbrock and House are concerning. I don't know what Denbrock was doing in 1st half. It took until the 4th quarter for him to wake up. Whether this was Kelly's fault or Denbrock who knows but I'm not a fan of what I'm seeing from his scheme. House played too much soft coverage with almost no adjustments in the game giving free 3rd down conversions. He also managed the LBs horribly which is his position group. Polian needs to moved to an admin position. He wasn't a good coach at ND.