Pure Dual-Threat

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If we had the option if the QB as a running threat ...we would have had a different ball game.

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Yeah, like was saw on 1/9

I preferred this outcome to that one

I'd take a competent QB that can consistently complete passes to open WRs.....just saying.

I'm so tired of this dual threat quarterback argument. If we had a quarterback that could hit open receivers we would have won the game to be completely honest. Here's a fun fact for you. Deshaun Watson who is a dual threat only had like 30 rushing yards with like 15+ attempts but he threw for over 400 yards against them. What does that tell you? It probably tells you nothing because you're so convinced that a dual threat quarterback is the answer. The facts are that you have to have a quarterback that can hit the open receivers when they are open. Etling had plenty of time of throw all night and he just couldn't hit the damn receivers when they got open. If he does that then LSU would have won that game. It has nothing to do with dual threat quarterbacks and is more related to just having someone back there that can execute when they need too.

Dual threat seems more like a situational bandaid than a true solution.

You are analyzing one instance where this MIGHT have worked based on a Saban game plan not designed around needing to stop a dual threat.

We need a competent and precise QB not a dual threat. They would just plan for a dual threat if we had one.

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Deshaun Watson who is a dual threat only had like 30 rushing yards with like 15+ attempts but he threw for over 400 yards against them. What does that tell you?

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Not much if you take your spin for its face value. Now go back and watch the game, then tell us how many of those 400 passing yards came from plays that were extended due to his dual-threat ability.

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A dual threat is nice, but I'd rather a QB who can hit open receivers.

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I believe that is what the term "dual" threat QB means? He can PASS and RUN.

Dual Threat Recruits in the last 10 years at LSU.

Russell Shepard, Anthony Jennings, Brandon Harris, Justin McMillan, Lindsey Scott, Jr., Lowell Narcisse, Jarrard Randall. Stop with all the dual threat bull. It's old.

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I'm so tired of this dual threat quarterback argument. If we had a quarterback that could hit open receivers we would have won the game to be completely honest. Here's a fun fact for you. Deshaun Watson who is a dual threat only had like 30 rushing yards with like 15+ attempts but he threw for over 400 yards against them. What does that tell you? It probably tells you nothing because you're so convinced that a dual threat quarterback is the answer. The facts are that you have to have a quarterback that can hit the open receivers when they are open. Etling had plenty of time of throw all night and he just couldn't hit the damn receivers when they got open. If he does that then LSU would have won that game. It has nothing to do with dual threat quarterbacks and is more related to just having someone back there that can execute when they need too.

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This doesn’t fit the rant/xbox/PlayStation/chipkellyoffense narrative.

Unfortunately, "dual threat" are often single threat in reality - running. And if you're prepared for that, you usually do fine.

Certainly, there are exceptions - $cam was brutally effective in college either running or throwing.

Tom Brady can't run worth a crud. Neither can Drew Brees. How do they look compared to "dual threat" QBs?

A QB that can handle 3- and 5-step drop and fire accurately, making good decisions with the ball is better than any "jack of all trades" athlete that is the flavor of the week.

Now, having said that, Lowell Narcisse is more of the same mold as $cam - he is raw and unfinished. His knees are a question mark. IF he can develop, he can provide either a change of pace (I'm thinking a wildcat package or some other option - read or spread) or build an entire offensive approach around him.

But that is clearly some time in the future. For 2018, barring some major development, Myles Brennan is the LSU QB and it will have to be based around a "quick out" passing game, whether or not Canada stays and continues to run his motion-heavy, jet sweep offense.