re: Someone make me feel better about Brossette

I felt worst for him during that South Carolina fumble. You could tell he was behind guice and fournette and knew he blew his chance at getting meaningful reps.

We’re going to need all our RBs to contribute if we’re going to have an effective offense. Looking forward to seeing him.

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I am getting an uneasy feel that reminds me of Les Miles playing players he likes, vs the best we have.

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A. LSU has four unproven RB's (two being true freshman). How does any fan know who is "the best we have" at this point?

B. Ogeron has seemingly gone out of his way to criticize Brossette. I don't think there is any "favoritism" there. Do you remember the "I didn't know our third string RB was going to get the ball" quote? He didn't even call the kid by his name. Or this year when O said Brossette was going to be a "great" player, then immediately stopped himself to change that description to a "good" player? I don't get any sense whatsoever that O would play Brossette just because "he likes" him. In fact, just the opposite.

Brosette was buried behind two of the best RB's LSU has ever had, plus a pretty damn good third back (Darrell Williams). That's not to say Brossette will be great (or good) by any means. It's just that the opportunities over the last 3 years have (understandably) been few and far between. Then when he's had his chances, he's had some fumbles. Most notably vs. Troy. I think O kind of hung too much of the blame on that one play when it really was an overall team AND coaching staff debacle.

He doesn't appear to be a guy who is going to create his own space (like Guice) or someone who has the power/speed combo of Fournette (who does?). He reminds me a bit of Alfred Blue. A bit of a straight-up running style who kind of glides and makes subtle cuts. He definitely needs the O-line to give him a seem, but he's generally able to get through it for success when they do. No one expects him to set the world on fire, but assuming he can hold onto the ball, he can probably be a serviceable back.

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Someone make me feel better about Brossette

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We can't. We have no ammo.

Brossette can however. We need him to.

I really hope Brossette does well.

But the kid has 40+ carries and 4 fumbles. That's 10 percent of his carries. That's not good.

Is he gonna fumble 10% of the time? Probably not. But that is a lot of fumbles for 100 carries, much less 40+

Should've gone to Texas

I don't think you can totally not take his HS success into account. He has some very good natural cutting ability and vision that contributed to his success on that level. [link=See here.
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Of course, this is the SEC but he has shown flashes of what he can do. If you watch this compilation of Guice, Williams, and Brosette, he had a 2-3 decent runs, especially [link=the one at 6:45]LINK ].

To me it’s about ball security. He’s 220lbs n great shape. He’s a tough runner and can shoot through a hole but after his injury he lost that confidence like all backs do when they first get healthy. It took Blue 2 years to get his mojo back. He had to sit behind 3 great Backs that had NFL talent. Then he fumbled which really faaaked him up. If he can get imo 10-15 carries where he holds onto the ball I think he’s gonna gain confidence and have a solid year. We have stud run blockers so I expect this RB group to have success.

He’s a Senior

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In this offense, a pass-blocking RB may be much more important than in past years. His experience and willingness to protect the QB may be a valuable asset to have.

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Jacob Hester agrees! And yes, his knee injury really set him back. Some guys just never mentally come back from that.