Quarterback: B+. Burrow looked a little rushed early on, but after settling down he showed the poise and leadership most of us expected. I only really question a couple of decisions he made all night. The staff to allowing a transfer to audible at the line of scrimmage against a defense like Miami the first game of the season tells me that they have a lot of confidence in this young man. Something not noticed by many were his throwaways. While not exciting, they were a great example of how this guy knows how to NOT screw up.

Runningback: A. This is arguably the most pleasant surprise. WTH did Brossette have to eat before the game? The young man ran like a beast, and he certainly looks more than capable of continuing the strong LSU tradition of stuffing the football down your throat. CEH looked like a nice change of pace back, and I fully expect to see a few big plays out of him this year. Both showed they're more than capable of seeing the field and making fast breaks towards daylight. No fumbles against a ball hawking defense definitely pushed this unit up to an A grade.

Wide Receiver and TE: C+. There is room for improvement here, but I think they definitely proved they have the athleticism to become an offensive strength. Route running looked sharp at times - Jefferson in particular, but this is an area that can improve. Obviously, they could use some more practice actually catching, especially in traffic. Given the fact they were going up against a pretty good Miami defensive backfield though, I was content with their performance. Chase is a future 1st rounder. The dude has the "IT" factor. Foster Moreau was wide open in the back of the end zone on one occasion, but JB failed to see him. I'd have loved to had seen that play made. It'd have been a thing of beauty. This will be corrected in the film room.

Offensive Line: B-. Other than GW living in our backfield, our line held up much better than the nega-Tigers predicted. There's much to clean up here, but at times the execution of our offensive line was stunning. The 50 yard run was a thing of beauty and a RB's dream hole. It must have looked like a Brazilian bikini model opening her legs to Brossette, and he took it right to the bitch. Charles looked like a bull in a China shop on several plays. Hopefully Magee is back soon.

Overall Offensive Grade: B

Linebackers: A+. They're were a couple of plays where they over pursued the runner, but I'm not holding this against them for wanting blood in week 1. This unit was impeccable and set the tone for the entire night. Devin White was an absolute beast and brought the swagger of the four horsemen of the apocalypse with him. This unit struck fear in the hearts of the "U" players and made them look like cowering little girls all night long. This may very well be the best group of linebackers I've ever seen at LSU, and if Chaisson comes back 100%, the rest of the SEC has been put on notice. Nobody is pushing us around with these guys healthy. Show me a hands down better corps of LBs in the country, and I'll take a season long ban. If Aranda was Satan, these guys are definitely his death squad of fallen angels.

Defensive Line: A. This crew made Miami's offensive line pay for showing up all night long. Other than several occasions where it appeared they shot through the wrong gap and took bad angles at Rosier, they played fearless and had nothing in mind but destroying the Miami backfield. Fehoko looks to be everything they claimed he was in practice. I thoroughly enjoyed watching our line throw Canes around like rag dolls.

Defensive Backs: B. They had a solid A until the 4th quarter, but all of the problems are correctable. Greedy's name wasn't heard much, but that's a good thing. Fulton looks like the real deal. He just needs to clean up his pass interference. That one drive just looked like a fluke though. We've got a pair of shutdown corners. Opposing OCs that enjoy passing are going to hate us. Our safeties looked very solid until the 4th. Again, I chalk the 4th up to a fluke. They just need to watch more film and fix the angles their taking to the ball. Delpit played very well, and Battle got a pick. I have absolutely no worries about DBU maintaining this reputation at all. We had some freshmen mistakes, but that's to be expected. They're going to make a lot of QBs consider other sports this season.

Overall Defensive Grade: A

Special Teams: A+. Cole Tracy is a beast and showed exactly why Orgeron gave him a scholarship. His addition will win us a few games this year.

Coaching Staff: B. That 1st quarter was looking like a shite-show, but I was pleasantly surprised with the adjustments made after the 3rd time out. I personally enjoyed watching Ensminger's game plan unfold and feel like we have the talent for the power spread look he was giving us. Did we get conservative? Yes. We also built a 30 point lead against the #8 team in the country. I don't blame them for getting "boring" in the second half. Aranda was Aranda. Enough said. The man might be the best DC in football today. Coach O seemed very full of fire on the sideline, and he exhumed extreme confidence in our offense by going for it on 4th down on a couple of occasions when the game was still close. Calls like that send messages to your players, and they ultimately build swagger. We built quite a bit of it in front of a TV audience of over 8,000,000. LS manhandled Miami and took our "U" back without a problem, then we handed them the "L" to play with for a week.

Many of us laughed, but it looks like O wasn't bullshitting when he said "We comin'".

Overall Grade: B+

This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 5:29 pm