re: The reason JL is getting talked about as QB is simple

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JJ can make more throws but Flynn and Mauck could run the offense much more smoothly. They could read routes much faster

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Where does Lee fit into that statement?

2 QB time! 10-2 season with surprise victory over Bama

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JJ played poorly in a spring game and over most of the entire previous season.

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FIFY

If I were an agent scrutinizing Jordan Jefferson, here's two observations I would make about the kid after every single game last year starting with the Washington game:

1. He's gun shy and holds onto the ball too long - is so scared to throw an int that when he spots a window with an open receiver, he decides to not throw moreso than throw the pass

2. When he takes the snap, instead of moving with the pocket, he moves in a south-southwest direction, which completely renders a pocket useless, regardless of how good the OL is - thus, giving the defensive ends more of a chance to beat their man and go in for the sack

These are the same criticisms I had after the spring game. If those things haven't been solved or at the very least improved on after an entire season, a break with time to think about it, and then a brand new spring - I can only expect we'll still be seeing the same.

And then throw in the fact that the kid is most likely frustrated as all hell so there will now be the negative psychology playing a factor too.

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JJ seems like a very good kid(although he doesn't seem like a leader).

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Just wondering. Which do you feel has shown more leadership ability JJ or JL?

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If I were an agent scrutinizing Jordan Jefferson, here's two observations I would make about the kid after every single game last year starting with the Washington game:

1. He's gun shy and holds onto the ball too long - is so scared to throw an int that when he spots a window with an open receiver, he decides to not throw moreso than throw the pass

2. When he takes the snap, instead of moving with the pocket, he moves in a south-southwest direction, which completely renders a pocket useless, regardless of how good the OL is - thus, giving the defensive ends more of a chance to beat their man and go in for the sack

These are the same criticisms I had after the spring game. If those things haven't been solved or at the very least improved on after an entire season, a break with time to think about it, and then a brand new spring - I can only expect we'll still be seeing the same.

And then throw in the fact that the kid is most likely frustrated as all hell so there will now be the negative psychology playing a factor too.

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And as an agent you found not a single good quality in JJ as a QB?

JJ is probably a good kid. That being said, I still think he has not shown consistently that he is an SEC caliber QB, As I see it, his problems are as follows

1) Either nervousness or inability to read defenses forces him to either take off and run too soon, or hold on and get sacked. I have seen him run out of bounds in the backfield rather than throw the ball away and not lose yardage.

2) He has virtually no touch on passes over 25 yards. he is consistently overthrowing receiveHs, even after all of the work he has had with Tolliver and Randell and the same with Lafell last year.

3) His stats from last year-62% completion rate are misleading. A majority of his passes were screens of short passes over the middle.

Is Lee the answer. I am not sure. I like the kid's arm strength and he shows leadership ability, demonstrated by his refusal to give up after the 2008 season, but he has to become more cognizatant of DB's when making his preads and passes over the middle which have led to Pick-Six's.

Only time will tell. Maybe Garrett is the answer. But one of them needs to really step up between now and August or otherwise we are looking at a long miserable season.

Finally, one last thought for now. Could it be that coaching, or lack thereof, is the problem with both JJ and JL?

Lee has more potential hands down. He has a quicker release, he is more accurate, he sees the field and is actually willing to step up in the pocket to make a throw. Granted Lee has made some of the worst decisions a quarterback can make, but we really threw him to the wolves his freshman year. The kid was not prepared to take the field in 2008 whether it be coaching or just plain inexperience. That in my opinion has had a serious effect on the kid. While I like Jefferson's tenacity, he just does not have the makings of a quarteback. His delivery is slow, he will not step up in the pocket to make a throw, and cannot see the field other than his primary receiver. I mean how many times have we watched this kid throw a ten yard pass into the dirt. I'm not saying Lee is the answer or gonna be great. I'm just saying he is our better option with more potential to succeed.

I say give all the qbs the wonderlink test. Highest score wins the starter positiion.

Neither qb impressed me...I DON'T LIKE PICK SIXES.....can you understand that?....