re: Throwing to guys open...

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I saw the same from the North end zone. Kept having to remind myself, Braden…Joe Burrow he is NOT. He will not throw it on there cuts to space. He waits until someone is wide open. By then, he’s too late delivering the ball, so he starts running. Almost feels like he is afraid of throwing an INT. But his hesitation takes away the teams greatest strength…WRs.

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I agree with you. To a T, I have said exactly what you are saying. Playing weak teams we can get away with it and be in games but we will face good teams that he won't run away from and the coverage will be tighter and the offense will be nonexistent.

Daniels has been starting college football for four seasons. What you see is what you get.

Yes, and there's a scheme problem with this. They're trying to force something he obviously can't do. There's way to get around it. If you notice, he works best when he has less to process and just needs to immediately make a quick decision or run.

They can make this a one-read offense. Schematically, it can work but you need a smart OC which Denbrock probably isn't the choice here for. You can rotate plays in like cutting the field in half for his vision. Makes it easier to play defense but his running ability is such a threat it might not matter. If you remember Cam Newton was similar but bigger and ran a one-read offense to the NC. They can stack 4 WRs on one side and then 1 on the other side. Design plays specific to players. Lots of stuff schematically they can do.

Kiffin does it great. He adjusts scheme to QB strengths which is why it doesn't matter who he has in front of him. I'm sorry say but Kelly and Denbrock clearly aren't innovative enough to do this. They're forcing something Daniels will not be this season. It looks to me like this is the scheme they will run regardless of who is behind center at LSU. Not a fan of coaches doing this for the reasons you see plaguing Daniels. He's not comfortable in the offense until it's tempo and he has to process less. It's not hard to see. It doesn't take rocket science to figure out but apparently it is for Denbrock/BK.

That’s the reason you see him do better in the hurry up offense, it’s out routes, hooks and simple/single reads. The TD pass to Nabers, he did really well on because that was the called play and receiver. He missed 3 guys last night that were easy, walk in TDs ( they were that wide open ), if he recognizes what he’s seeing.
Missed one in first half, the safety bites down and the receiver is all alone, if he hits him, he walks in the end zone.

Daniels is a running back and that is it. Very inaccurate and incapable of reading defenses or throwing people open. A lot of open guys last night and good protection. Just a guy playing QB that isn't good at the position. Unfortunately, it appears that he is the best there is and the lumps will have to be taken.

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Bro this Daniels topic....the horse is dead but everyone keeps beating it!

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Except until Daniels develops, the team will only be a middle of the pack SEC team. Sorry that we have higher standards.

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He's a bandaid on a team that's undergoing a rebuild. You can say we have "higher standards", but the simple fact is this: we've been under 500 the past 2 years, with MASSIVE roster attrition both seasons. There's a reason why so many transfers and freshmen are starting and getting a lot of playing time, it's because we didn't have anyone to compete at those positions coming back.

The realistic target is 8-4, it was that before the season started. Losing the opener to Fla State put that in jeopardy, since that was one of the games people counted on. Being a "middle of the pack SEC team" would be a win this year.

You can bitch about Daniels not being NFL caliber, but the fact is, he's the only guy on the roster currently able to give us a fighting chance. People are saying give Nussmeier another shot... he had SEVEN possessions against Southern, the biggest creampuff we've played in decades (sorry Jags fans, but it's true). He made 1 play, and it was simply a deep ball that our WR got under.

I think I sense a lot of Nuss people pushing this. Could be wrong. Nah.