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can someone explain the logic behind not wanting to see what he can do?

Jefferson did not play well. TJ Yates proved you can overcome the interception bug. Why not see what he can do.

Someone who does not want to give him a shot please come forward and state why?

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I wouldn't say he didn't play well. He didn't have a super game with big numbers. He didn't do anything that killed us (especially when compared to some of the other stuff some of our players did). He threw a 51-yard bomb for a TD that was a strike and had another bullet TD to Shepard that was a really good pass. He had some decent runs and he was very accurate on his passes.

Now, he still drops back waaaay too far when he's in trouble on some plays. He didn't physically take any sacks (which was a positive), but he got a stupid intentional grounding call on one when he should have just ran to the side and thrown it out of bounds. He had an INT. at the end of the half which he tried to throw away, but didn't quite succeed. Again, that's stupid because he only needed to get outside the pocket and throw it away five yards in front of him. But every QB usually has a few stupid mistakes a game. And those were just a couple of plays.

He took too much time to throw on some passes as well. He didn't appear to have any real trouble getting plays off, completed 71% of his passes and had positive yards rushing.

Also, starting the third quarter JJ hit the open TE as he did a few times in the game and we picked up 24 yards. We were inside their 15 and about to score something one way or the other and then FUUUUUMBLE. If LSU scores there, the game is likely out of commission. RB's fault.

Again, starting the 4th quarter, they had a nice drive where JJ made nice plays running & passing and led them down inside NC's 20. Ridley makes a great run for a TD on 3rd down to finish it off and we get called for holding. Then Jordan got that intentional grounding call on 3rd and 12 at about the 26. So that was another likely score/nail in the coffin that didn't happen because of penalties. Now, we obviously would have had another TD without the holding call, so that's not JJ's fault. But we might have possibly scored a FG if JJ had thrown it away. However, we missed from just about at that distance earlier in the game. So that wasn't guaranteed either.

Obviously, the bigger mistakes that made this a close game were not JJ's. He did most things well. And it's a first game, so I don't know what you're expecting.

And no, JJ did not put up TJ Yates #s. That was our other bigger problem. Our secondary had a gigantic breakdown in the 2nd half.

And that's what the big issue is. Our coaches have not made many good 2nd half adjustments recently. Teams adjust to us and we either lose our lead or just hang on to win it seems (quite a bit). JJ did not play as well in the 2nd half (and the rest of our team had major issues), but like I said, when you have drive killers, it's hard to impress.

As for Lee, I'm not against giving him a shot at some point (if JJ actually struggles). That's the point of the backup. I was hoping we'd score another TD and put JL in to get him some work and see if he's improved.

You can say what you want, but La. Tech was a chance for him to show some improvement and pull closer to playing in games if our offense is struggling. He had just played the week before against Bama for almost a full half, so it wasn't like he was coming in without playing in a long time. But there was nothing that he did that I could say was even close to good in that game. You have to cash in every chance you get when you have an opportunity to show people that you've improved (whether it's because of an injury or whatever). But he didn't do that. Maybe next time he will.

It's not even about interceptions. He didn't even have one against Tech. He just couldn't complete almost anything. That was an even bigger problem. That was the lowest total an LSU QB had for total yards in a game last year. JJ only did something like that once and that was against Florida (obviously a huge difference in opponents).

It was the first game, JJ was accurate, nailed some TDs and if our other guys would have held on to the ball/not been called for penalties, it wouldn't have been close. Then we would have seen JL. JJ did not play bad and the game never got far enough in doubt to warrant pulling the starter for a QB that has recently had big struggles. That's the logic.

Hopefully the coaches can start making adjustments and we'll get some separation from teams and see Lee. If he does something really good when he gets in, then he'll get closer to seeing more time. Until then, no...

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Let's wait and see how JJ does first.

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we did...nothings changed...put the other guy in...

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Actually, something did change from the previous game. We won.

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did you thank the guy that made it happen?


he's #7...goes by the name peterson....

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Any fan that isnt a moron realizes the sixes weren't his fault.

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The ones against Auburn, the one the first play against Georgia, and Tulane were Lee's fault. And that's just off the top of my head.

I think the one against Troy was too so that makes it 4 out of 7 fwiw.

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Actually, something did change from the previous game. We won.



did you thank the guy that made it happen?


he's #7...goes by the name peterson....

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Don't change the subject. You said that nothing had changed.

He helped make it happen and was the biggest contributor in making it happen. Sorry, but I didn't thank him. I don't have his number.

JJ also helped us win. As did RR, RS, etc. They all had TDs.