re: Why didn't Jordan Jefferson play earlier in the season?

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You guys should really consider the fact that JJ was facing a defense that was rated BEHIND LSUs!!!! And, he went 9 for 21.

I'm VERY unhappy with Miles this year. I think he stunk up the joint. That said; pretty much ANY coach who thought the backup was showing ANYTHING in practice would've given him a shot with Lee struggling as he was.

Clearly, JJ was extremely shaky in practice and let's face it, we really haven't seen anything definitive in a game to indicate thinking he wasn't ready was an absurd line of thinking.

For the comparable 1st outing numbers, you'll not that Lee was 11-22 against an AU defense rated about 45 spots ahead of Arky's defense and he was 18-27 against Miss St defense rated about 22 spots above Arky's.

There's nothing to really say that JJ wouldn't have blown arse against the best teams on our schedule and gotten his confidence shaken too.

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no doubt. sadly there aren't many of us who get this

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completing 40% of his passes may be why

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He had several dropped passes and he actually threw the ball away a couple of times which Lee obviously could not learn to do. This kid played a great game and put up 30 points in his freshman starting debut against an SEC team. I would say that's pretty damn good. Also he was obviously handcuffed by poor play calling in the second half of that game. Miles chose to play not to lose instead of trying to get a first down and play to win. It bit him in the a** to leave the game up to our defense that has been struggling. What is the most upsetting fact is that we lost to an Arkansas team that was missing 2 starting lineman, a linebacker, and their best player (Michael Smith) a running back. Completely embarrassing.

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if JJ was pretty damn good against Arkansas, what was Lee against Miss State? Amazing?

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I think Lee played well in that game. He unfortuntely did not improve at all during the course of the season and to anyone it is obvious that Jordan Jefferson has more upside. Jefferson did not make the mistakes that Lee has made over and over this season. He gave his team a chance to win and his coaches and defense blew it. You can;t sit there and say that the play calling in the second half was not shite*y. They handcuffed the kid instead of just letting him play. They did the same thing to him against ole miss. When we were down big at the end of the first half they just let him come in and run the offense like it should be abd then in the second half they got over conservative again. I'm not saying that Jordan Jefferson is the second coming of Joe Montana or John Elway, but you can't say that he didn't play well and show more potential than Lee has shown all year. If he wasn't ready to come in and contribute earlier this year then that's the coaches' fault. He was the state 5A championship qb that ran a spread offense and never lost a game as a starter. I refuse to beleive that this kid was not ready to contribute to some extent since the beginning of the season. You may disagree but I think most don't.

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He still takes one read and takes off running

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That's better than what Lee did and just throw it to him anyway (see the 17 interceptions for reference). He should use his legs. They're one of his weapons.

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directed the offense to 36 total yards in the 2nd half

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9 4th quarter yards

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Good Lord, if you think Lee or Hatch is better than JJ you need your head examined

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do the words "pick" and "six" mean anything to you?

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Yes, Lee threw pick six's in his first 2 games, AND still had enough "moxy", "confidnce" and accuracy to lead his team to victories in pressure situations much greater than what JJ has had

Lee gets no credit for LSU being 2-0 in his first 2 games, and JJ gets no blame for LSU being 0-2 in his first 2

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AND still had enough "moxy", "confidnce" and accuracy to lead his team to victories in pressure situations much greater than what JJ has had

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playcalling was way more open for those two games too.

we were still throwing the ball wide open.

dude, you can suck off lee all day who hasn't progressed as a QB AT ALL, and i'll support the better QB, which is Jordan Jefferson.

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playcalling was way more open for those two games too.

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you keep saying that like JJ was totally a victim of the playcalling, and not a major factor in why/what was called

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you can suck off lee all day who hasn't progressed as a QB AT ALL, and i'll support the better QB, which is Jordan Jefferson.

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suck off? figures

you're just rantastic

i'll support LSU's qb's regardless of who they are.

i just wonn't convince myself that when i see the guy i root for complete less than 50% of his passes against the worst defense in the SEC and LSU go 0-2 that i just saw the answer to LSU's qb problems.