re: Why do people equate criticizing JD with “Blaming him entirely” for the loss?

The risk of playing JD5 is not worth the reward. My concern is him not having the fundamentals down such as going through his reads. He gives me no confidence. On the other hand, I believe giving Nussmeier an opportunity to showcase his skills is the right move. First, Nuss can make reads and go through his progressions and get the ball out quickly knowing how to attack a defense. We might as well give him a shot because it may be a return on our investment in him in terms of not only wins, but also in his maturation and potential development into a QB who meets or exceeds our expectations. I hope such a transition is possible for us fans who have been waiting for the next QB who brings back the memories and skills we've not had the pleasure to partake in since Joe graced the field with his vaunted presence. I'm truly sick of the JD 5 experiment that has yielded no return of hope that I expect of this team.

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I agree. And you had opportunities to extend drives on critical 3rd downs when the momentum was going the other way. The protection was good, the throw was good, and you drop the ball. Drive/momentum killers.

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Not seeing an open receiver or making a bad throw/decision is also a momentum killer. There's plenty of blame to go around.

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If Bama beats us this year it's going to look exactly like the 2011 title, with JD going 3 and out over and over because the 5-6 yard routes arent open.

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Exactly. The Alabama game this year is going to be a bloodbath and Saban won’t take his foot off the gas. The defense will lock down JD like they did Fournette.

Some people are blaming Daniels. Daniels definitely deservers some criticism but I think people coming to his defense is because of the loud minority who are wanting a QB change.

But again I'll keep saying Coaching was the biggest blunder offensively. It was really bad.

It was just brutal at times. I’m watching the game back right now actually.

First possession of 3rd qtr and you get a few 1st downs. You’re driving the field to answer their score. Protection is great. Jayden goes through his progressions. You’re on their 45 and kyren drops the 1st down catch. He may score if he catches it.


2nd drive of 3rd qtr, you get a first down on a pass to Malik and then you convert on 3rd to mason taylor for 8. You get to the next 1st down and that was the BTJ drop. He catches it, and you’re starting the 4th qtr down by a td on the FSU 10 yard line. Next play, Malik falls down and you get picked.


Next series, you’re down 2 scores and they sack you because you’re in catch up mode. You punt it back, they score again, ballgame.

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I don't care, catch the ball. It went through his hands. Catch the ball.

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The WR was wide open on a busted coverage. Make a better throw and its an easier catch and probably a touchdown. Still should have been caught, but the quarterback made that a MUCH more difficult catch than it should’ve been. Make the throw.

Multiple times LSU had their #1 receiver Nabors 1 on 1 vs man coverage. Which is exactly what you want and great opportunities for big plays. JD botched everyone of those throws giving Nabors no real chance to make the catch. Make the throw.

Fact is for every bad drop LSU’s receivers had, JD had a bad throw or a bad read that cost LSU points and/or offensive momentum.

Once again, JD’s play was definitely not the biggest problem LSU had Sunday night. But it was A problem. It was once again very average QB play, not bad but not good either. And with LSU’s secondary problems, they are going to need more than that this year.

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The WR was wide open on a busted coverage. Make a better throw and its an easier catch and probably a touchdown. Still should have been caught, but the quarterback made that a MUCH more difficult catch than it should’ve been. Make the throw.

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This happened multiple times last year. Best example is the TD to Jenkins in OM game. Dude was open by 15yds. Luckily Jenk made the play.

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The WR was wide open on a busted coverage. Make a better throw and its an easier catch and probably a touchdown. Still should have been caught, but the quarterback made that a MUCH more difficult catch than it should’ve been. Make the throw.

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I literally just watched the play again, and the ball hit BTJ in the stomach. You have to catch it in that scenario and you're in the redzone.

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Multiple times LSU had their #1 receiver Nabors 1 on 1 vs man coverage. Which is exactly what you want and great opportunities for big plays. JD botched everyone of those throws giving Nabors no real chance to make the catch. Make the throw.

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Those fade routes early were bad, no doubt.

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It was once again very average QB play, not bad but not good either. And with LSU’s secondary problems, they are going to need more than that this year.

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If the receivers catch the ball, he finishes with almost 400 yds and 60 on the ground with a couple TD's. If you take away the BTJ TD late, he finishes with over 300 and a couple td's still. To me, that isn't average.

Maybe JD doesn’t throw a catchable ball. Doesn’t throw open. Throws late. Throws lack zip and authority when needed. Throws lack touch when needed.

When pass plays are called his first job is to make the throws. If WRs are dropping them then throw to others but make the throws. Until running is only option he has to continue to be looking to throw when pass plays are called. That’s is what is practiced all week and that’s what must happen in the game. Game plan and practices mean nothing if not followed by the QB after one read. WRs are more involved even if not first read. It also forces the defense to defend the entire field for 4 quarters more than one read QB draws and sets up later play calls.

He is in his 5th year as a starter. I am tired of him taking so long to get comfortable enough to consistently pull the trigger. He is a freaking QB. Throw the damn ball!

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I literally just watched the play again, and the ball hit BTJ in the stomach. You have to catch it in that scenario and you're in the redzone.

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Yea, EVERYONE agrees BJT should have caught that.

But it also needs to be acknowledged that it was poor throw by JD to a guy that was wide open making it a more difficult catch than it needed to be. And if it was a better throw, if caught, they aren’t just in the redzone on that play they are scoring a touchdown on that play.