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You have to love the Rant. EVERY game is the "biggest test of the season", some bellwether event, and past history involving exactly zero of the players in this case somehow has some metaphysical effect on the outcome.

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We are really good w key injuries keeping us from being great at this time.

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Is that really the case? Or just groupthink?

In the two games with Green out LSU's passing game has been better and the offense more efficient overall. That's NOT to say Green is un-important. It's just that others are filling in the production he left. Whether it is Green that catches 4-5 balls for 65 yards, or that same production is then transferred to other receivers picking up the slack, the production is the same.

The full impact of the Weeks injury is TBD.

Spears is out, but you can argue LSU's secondary may be better with Benefield being a better "star" than Spears and Thomas being fine at safety.

Other than those 3, there are no starters out. The A&M game is the only (meaningful) game LSU has played without Spears and Green and LSU was dominant with its offense turning in arguably its most efficient performance of the season. Of course, it is possible those injuries do prevent LSU from being an elite team. But many fans are saying this more as an established "fact" without any data to support the conclusion rather than a mere possiblity

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The question of whether Moore and loomis are the guys to take advantage of that situation is a very valid one

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This.

The coach can be changed, but everything else above him is stagnant with nor foreseeable means to change. Gayle is a reluctant owner. She was essentially burdened with the team through inheritance. As such, she's totally hands off, which essentially means Loomis is not just the GM, but a de facto owner. He's not replacing himself, so the franchise is stuck.

I think Moore at least gets through year 3, so any talk about replacement is just fan discussion at the moment. But assuming things don't get significantly better, does anyone have any confidence in Loomis selecting a new HC? If Moore fails that means he will have miserably missed on the only two HC hires of his tenure. For many GMs they only get one "miss". But as stated above, Loomis isn't any GM.

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We need another strong draft and couple that with a ton of cap space and 2027 this team will be a good one

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I think people are saying that’s the problem. The ones in the positions to try to deliver that are the ones that need to go. The Saints are in a bad spot with an owner that doesn’t necessarily like being an owner and a poor GM that can’t be replaced because he’s a def facto owner

A new owner.

The Saints are in a unique position of having an
owner who doesn’t actually want to own a football team

It’s just a replay of the past few seasons. The Saints have an ok first unit. But any injuries completely collapses the team. Unfortunately, injuries happen in the NFL and the Saints roster is ill equipped than everyone than a handful of teams to overcome it.

Lance is a liability. He’s fast, but he doesn’t really understand how to play. He never seems to be in the right spot when the QB needs him to make a play

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Cameras caught Seeman saying “f—k you” twice to Cardinals tight end Trey McBride after McBride complained about the lack of a flag for pass interference during Arizona’s loss to the Giants. The NFL Players Association called Seeman’s response “unacceptable” in a statement to PFT on Sunday.

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This one doesn't bother me as much because the players and coaches yell much worse at the refs constantly. Had there been no audio nothing comes of this.

The ref losing his shite on the Vikings player is a different story. Yes, I'm sure getting knocked down by a player isn't fun. But the Vikings player didn't purposes hit the ref. However, even if the ref did no realize that in the moment, the player didn't make any menacing gesture at the ref after knocking him down. He immediately tries to help the ref up showing he had no intent to knock him down. That was over the top.

Hell, I was at a 7th grade football game yesterday. There was a play along the sideline where one player made a big hit. One of the players on the sideline got excited for his teammate and accidently bumped into the ref who was running down the sideline to the play. The kid didn't see the ref coming. The ref was a pretty big guy. He wasn't knocked down. In fact, the kid took more of the blow. Nonetheless, the ref lost his shite on the kid and started screaming in his face. The poor kid was stunned and walked away sadly after getting chewed out by the ref. It looked like the kid was about to cry, but he held it together.

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Kentucky 3rd Down Conversion % - 24.5% (dead last, 138th nationally)

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I'm not quite sure, but I seem to recall a team last year that struggled badly on third down:

2025 LSU 3rd Down Conversion % - 34.4% (104th nationally)

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This is Year One of a MAJOR rebuild in a year with very few quality players in the Portal. I do not expect much.

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That is very common in college basketball now. Major rebuilds can be accomplished in one offseason. Wade doesn't get a pass on that. My expectations this year are at least a NCAA Tournament appearance. As a fan, I'm fine with the approach Wade is taking to try to put together a great roster this season. But if it fails and LSU sucks, he has to own that too (and he has said as much). The standards don't change just because the last guy was a horrible waste of time.

Any comparisons to Burrow are silly because they all fail to mention the single biggest reason for the massive increase in performance...then change in OC. Brady brought in an entirely new approach. One that Burrow and the other players thrived in. Had Ensminger remained the true OC (as in the one who was exclusively in charge of designing the approach and play calling) Burrow probably would have been better in 2019, but not nearly to the degree he and the team ultimately were.

If anything, Daniels is a more apt comparison. Like Leavitt, Daniels had significant playing experience before coming to LSU. He also struggle in his first season with decision making in the passing game. Both were quick to abandon the pass and take off and run if the first passing option wasn't available. Daniels, in year 2, under the same OC he had in year 1, became more comfortable and confident as a passer. I think you could see that with Leavitt were he to stay at LSU for next season.

As it stands now we may be seeing a bit of that growth Daniels experienced in year 1. Like Leavitt this year vs. Clemson, Daniels ran a ton vs. FSU in 2022. He then really struggled on the road @ Auburn and again vs. Tennessee. However, you saw more growth vs. Florida when he was basically told to "let it go" rather than waiting for a perfect scenario to pass. He then beat two top 10 teams after that. Whether by circumstances (injury) or on purpose, Leavitt looked much more comfortable passing against A&M. That continued this past week (although the level of competition has to be accounted for). I think you are seeing a bit of growth by Leavitt. I think you are also seeing a coaching staff get a better feel for its personnel.