KJ Jefferson

KJ could be the best QB in the SEC next season.

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His improvement in downfield passing was quite shocking. I actually think we are limiting him too much. He can really throw the deep ball well.

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I think Briles opened him up too early, game was too quick.

Briles shut him back down to runs, slants and immediate go passes to pre determined areas of the field.

Very impressed with the improvement from the start of the season. If he can make the same stride next year, he could be one of the best we've ever had. I hope Briles is around, and tailors his play calling a little better to suit KJ's strong points next year.

He still needs to work on his touch, and hitting his receivers in stride. He could have easily had 30 TD's this season if he led his receivers in the right direction.

What's amazing to me is when you break down his 3 picks:
- 1st game of the season, bad pick
- Texas game, absolutely incredible play by the safety
- Hail mary before half during the Ole Miss game


... that's it. He's been beyond protective and effecient with the ball this year.

So a new offensive coordinator?

Yeah honestly I’d take a few questionable play calls in exchange for one of the best college quarterback coach in the country

He definitely has some Big Ben qualities, but he's a much more willing runner. Big Ben never rushed for more than 190 years or 3 TDs in a season during college. To me, he's got a lot of Tebow qualities but with a better arm and a little less lateral quickness.

It was mostly me saying black kids never get compared to white QBs, but the way Jefferson takes so much to be taken down reminds me of Big Ben. Could hurt him later with injuries.

I’m not calling for KB to be fired. His offense was good this year overall, but a lot was left on the table.

1) He calls more trick plays to try to get big gains than simply calling for deep balls from KJ when deep balls are his best throw. The trick plays hardly ever worked, were wasted downs that took on unnecessary risk.

2) Consistently throwing short of the sticks on 3rd downs.

3) Calling shotgun read option time and again when our QB hardly ever kept the ball, allowing the defense to crash in on our RB’s running sideways when we could have just gone power run if we wanted to establish running game.

4) KJ’s ability to see and react to a blitz needs improvement. Briles’ offense is all about going fast and then looking to sideline, and less about a QB diagnosing himself what’s going on before the snap. Too many times KJ was flat footed against an obvious blitzer when he should have saw it coming and reacted accordingly.