re: 3 things that shocked you about your team Saturday

1. Shocked how much Trask improved certain parts. His pocket presence and awareness was a lot better, and most importantly he is not scared to throw it to his big receivers and let them make plays even when not open. Something that Burrow did a ton of last year.

2. Shocked that Toney looked as good as he did at WR. Hands improved and his route running was far more crisp.

3. Shocked at how poor our tackling was for the third straight year for the first game. We have to figure that out next offseason. Cant keep coming out tackling at a poor level

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That was clear from his post game interview where he specifically said he kept seeing state defenders in his designed passing lanes which is why he hesitated so much, yet you could see almost 2 maybe even 3 guys running wide open outside the hashes pretty often

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Sign of good coaching. Using strategy to make up for lack of talent

How did Shavers do? I was surprised to see him leave Alabama after he was slated to be a big part of the offense this year. Looks like the transfer is working out for him.

2 big time catches but wasn’t our number 1 target. that move at the LOS i posted was dirty though

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2 big time catches but wasn’t our number 1 target. that move at the LOS i posted was dirty though

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Good for him. He's a talented receiver and I hated to see him leave. Frankly, his departure surprised me because there is a huge drop off after Smith and Waddle. Next is Metchie and then nobody. Saturday, a bulk of the receptions were made by Waddle and Smith with John Metchie catching two maybe three passes. After those mentioned, no wide receivers caught passes.

I was shocked Gus NEVER once had they play sheet in his hand. Don't think he called a single play.

It also brought a tear if joy to my eye to see multiple intermediate to deep crossing routes to a wide open middle of the field. It was...beautiful.

Pretty happy with the play if our corners as well. Simpson (super excited about this TF), McCreary, and Tutt all played really well

I was shocked at how bad we suck. Pretty jarring.

1. How bad our secondary is. I knew they would be thin, especially without Stingley, but my goodness. That may have been the worst secondary I have ever seen LSU field.

2. Brennan’s poor fundamentals. There’s one thing to have jitters in your first start, especially if you’re a freshman. This is Brennan’s 4th year in this system and he looked completely bewildered. His footwork was all wrong. He was routinely throwing off his back foot with no body rotation. He couldn’t sense the rush in the pocket. He didn’t understand how to climb the pocket and was flushing himself. He looked extremely indecisive, and routinely checked down to covered receivers underneath when receivers were wide arse open down the field. He literally could not see open receivers.

3. Defensive line looked better than advertised. If Miss State’s QB wasn’t such a pro at working the pocket and scrambling to avoid rushers, LSU likely would have had an absolute feast of sack lunches.

Malzahn didn't appear to be meddling with the offensive play calling

Malzahn didn't appear to be meddling with the offensive play calling

Malzahn didn't appear to be meddling with the offensive play calling