re: Here are my concerns about Joe Brady

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ThaiTiger24

Here are my concerns about Joe Brady
He has an elite QB running his system who, unlike 95% of the quarterbacks in college football, is able to make multiple reads before choosing his target.

I am really curious to see how his system works next year with Myles Brennan under center.

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And did you and the rest of the CFB world have this opinion of Burrow before this season ?????
Uh, nooooooooooooooo..

I’ve seen folks around here recently suggesting that Burrow isn’t all he’s hyped up to be because the huge jump from last year to this year means it’s the “system”.

On the other hand, I’ve seen folks suggest that Brady isn’t all he’s hyped up to be because he has a Heisman front runner at QB.

Here’s the reality: Burrow is/was better than his numbers indicated last year. He was not running a system that compliments his abilities, and he had limited time with the team before the season started.

At the same time, Brady deserves credit for implementing a system that caters to Byrrow’s (and our WR corp’s) strengths. Burrow is a stud, AND those receivers are getting open on mismatches all over the field.

I don’t expect Myles Brennan to win a Heisman Trophy, break LSU records, and complete 80% of his passes next year. But Myles will be a RS junior and he has a cannon for an arm. Not to mention the fact that we will only lose one starting WR to the draft and could return 3-4 OL. LSU fans are as anxious to see what Myles can do with the 1’s as anyone, but I don’t expect the offense to go back to the Stone Age next year.

Brennan next season will be better than any QB that Bama or Auburn has.

And definitely better than Mond.

so you think Joe Burrow was an elite QB in 2018 ?

My point being, the two compliment each other. it's not all one and none of the other.

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OP, did you see LSU play in 2018 with Jeaux at the helm? Elite qb's do not wait til their 5th year in college to be elite.

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I thought last year that Joe had the tools to be really good(maybe not THIS good) and you have to remember that coming from no significant playing time in D1 games to playing big boy football in the SEC, there was a curve for Joe last year, and it showed.

But he absolutely showed signs of elite QBing if placed in the right system last season IMO.

Burrow was a 57.8% passer last year with 16 TDs and 5 INTs. To put that in perspective, it was worse than the likes of Shurmer, Guarantano, Bentley, Stidham, and Franks. Not to mention the good QBs in the SEC last year. That's worse than Danny Etling in 2017! Burrow has the physicals and the football IQ, but he's elite this year because of Brady's system.

I agree, I hope he is pushed. But if he's the man next year, I think we will be alright.

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considering he's still in high school I don't think he's spending much time on the LSU campus this fall.

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Sigh, you're right - I thought I was looking at your 2019 commits when I saw him. My bad.

Some of you guys are nuts..well very wrong headed in this case.
Burrow came out of high school in 2015. In those 3 year he had a combined 18 tds 5 ints. Last year he had 16 tds 5 ints with pretty much the same supporting cast as this year.
He is on pace to have 48 tds 6 ints over 13 games, the same number as LSU played last season.
Brady has worked a near miracle. I'd do cartwheels if Georgia hired him to replace Coley as our OC. I'd actually have to pay my niece to do the cartwheels but in my mind I'd be doing them.