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LSU fans-tell us about TJ Finley
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:27 am
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:27 am
What are y'alls expectations from him?
No trolling, asking a legitimate question. He's a ginormous dude
No trolling, asking a legitimate question. He's a ginormous dude
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Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:30 am to Hogwarts
Has a cannon but still a rough talent last I heard. Seems to have a good mind for the game.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:30 am to Hogwarts
I think that's pretty much all we know at this point other than he has a cannon. He supposedly had a great week of practice, but the defense was supposedly better than at any time last year too. We'll see.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:33 am to TigerLunatik
Myles cant compensate enough for our garbage defense so not expecting Finley to be able to.
Could be a rough game.
Could be a rough game.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:34 am to Hogwarts
His 247 comparison coming out of high school was Feleipe Franks , so take that FWIW.
, so take that FWIW. 
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:37 am to Hogwarts
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LSU fans-tell us about TJ Finley
Wild Bill Taylor tells us that's he's a "tall Joe."
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:38 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
That doesn't make sense, Franks is a good runner
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:40 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
He might be a lot like that QB Arkansas played against LSU last year
He will be very raw
The physical tools appear to be there but I'm not thrilled he has to play a SEC defense and one from a Saban coaching tree that will bring tons of pressure in his first start.
Plus USCe has always had pretty solid dlines and their DB's are talented as well.
If LSU had to have a throw away year, I can live with it this year. The team will be much more experienced and better next season. Too much talent lost to NFL plus the opt outs took some key players out of the few returnees we had and on top of that the QB is now hurt.
He will be very raw
The physical tools appear to be there but I'm not thrilled he has to play a SEC defense and one from a Saban coaching tree that will bring tons of pressure in his first start.
Plus USCe has always had pretty solid dlines and their DB's are talented as well.
If LSU had to have a throw away year, I can live with it this year. The team will be much more experienced and better next season. Too much talent lost to NFL plus the opt outs took some key players out of the few returnees we had and on top of that the QB is now hurt.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:40 am to Mithridates6
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TJ Finley is a 6-6, 250-pound Pro-Style Quarterback from Ponchatoula, LA.
H.S. Scouting Report
Evaluated 09/14/2018
GabeBrooks, Midlands Region Recruiting Analyst
Comparison: Feleipe Franks
Enormous QB prospect with elite height. Built similarly to a big tight end. Pro-style pocket passer with an arm that matches the size. Unafraid to take shots down the field. Drives the ball vertically with power. Whips the ball out with ease. Fires it with zip in the short to intermediate passing game. Shows impressive touch in the red zone on corner and timing routes. Will stand in and deliver under duress. Winds up a bit and can improve release quickness. Footwork needs to tighten and become more consistent. Shows promise throwing on the move, but not a big-play running threat mobility-wise. Big-framed, big-armed pro-style QB with raw tools and high ceiling.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:47 am to Hogwarts
I expect our fans to finally realize just how fricking awesome Brennan was
9th rated QB in the nation on a team with no run game and no offensive line
I expect Finley to struggle alot
9th rated QB in the nation on a team with no run game and no offensive line
I expect Finley to struggle alot
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:47 am to Hogwarts
He's also fricking huge.
Listed at 6'6, 242 pounds.
Listed at 6'6, 242 pounds.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:52 am to Hogwarts
I could see him struggling for a couple of reasons.
-True freshman making his first start against a good SEC defense.
-He isn't extremely mobile. With our o-line, that could be a problem. Brennan has had a while to learn how to move around in the pocket and even in his first game didn't do that well. I don't expect a true freshman to pick that up immediately.
-He has a cannon for an arm. This is a good thing but our WRs have had quite a few drops this year so I don't know if the extra velocity is going to help or hurt him. I have no clue though how he is with putting touch on necessary throws.
-People have said he had some accuracy issues coming in. Honestly don't know if those have been corrected or not. I have to lean towards no with the short amount of time he has been on campus plus even less time spent with coaches because of COVID.
Overall, I expect him to look like a freshman, just like Johnson. If we had a more reliable o-line I think he could be a good one.
There is a reason the coaches went with him of Johnson though so we will see. Obviously they have seen more of him than any one else so I hope the guy goes in there and balls out.
Could have been helpful a couple weeks ago with 1 yard to go for a win!
-True freshman making his first start against a good SEC defense.
-He isn't extremely mobile. With our o-line, that could be a problem. Brennan has had a while to learn how to move around in the pocket and even in his first game didn't do that well. I don't expect a true freshman to pick that up immediately.
-He has a cannon for an arm. This is a good thing but our WRs have had quite a few drops this year so I don't know if the extra velocity is going to help or hurt him. I have no clue though how he is with putting touch on necessary throws.
-People have said he had some accuracy issues coming in. Honestly don't know if those have been corrected or not. I have to lean towards no with the short amount of time he has been on campus plus even less time spent with coaches because of COVID.
Overall, I expect him to look like a freshman, just like Johnson. If we had a more reliable o-line I think he could be a good one.
There is a reason the coaches went with him of Johnson though so we will see. Obviously they have seen more of him than any one else so I hope the guy goes in there and balls out.
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He's a ginormous dude
Could have been helpful a couple weeks ago with 1 yard to go for a win!
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:53 am to paperwasp
Built like Jamarcus. Extremely well spoken kid when you listen to his interviews. Seems bright. High school coach successfully ran a veer option attack for 30 years at two NOLA schools. He moved to a school on the north shore that had little success. He tried to run it with Finley and changed to the spread half way through his sophomore year. The coach and Finely took the school to the playoffs his senior year. It was their first trip in a while. Big arm. Had some accuracy issues in HS, but can throw it deep and hit deep outs, flags and seem routes with little effort. If he is accurate , I expect that he will give the safeties hell bc they won’t expect the speed of the ball on the deeper routes. Won’t give them a lot of time to get to the ball. Look for LSU to use screens and quick slants early, then throw very deep. Kid can easily throw it 60-65 yards.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 9:59 am to michael corleone
You are not joking about accuracy issues. In his 3-year high school career he had a completion % of 50.8%. His SR year was 53.9%. I don't care how big your arm is if you can't hit your target it won't matter.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:00 am to Hogwarts
They will give you answers akin to guarded optimism, but reality is that there is no indication to expect positive results.
I don’t expect Muschamp to have a Pelini-like performance, and leave receivers one on one all over the field against a QB that has to pass the ball in an offense that has established no running game.
Just one more nail in the coffin for the LSU staff, IMO. By all accounts, the other QB option is more mobile. He would be more likely to force Muschamp to account for that, which would give some of our NFL receivers a better chance for the separation necessary to complete passes from a young QB that hasn’t caught up to the college game yet.
Instead, we’re gonna let them line up with a better front 7 than Miss St and Missouri, w/o the QB as a running option, try to establish a running game, then expect a QB in his first game to beat them with his 50% accuracy in high school arm.
Brilliant. Both 2019 and 2020 LSU were highly improbable, on opposite sides of the spectrum.
I don’t expect Muschamp to have a Pelini-like performance, and leave receivers one on one all over the field against a QB that has to pass the ball in an offense that has established no running game.
Just one more nail in the coffin for the LSU staff, IMO. By all accounts, the other QB option is more mobile. He would be more likely to force Muschamp to account for that, which would give some of our NFL receivers a better chance for the separation necessary to complete passes from a young QB that hasn’t caught up to the college game yet.
Instead, we’re gonna let them line up with a better front 7 than Miss St and Missouri, w/o the QB as a running option, try to establish a running game, then expect a QB in his first game to beat them with his 50% accuracy in high school arm.
Brilliant. Both 2019 and 2020 LSU were highly improbable, on opposite sides of the spectrum.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:02 am to Hogwarts
Expectations. To just try and survive the day behind that O line. He's a big kid, maybe just a little more mobile than MB. He will be sacked, the question is how many times? I look for LSU to try and establish their running game early in this one. That's another big question mark though.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:13 am to geauxbrown
His high school coach was a longtime New Orleans area coach that did not run an air it out system like a lot of high schools are running now.
Plus the talent level on his team was not very good - no other college type sec level players
Plus the talent level on his team was not very good - no other college type sec level players
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:18 am to nicholastiger
So he is more like Ryan Perrilloux than Jamarcus Russell?
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:19 am to Hogwarts
He's black and Ryan Clark had to shower.
Posted on 10/23/20 at 10:20 am to Hogwarts
He looks big
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