Nervous? Not Joe

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(08-29-2020, 02:43 PM)LSU Tiger Wrote: You've met your match. I was actually fortunate to both be at the Peach Bowl and Natty this past year. I always joke how bitter I'd be for the rest of my life if COVID shut everything down like a week before the natty.

I have the O/U on Brennan TDs at 30 (if a full season is played). 35 is what I'm guessing as well.

I don't think you're giving Brady enough credit though. Brady taught Ensminger and the team the Saints scheme, concepts, and nuances. It's not a system Ensminger had ever played in or called. At the same time, though, Ensminger was the one calling most of the plays, and its clear that he understands it enough to keep it going masterfully. My bigger question for LSU this year is how well teams adapt with a year to study, but with all of LSU's offensive athleticism, only a few teams really have a shot.

Oh definitely; I'm not even close to being a top LSU watcher lol, but Andrew Whitworth is my favourite player ever so by proxy, I'm an LSU fan (and always have been), but I REALLY started watching the team a lot, in 2018 (I can't stand Les Miles, the spineless loser and he turned me off from watching the team {unless they were on CBS} for a good 3-4 years) and that UCF game put any doubt in my mind about Burrow. I wanted him in the 3rd round this year, until he went off lol.

And yes, Brady did add a lot of plays and nuance, but (I wrote a post like this earlier this week with the stats) the tide started to shift in terms of Run V Pass, in 2018, before he came in. The offense was significantly more-efficient in 2019 though, than it had been the previous 2 years and the numbers are staggering.

I think there will be a drop-off this year (if at the very least, because Myles isn't Joe), but the Tigers have gotten better at TE (even he is a FR, I expect Gilbert to be a beast for the next few years), basically are the same at OL (lost everyone, but the line is good-enough) and WR and RB hasn't gotten much worse. Another year to refine things and with Chase/Marshall being a bit more-seasoned, look out!