Before you even suggest Nussmeier to the Saints, LSU fans… (6 Viewers)

[St. Widge]

Huh? There’s “draft experts” predicting him to be the number one pick in 2026.

Not saying I agree, but give me a break, he’ll definitely be a top 10-15 pick.

I don't really care what "draft experts" think. I've watched him play and I was told the same thing at the start of this year and he wasn't close to the player they said he was. Dude has talent but he has a lot of work to do to be worth a 1st round pick. He's not close to ready for the NFL and needs to take a leap in the offseason to be worth a 1st round pick.

But teams do reach for QBs who bust and it only takes one team to reach because they are desperate for a QB.

 

[St. Widge]

Or Chevis Jackson, Glenn Dorsey, Ali Highsmith or any of the other many LSU flameouts.

Now name all the flameouts from every other school in the country.

LSU had the 4th most players in the NFL at the start of this year. Going to LSU doesn't mean the Saints should draft a player but the idea that LSU players aren't good or always "flame out" is dumb.

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

You really thought you had something with this post, didn’t you?

Some people demonstrate how little they pay attention.

 

[sfidc3]

Now name all the flameouts from every other school in the country.

LSU had the 4th most players in the NFL at the start of this year. Going to LSU doesn't mean the Saints should draft a player but the idea that LSU players aren't good or always "flame out" is dumb.

This is also true, and I would add that IMO Glenn Dorsey would have been a great NFL player had it not been for the serious knee injury his last year at LSU thanks to that dirty Auburn olineman......he was never the same player after that injury....

 

[3ParStillDriver]

I don't really care what "draft experts" think. I've watched him play and I was told the same thing at the start of this year and he wasn't close to the player they said he was. Dude has talent but he has a lot of work to do to be worth a 1st round pick. He's not close to ready for the NFL and needs to take a leap in the offseason to be worth a 1st round pick.

But teams do reach for QBs who bust and it only takes one team to reach because they are desperate for a QB.

The leap could take place mid season next year. A perfect example is Jayden Daniels. Something clicked for him after a handful of games his last year at LSU and he became a completely different QB. And that “click” translated very well to the NFL.

Sometimes these QB’s “click” occur in the NFL. I think you could argue that Drew Brees from 2008 on was a different QB than 2007 and prior, including his years for the Chargers. It wouldn’t reflect in the stats because he was already good, but it was clear his manipulations of defenses went to a whole new level

Far more often then not, these clicks never happen.

 

[sfidc3]

The leap could take place mid season next year. A perfect example is Jayden Daniels. Something clicked for him after a handful of games his last year at LSU and he became a completely different QB. And that “click” translated very well to the NFL.

Sometimes these QB’s “click” occur in the NFL. I think you could argue that Drew Brees from 2008 on was a different QB than 2007 and prior, including his years for the Chargers. It wouldn’t reflect in the stats because he was already good, but it was clear his manipulations of defenses went to a whole new level

Far more often then not, these clicks never happen.

Yup, agreed, those clicks are rare.....the 1 year incredible growth/improvement of a Burrow/Daniel hardly ever happens, as LSU fans we are incredibly fortunate to have witnessed both.....Nuss could turn out to be a good NFL QB or he could turn out to be a career backup or worse, at this point it's impossible to know, but I would argue his ceiling is far lower than either of his predecessors.....

 

[St. Widge]

Yup, agreed, those clicks are rare.....the 1 year incredible growth/improvement of a Burrow/Daniel hardly ever happens, as LSU fans we are incredibly fortunate to have witnessed both.....Nuss could turn out to be a good NFL QB or he could turn out to be a career backup or worse, at this point it's impossible to know, but I would argue his ceiling is far lower than either of his predecessors.....

Agreed. It could click for him at some point next year, but it's fairly rare to do what Burrow and Daniels did. And, it's the guys that it does click for in college that go high in the draft (and sometimes NFL teams just reach for elite athletic skills). If Nuss remains the type of player he is now, I think he's a mid-round pick. That's doesn't mean it won't click for him some point in the NFL, but at this point I don't see him ending up as a good starting QB in the NFL.

That being said, if he gets just a bit better he still could lead an LSU team with a lot of talent added in the portal into the college playoffs next year.

 

[sfidc3]

20+ teams passed on him and the Eagles drafted Jalen Reagor one spot before him. Sometimes everyone gets it wrong. Hats off to the Vikings though. The pick that they used on Jefferson was the one they got for Steff Diggs.

I told my friend (Vikes fan) when they drafted JJ he was the most NFL ready WR I'd ever seen.....dude does every little thing right, zero weaknesses....good athlete (not a freak) that proves you don't have to be an athletic freak to be the best....

The Clemson DC felt so strongly about him that they doubled him almost the entire game and left Chase single covered (Terrell never had a chance)....