Re: LSU to move Shepard solely to WR I've said this many times now. There's a reason they won't let him throw a pass..
Re: LSU to move Shepard solely to WR From what I saw at scrimmages, not really.. He seemed to know where he should throw it, just couldn't get it there. And for the record, Williams isn't exactly a great passer. That (lucky) pass in the GA Tech game was underthrown and probably should have been picked off. That said, it was one of my favorite plays.
I think it is obvious that Shepard will see some time at running back and will run a lot from a slot receiver lineup. I will not be shocked to see him at wildcat quarterback in the red zone from time to time, either. But his NFL future is at receiver and its good for him to get into that mind set.
Re: LSU to move Shepard solely to WR Keiland threw a touchdown against Auburn, did he throw one against GT? i cant remember, i guess my point was, why not have the guy throw at least 1? But...... i guess now it would be more of a surprise if he did throw one.
Re: LSU to move Shepard solely to WR Maybe I got it wrong... coffee's not kicked in yet. I think we're talking about the same play though. **EDIT: Yep, it was Auburn. I can't think with this damned lack of football to watch!!!
well according to reports out of last spring he was up to 230. apparently les sat him the entire year for being too fat. likely up to 245 now which is weird because he always looks about 180.
Think in the long run its good for Sheppard too as far as the NFL goes. Easier for him to go as a Harvin/Bush player than as a quarterback for sure.
It's a shame he can't throw the ball well enough, because we all know how great his work ethic and leadership are. But with gonzales on board, I like the idea of running our short passing game through Russell shephard early and often next year to build upon jj's confidence while they work on his downfield vision and ball trajectory. I think RS sees this as an alternate way to greatly impact his teams success, and if that's the case then I can already see us going in the right direction heading into the new season.
