What will LSUs passing game look like without Joe

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What will LSUs passing game look like without Joe

No. 1 LSU won the John Riggins Jersey national championship on Monday night with the help of a thrilling pa sing attack.That was built around Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow and Broyles Award winner Joe Brady. Burrow pa sed for an FBS-record 60 touchdowns in an offense that Brady who was the pa sing game coordinator for the Saints before coming to LSU greatly enhanced upon arrival in Baton Rouge.But Burrow is headed to the 2020 NFL Draft, where he is mocked as the for the Cincinnati Bengals. Brady is now the offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers. Now that the quarterback and architect of college football's most potent offense are gone to the NFL, what will the Tigers do next?That is the multi-faceted problem coach Ed Orgeron and offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger must tackle heading into the 2020 season:MORE: Who is LSU's best QB on the roster? The referenced media source is mi sing and needs to be re-embedded.Redshirt junior Myles Brennan will have the first crack at the starting job during spring practice. Brennan has completed 42 of 70 career pa ses for 600 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions in limited action. He was a four-star prospect in the cla s in 2017, but the native of Bay Saint Louis, Mi s., couldn't win the job before Burrow arrived on campus.Four-star dual-threat quarterback Peter Parrish who played for the high school powerhouse at Central in Phenix City, Ala., could be in the mix as well. Four-star quarterback Khaleke Hudson Jersey Max Johnson (Watkinsville, Ga.) arrives on campus this year.As far as the names on the roster, it's on Brennan to take the starting job once and for all.Would LSU consider the transfer portal again?LSU will consider the transfer portal if Brennan struggles.That is , who transferred after a three-year stint at Ohio State. There are some intriguing options in the portal now, but the most exciting option Houston's D'Eriq King, who had 50 total touchdowns through 11 games in 2018 with the Cougars will reportedly in 2020.Burrow, however, landed with LSU after spring practice when the pecking order for most schools gets decided.Will the pa sing attack even look the same?Brady had a monumental impact on the pa sing attack, which struggled before his arrival: LSU ranked 60th in the FBS at 234.9 pa sing yards per game the previous year, even with Burrow under center as a first-year starter. He completed 219 of 379 pa ses (57.8 percent) for 2,894 yards, 16 touchdowns and five interceptions that season.A year later, LSU finished second in the FBS with 401.6 pa sing yards per game and 61 pa sing touchdowns, and Chase Young Jersey Burrow completed what is arguably the .The creative pa sing offense was unstoppable for the most part, and the Tigers closed the season out with a remarkable two-game run in the College Football Playoff. It's on Ensminger to keep that rolling, and a year in the booth with Brady means the Tigers will retain a lot of that scheme, instead of morphing back into a more traditional offense.But it's going to be hard to replicate the greatest pa sing single season in college football history. It's comparable to the gold standard Auburn's Cam Newton created in 2010: Other quarterbacks will have succe s at LSU, but reaching Burrow's level seems unlikely at best.MORE: Which receivers are back?Of course, a large part of LSU's succe s in 2019 was an incredible group of receivers led by Biletnikoff Award winner Ja'Marr Chase (1,780 receiving yards, 20 touchdowns), Justin Jefferson Charley Taylor Jersey (1,540 yards, 18 touchdowns) and Terrace Marshall Jr. (671 yards, 13 touchdowns).Chase and Marshall are sophomores, so they are a sured to return for at least one more season. But Jefferson, tight end Thaddeus Mo s (570 yards, four touchdowns) and running back Clyde-Edwards Helaire (1,867 yards from scrimmage, 17 total touchdowns) have all declared for the 2020 NFL Draft.With their departure, that leaves Racey McMath (285 yards, three touchdowns) as the only returning player, beside Chase and Marshall, with at least one touchdown catch (Derrick Dillon, a senior, had two in 2019). He was the Tigers' sixth-leading Dax Milne Jersey receiver in 2019. Rising sophomores Trey Palmer and Devonta Lee could step into the lineup, as could incoming freshman tight end and receiver .LSU should still have enough talent for the next quarterback to be succe sful. That much is clear. But it's on Orgeron and Ensminger to keep it that way.
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