Everything changed for UL after Davis injury at A&M

[Mitch]

Well said

[billbeck451]

is he just beat up and will be good next week or is he injured and we need to look at another qb

[cajun4life]

is he just beat up and will be good next week or is he injured and we need to look at another qb

Looked beat up. May need more than 1 week though.

[Just1More]

Well said

What was "well said" just second guessed your coach. You need to remember... this is the coach that won 4 bowl games in a row! How dare you second guess him. How dare you.

[Just1More]

Looked beat up. May need more than 1 week though.

I'd find it odd that he had anything more than a sprained knee... and was still able to play on it in the second half. I could see him recouping pretty quick if it's just a sprain. But I'd game plan for this weekend with Ray and Nunez. His play this weekend (again if it's only a sprain) will probably be limited if any. Even if he's ok to play... I'd prepare around starting one of the others. We are probably going to need a backup to get us through this season. That wasn't a dirty hit... and it wasn't anything that couldn't happen 100 more times.

[cajun4life]

I'd find it odd that he had anything more than a sprained knee... and was still able to play on it in the second half. I could see him recouping pretty quick if it's just a sprain. But I'd game plan for this weekend with Ray and Nunez. His play this weekend (again if it's only a sprain) will probably be limited if any. Even if he's ok to play... I'd prepare around starting one of the others. We are probably going to need a backup to get us through this season. That wasn't a dirty hit... and it wasn't anything that couldn't happen 100 more times.

Agree. Davis looked great early. But his mechanics went out the window after the injury and it showed.

[Geaux]

Yesterday should have solidified the decision of moving Dion Ray to another position. Jordan should have been pulled after the injury. Jordan is our immediate future. We have a long season ahead. No need to risk more injury or sacrafice the gameplan due to his injury. Especially when it was working for a half!

If the coaches dont trust Ray to throw the ball and they cant develop a scheme to get him 1 on 1 in space, most others would consider this a wasted scholarship. Yesterday we needed a backup QB, with experiece and they refused to put him in. Thats an indictment on HUD.

Be a grown up and tell the kid, develop your passing game or switch positions. If he does not like it, show him the door.

[Just1More]

Agree. Davis looked great early. But his mechanics went out the window after the injury and it showed.

I'm very impressed with JD... in many respects. The knee injury was a bummer. He obviously couldn't complete his throw motion with putting weight on a bent left knee. I wasn't surprised we kept him in for a couple more drives... but once it was apparent that his passing was suffering... much less his ability to scramble or run... I was surprised that we left him in. Surely the staff wasn't thinking we'd come back with his diminished skills. It's tough to stick Ray or Nunez in against A&M... but we were risking greater injury to JD. I think I would have opted to go with a Ray/Ragas backfield at that point... possibly throw A&M's defense off a little... and if not try a comeback of sorts... at least try and give our defense a breather. Hindsight... but that's what I was thinking after the fact.

[Just1More]

Yesterday should have solidified the decision of moving Dion Ray to another position. Jordan should have been pulled after the injury. Jordan is our immediate future. We have a long season ahead. No need to risk more injury or sacrafice the gameplan due to his injury. Especially when it was working for a half!

If the coaches dont trust Ray to throw the ball and they cant develop a scheme to get him 1 on 1 in space, most others would consider this a wasted scholarship. Yesterday we needed a backup QB, with experiece and they refused to put him in. Thats an indictment on HUD.

Be a grown up and tell the kid, develop your passing game or switch positions. If he does not like it, show him the door.

I don't think he'd be a starter at any other position either. If you read one of the articles just as of late, they explained how Ray is not a "defensively minded" athlete. He's all offense. But we don't need him at RB, he's not a WR... so he's a backup QB. I don't think it's a stubborn situation. It's a fact of not having other skills to beat out the other athletes. I do agree that it says something that with JD hobbled (passing accuracy, scrambling, and running) we kept him in the full length.

[Cajunsmike]

I'm very impressed with JD... in many respects. The knee injury was a bummer. He obviously couldn't complete his throw motion with putting weight on a bent left knee. I wasn't surprised we kept him in for a couple more drives... but once it was apparent that his passing was suffering... much less his ability to scramble or run... I was surprised that we left him in. Surely the staff wasn't thinking we'd come back with his diminished skills. It's tough to stick Ray or Nunez in against A&M... but we were risking greater injury to JD. I think I would have opted to go with a Ray/Ragas backfield at that point... possibly throw A&M's defense off a little... and if not try a comeback of sorts... at least try and give our defense a breather. Hindsight... but that's what I was thinking after the fact.

I do wonder why Nunez was not brought into the game in the second half. From what I saw in the spring game and one scrimmage, he is more than adequate. In fact, he may be a better scrambler than Davis.