Next year starters

[SlickRick]

He wasn’t asked specifically about DB. But he did make the comment when discussing returning QB’s in general.

There's no doubt DB will improve. The question is, will it be enough to be a starter. That's on him and the staff to work on.

[CajunNation]

I would take a game day quarterback over a practice quarterback any day.

Faulkinberry told me Jake Delhomme wasn't the best practice quarterback.

He was a pick machine at practice and the game.

[Turbine]

He was a pick machine at practice and the game.

Teaching recievers how fast to run for each quarterback should be coaching 101.

Putting all timing on the QB is dumb.

Fortunatly Jake found Steve Smith with the right speed for his passes at Carolina.

Also JD outperformed Brooks in New Orleans too.

[ULGrad@HOU]

If we don't improve our QB room with a transfer, we are looking at .500 again for a while. Sorry if it's a bit blunt, but none of our QB's are impressive. Lunch is mediocre, the others are below at this point. I know many on here like to be player supportive, and I understand because you may have personal reasons for that, but I'm UL supporter, I want the best people doing their best. If we can improve the team, then that's what we need to do, we can't have blind loyalty that doesn't produce results. The teams we beat this year are some of the worst in FBS. Last year wasn't a whole lot better, we played a weak schedule. We will see in the bowl game how our QB's perform.

[Esqueleto]

We haven’t had problems getting good RB’s…pretty really good at that for 2 decades now. Get the OL sewed up and we can be the RB farm that gets you paid and reload, nothing wrong with that.

Good running backs are a dime-a-dozen. A good line will always make an average back look great.

[Turbine]

Good running backs are a dime-a-dozen. A good line will always make an average back look great.

Bingo

[Rainman66]

If we don't improve our QB room with a transfer, we are looking at .500 again for a while. Sorry if it's a bit blunt, but none of our QB's are impressive. Lunch is mediocre, the others are below at this point. I know many on here like to be player supportive, and I understand because you may have personal reasons for that, but I'm UL supporter, I want the best people doing their best. If we can improve the team, then that's what we need to do, we can't have blind loyalty that doesn't produce results. The teams we beat this year are some of the worst in FBS. Last year wasn't a whole lot better, we played a weak schedule. We will see in the bowl game how our QB's perform.

I wouldn't mind a QB in the portal, but I also expect improvement from Lunch going into next season. He should be going into the offseason as a starter and thereby get more reps than last offseason.

Also, all QB play this year is directly impacted by the OL problems. If we cannot figure out a way to stay healthy and improve in the OL, your .500 prediction is optimistic for next season.

[60swerethebest]

Can you picture Montana with the Saints OL of that era. He would have looked like Archie. Running for his life. Great QBs had time to be great. Our OL was in surgery this year.

[Cajunsmike]

Need to print this out and hang it in the UL locker room.

I can guarantee the information regarding how former players are faring at their new schools is being provided to our current players on a regular basis.

[Cajunsmike]

The stats don't say everything and you know it. How many drive killing drops did we have against Rice. I believe Sampson had 6 drops on his own that game. Walker has not had a chance to truly prepare for opponents and get into any rhythm of the game outside of the Rice game. He's CLEARLY the more accurate passer. Hell, the Troy game he came in for a series and threw 3 perfect balls on significant pass plays where ALL were dropped.

I think there's a reason WH won the job at the beginning of the season and there's also a reason Lunch lost out to Beale. Lunch is notorious for not practicing well. Jay Walker talks about it often. It might be why his ceiling is limited over time.

Lunch did not have good practices in August. Note he missed most of spring due to injury from 24. August is a lot of 7 on 7 and QB’s are not hit in practice often. He did well in scrimmages which is more game like and coaches did notice that. Now, once he became a starter his passing accuracy and decision making improved significantly. A former coach confirmed this to me. Lunch does have a deal with Lunchables and that may be enough to keep him here. Brent Gordon is the player I think is most likely to get significant offers from other schools. He was a starter as a pure freshman at one of toughest positions on field. That will attract attention.