Article: DJ Lagway Going ‘Right To Work’ After Gasparilla Bowl Performance

The importance of our defensive rebound cannot be overstated.

When you can play tough defense, your offense and QB can have an off day, and you will still win. Thank God we have a defense again.

This game was a great learning experience for DJ, and true to form, he is back at work to improve upon his performance.

DJ improves, our defense plays tough? Great days ahead for the Gators.

 

I not only agree with this, but I will expound on it by saying that depth is NOT a luxury in the SEC, but a necessity to get to the top. We need quality depth on the defense.

And that new and improved defense with our QB? I can't wait to see Lagway with one more year of growth and training under his belt. He's already a superstar.

 

A year into his career at UF, DJL has confronted the realities of modern CFB and generally kicked butt. How else to describe 6-1 as an 18 YO FR QB whose one loss occurred against a very, very good team after leaving the game with a lingering injury and the lead. Despite his other-worldly arm talent, size and athleticism, DJ's greatest attribute, IMO, is his champion's heart and the will to win.

 

As spectacular as he already is, there's glaring parts of his game which he can improve on, particularly his passing game and reading the defense between 0-25 yards. I think all his turnovers came from short and intermediate passing plays.

If those are freshman lumps he's taking, then I am all for it. Those will clean up especially with the WR room next year.

 

100%, He must improve his 0-25 yard passing game. There is now 7 games of tape on him and teams will exploit his weakness better in the passing game next year. While DJ showed some flash, the teams run to a solid season was because of the Defense and our group of RBS.

 

What if his interceptions stem in part from over-confidence ? He’s heard “He can make all the throws!” for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But that doesn’t mean he can throw through or around defenders. Just needs a little more discipline I should think.

 

I don't think it's that. Sure he has confidence and that is part of his DNA that makes him great. I think he is still a little green in understanding coverages at this level. Tulane clearly through some stuff at him he wasn't expecting. But he'll learn from it and be even better because of this experience. He isn't one to repeat mistakes often!

 

I have a feeling DJ is gonna take this team a long way. This is about the same level of excitement I had after the 2005 season when Tim Tebow was recruited. Of course we won the following year with Timmy backing up Leak and expectations went through the roof!