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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Russell has a career pattern of turning the ball several times (in scratch-your-head fashion) over in big games (see: three picks against Florida and Tennessee this season).
He plays great when there's no pressure (IE, once his team is eliminated from SEC title contention), and he plays great against the Lousiana-Lafayettes of the world, but Russell still hasn't proven he can take care of the football in important matchups against elite talent on the other side of the ball.
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He was 20 of 35 for 269 yards against Auburn with no picks, despite the fact that LSU had NO running game. And he was 14 of 22 for 210 yards and 2 scores against Arkansas.
Yes, he had a couple of bad games against elite competition. But he played against FOUR, count em, 4 top 8 teams this season and he only played poorly against HALF of them. That's hardly a pattern.