How we got to this point: Where LSU’s quarterback situation stands at an unexpected open date

Things have gotten interesting for LSU football at the quarterback position in recent times…

It’s hard not to ask how we went from the incredible triumphs of Joe Burrow to this as we take a look into LSU’s quarterback situation at an unexpected open date.

Five games into the Tigers’ season, we’ve already seen three players line up at quarterback — a position many thought only redshirt junior Myles Brennan would assume as he took the reins for a departed Burrow.

Hell, to this point, we’ve even seen 30-year-old punter Zach Von Rosenberg take snaps in practice because of the woes LSU has suffered in the midst of a small COVID-19 outbreak and injury problems.

Here’s a look into the state of each quarterback that’s seen time on the roster and the experimentation, for lack of a better word, that the Tigers seem to be doing at the position.

Myles Brennan

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There was a lot of hope for the redshirt junior at the beginning of the season, but Brennan has been hampered by a significant lower-body injury since the 45-41 loss to Missouri in LSU’s third game of the season.

Brennan, and the offense as a whole for that matter, seemed to finally be finding some sense of rhythm before the quarterback was sidelined.

Earlier this week, Orgeron said on a conference call that he doesn’t expect Brennan back this season unless “something miraculous happens.”

Brennan has completed just over 60% of his passes for 1,112 yards with 11 touchdowns and three interceptions to this point in 2020.