D Thornton TD catch

[Wahoooo]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

 

[Carp]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

He wasn't the first read and Nico wouldn't have known it was a blown coverage off the snap. Thornton was the read and he was open.

 

[Vol865]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

This.

 

[utvolpj]

So we had 2 guys wide open that could score a TD? Sounds like they may not have figured out our offense quite yet

 

[MemphisVolFan1978]

There is only one ball for him to throw. He can’t hit every open receiver on the same snap.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

 

[goldvol]

I noticed he was open too. Like 10 to 15 yards open. They should have used the same play second half and hit him

 

[SpookyAction]

Donte has shown us his blue chip talent several times this season. His stats look more impressive after yesterday.
I expected him to have breakout season. I guess he is.

I wonder if he is the type to really bring it to pro day?

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

Glad he didn’t have a flag thrown on him. I figured surely he would

 

[Carl Pickens]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

I saw that too. He was so wide open I wondered if he came in off of the sideline

 

[goldvol]

I saw that too. He was so wide open I wondered if he came in off of the sideline

I had the same thought and had to rewind to see where the bust was. Commentators didn't even mention it

 

[Wahoooo]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

Not complaining in the least, just couldn’t miss how wide open he was. He did contribute with his block, I have noticed he does this well considering he is a true freshman.

 

[UT97Vol]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

That ball was so badly thrown I assumed it slipped out of his hand. It wasn’t within 25 yards of where is should have been.

 

[DaddyChad]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

He had a step if Nico could’ve got it to him in stride. Possibly a chunk yardage play and the safety gets him before the score.

 

[Volfan1000]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

Thornton made an NFL run with that throw.

 

[Vol865]

Not complaining in the least, just couldn’t miss how wide open he was. He did contribute with his block, I have noticed he does this well considering he is a true freshman.

His time will come. Getting hurt in training camp put a little bit of a damper on his learning curve. We ask our WRs to do a lot more than most teams.