Tennessee Hiring Landry Jones as Offensive Analyst

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This is a nice move!


Here are interesting details about him:


College Career​


  • Team: University of Oklahoma Sooners (2009–2012)
  • Position: Quarterback
  • Achievements: Jones had an impressive college career, becoming one of the most statistically successful quarterbacks in Oklahoma history. He threw for over 16,000 yards and 123 touchdowns, setting multiple school and Big 12 Conference records.

Professional Career​


  • NFL Draft: Selected in the 4th round (115th overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2013 NFL Draft.
  • NFL Teams: Played as a backup quarterback for the Steelers from 2013 to 2017. He also had brief stints with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders but didn’t play in regular-season games for those teams.
  • Alternative Leagues: Jones played in the XFL for the Dallas Renegades in 2020. His XFL career was notable because he was one of the first players signed by the league, reuniting him with his college coach, Bob Stoops.

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As our new Offensive Analyst, here is my request to you Mr. Jones:

* In order to WIN games, focus on securing First Downs, NOT Touchdowns
* March down the field and stop looking for the homerun - especially when we are deep in our own territory
* If you focus on First Downs, we will secure all the Touchdowns we need to win a game
* Keep our Defense off the field so that they are fresh

I have no clue what an Offensive Analyst does btw, but you'll be the best ever if you follow my sage advice! Go Vols!
 
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Volador said:
As our new Offensive Analyst, here is my request to you Mr. Jones:

* In order to WIN games, focus on securing First Downs, NOT Touchdowns
* March down the field and stop looking for the homerun - especially when we are deep in our own territory
* If you focus on First Downs, we will secure all the Touchdowns we need to win a game
* Keep our Defense off the field so that they are fresh

I have no clue what an Offensive Analyst does btw, but you'll be the best ever if you follow my sage advice! Go Vols!
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Ohio St the last two games and Boise’s playoff experience disproves this. Be explosive on offense. Get chunk plays and stretch the field. (Those also result in first downs btw).

If you have elite talent and play with elite discipline you create mismatches and big plays. Josh needs to get the offense back to the ‘22 level.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Ohio St the last two games and Boise’s playoff experience disproves this. Be explosive on offense. Get chunk plays and stretch the field. (Those also result in first downs btw).

If you have elite talent and play with elite discipline you create mismatches and big plays. Josh needs to get the offense back to the ‘22 level.
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That can be done when you get the talent we had in 2022.
 
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Volador said:
As our new Offensive Analyst, here is my request to you Mr. Jones:

* In order to WIN games, focus on securing First Downs, NOT Touchdowns
* March down the field and stop looking for the homerun - especially when we are deep in our own territory
* If you focus on First Downs, we will secure all the Touchdowns we need to win a game
* Keep our Defense off the field so that they are fresh

I have no clue what an Offensive Analyst does btw, but you'll be the best ever if you follow my sage advice! Go Vols!
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Why aren't you our new offensive analyst? Kinda bold telling people in the business what to do and how to do it when they are in the football building and you are on a message forum.

Let's see 2022 we got huge chunk plays and were almost impossible to stop, 2024 we had bad WR play and tried to march down the field running the ball and controlling the game......which do you think we were better at?
 
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UT97Vol said:
Ohio St the last two games and Boise’s playoff experience disproves this. Be explosive on offense. Get chunk plays and stretch the field. (Those also result in first downs btw).

If you have elite talent and play with elite discipline you create mismatches and big plays. Josh needs to get the offense back to the ‘22 le
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Herein lies our biggest problem...
 
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Golfprovol said:
Why aren't you our new offensive analyst? Kinda bold telling people in the business what to do and how to do it when they are in the football building and you are on a message forum.

Let's see 2022 we got huge chunk plays and were almost impossible to stop, 2024 we had bad WR play and tried to march down the field running the ball and controlling the game......which do you think we were better at?
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Thanks for your concern and I defy someone to argue with the premise and yes, if I wasn't happily retired on the beaches of sunny Florida, I would have put my hat in the ring for of OA or OC position. Coaches can and do learn a lot from fan forums. Happy New Year!!
 
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UT97Vol said:
Ohio St the last two games and Boise’s playoff experience disproves this. Be explosive on offense. Get chunk plays and stretch the field. (Those also result in first downs btw).

If you have elite talent and play with elite discipline you create mismatches and big plays. Josh needs to get the offense back to the ‘22 level.
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OSU plays elite defense as well. Everyone keeps talking about getting the offense back to 2022 levels. That’s probably not gonna happen. Why? Teams have changed the way they play us. Also Nico will only be a RS SO not a RS SR like Hooker was in 2022.
 
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UT97Vol said:
Ohio St the last two games and Boise’s playoff experience disproves this. Be explosive on offense. Get chunk plays and stretch the field. (Those also result in first downs btw).

If you have elite talent and play with elite discipline you create mismatches and big plays. Josh needs to get the offense back to the ‘22 level.
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You are correct on the premise of having a team stacked at all positions. Vols were not that fortunate this year. We are a good team and I am very proud of what they accomplished, but when you are a middle of the pack team and or even on the high side of that, you do not typically have the luxury of going all out balls to the wall on Offense. Grinding it out, which our team could do w the right play calling and good execution, wins games for millions of football teams across the universe. Throwing long on 2nd or 3rd and long from deep in your own territory has a minimal rate of return - as we proved all season long. What I am suggesting is not at all ground breaking or new - look at soooo many successful NCAA and NFL teams that dinked and dinked their way down the field to victory after victory. Control the clock, rest your D and put the pigskin across the goal line. Go Vols
 
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Volador said:
Thanks for your concern and I defy someone to argue with the premise and yes, if I wasn't happily retired on the beaches of sunny Florida, I would have put my hat in the ring for of OA or OC position. Coaches can and do learn a lot from fan forums. Happy New Year!!
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I am sure we really want our coaches learning from people who have never done the job.
 
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Volador said:
You are correct on the premise of having a team stacked at all positions. Vols were not that fortunate this year. We are a good team and I am very proud of what they accomplished, but when you are a middle of the pack team and or even on the high side of that, you do not typically have the luxury of going all out balls to the wall on Offense. Grinding it out, which our team could do w the right play calling and good execution, wins games for millions of football teams across the universe. Throwing long on 2nd or 3rd and long from deep in your own territory has a minimal rate of return - as we proved all season long. What I am suggesting is not at all ground breaking or new - look at soooo many successful NCAA and NFL teams that dinked and dinked their way down the field to victory after victory. Control the clock, rest your D and put the pigskin across the goal line. Go Vols
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The one down side to this strategy is that the more plays a drive has, 10-12 play drives, the drive stalling error factor goes up, ie false starts, holding, sacks, etc. Hard to get 11 to execute perfectly for that many plays. DC's love to make an offense play this way. You need to have big play capability.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
The one down side to this strategy is that the more plays a drive has, 10-12 play drives, the drive stalling error factor goes up, ie false starts, holding, sacks, etc. Hard to get 11 to execute perfectly for that many plays. DC's love to make an offense play this way. You need to have big play capability.
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Absolutely!! But, if I were the OC and was calling plays, I am not going to typically call on BIG plays till we have gained some control of the field. Throwing long from deep in your own territory, esp on 2nd or 3rd down and long, very often results in punting. We did that too often this year and it stunted too many drives. Yes, throw down the field but wait till we are at least at our own 40 yard line and have some momentum at our back!
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
OSU plays elite defense as well. Everyone keeps talking about getting the offense back to 2022 levels. That’s probably not gonna happen. Why? Teams have changed the way they play us. Also Nico will only be a RS SO not a RS SR like Hooker was in 2022.
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Great point. Did anyone notice the graphic on the Ohio State game that listed all of the defensive players that had been with OSU for 4 or 5 years? That is a significant key to their success. I don’t know how you do that in today’s game with the portal. OSU has found a way to do that. At least so far. Is it just the money? How do they keep the guys who think they are not getting enough playing time?
 
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