QB1 and WR1

[Just a VolinTears]

Meet the new battery. Let's ride. You're either a Vol or you aren't!

 

[D-Vols]

No look off at all, eyes on the receiver

 

[Rocky Top T]

We won't know that until the fall. We will get a QB from the portal

 

[Jpcisco]

Bold prediction, QB1 and WR1 will be Gmac and Jackson.



Yes I'm overreacting to one spring game, Jackson looked great and Gmac was solid for a freshman.

 

[Boca Vol]

Love post O&W Game reactions and over-reactions. Remember when Jacob Carter & Jack Jancek had "huge" O&W Games?

 

[bpalmer28]

need to see a lot more from Merk before we crown him. odds are probably in favor of someone from portal being QB1.

Merk was behind gaston moore last year.

 

[HeuperDrive]

Merk was behind gaston moore last year.

I mean yeah. Most teams are going to put the senior with years of experience over the freshman.

 

[bpalmer28]

I mean yeah. Most teams are going to put the senior with years of experience over the freshman.

i’m not going to reply again because i don’t want anyone to think i have a bone to pick with merk. i don’t . i’m just trying to have realistic expectations.

i can’t think of a single championship caliber QB who was below a walk-on on the depth chart his freshman year. there are dozens of examples of freshmen QBs being a backup in the SEC. i’m not saying that means Merk sucks. i just need to see SOMETHING suggesting he’s serviceable before I expect good things in 2025. iirc, when given the opportunity to play last year, he did not look good.

 

[LittleVol]

Meet the new battery. Let's ride. You're either a Vol or you aren't!

George and Jake will play this season

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Merk has the most QB experience in the system currently. There was a lot of talk before the Nico mess going supernova that Merk was impressive across the board during spring practice. His HS reels are impressive in themselves. Heupel obviously saw something in him to recruit him here in the first place. All of that doesn’t really give us a crystal ball into what the season will bring, but it does give us something to calm some nerves and get behind this staff.

I’m ready to ride with either Merk or GMac. Both could be Tennessee legends if things align.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

i’m not going to reply again because i don’t want anyone to think i have a bone to pick with merk. i don’t . i’m just trying to have realistic expectations.

i can’t think of a single championship caliber QB who was below a walk-on on the depth chart his freshman year. there are dozens of examples of freshmen QBs being a backup in the SEC. i’m not saying that means Merk sucks. i just need to see SOMETHING suggesting he’s serviceable before I expect good things in 2025. iirc, when given the opportunity to play last year, he did not look good.

He redshirted, that's why he wasn't the backup.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

I wonder if Mike leaves now for good

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

need to see a lot more from Merk before we crown him. odds are probably in favor of someone from portal being QB1.

Merk was behind gaston moore last year.

I don’t follow the portal at all. Is that a realistic assumption? Seems like all the good ones are already taken.

 

[Clausen7]

Meet the new battery. Let's ride. You're either a Vol or you aren't!

Very nice. We don't need Nico for a potential big season. Probably even better without him. Not sure the skinny volleyball player with no football instincts would have developed anyway.

 

[bpalmer28]

I don’t follow the portal at all. Is that a realistic assumption? Seems like all the good ones are already taken.

big assumption on my part is that someone will enter because of our situation

 

[bpalmer28]

He redshirted, that's why he wasn't the backup.

i hear that. i just don’t believe it. don’t think there’s a coach in the SEC who wouldn’t have his best option ready to go as back-up QB. think he likely redshirted because Moore was better.

 

[perico]

Meet the new battery. Let's ride. You're either a Vol or you aren't!

Let’s wait and see what happens. Don’t anoint anyone. Let whoever steps up and leads take the reins.

It could be from the portal, or it could be Merk or Mac.

 

[VolArmy74]

i hear that. i just don’t believe it. don’t think there’s a coach in the SEC who wouldn’t have his best option ready to go as back-up QB. think he likely redshirted because Moore was better.

Peyton Manning was 3rd string as a freshman too, so was Nico.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Peyton Manning was 3rd string as a freshman too, so was Nico.

That's right, and Manning didn't have have a kick in QB3, it was him and Stewart. I don't think Manning was the best option on day 1 in 1994, and I think he has said as much. Dobbs was QB3 his first two years and maybe never would've seen the field if the other guys didn't get hurt. Butch got very lucky with that because they buried that guy on the depth chart due to how he practiced. You don't really know who your best option is until he's in the fire.

 

[RockyTopTexas]

From what I saw today Mac looks better… just from YouTube

 

[DaddyChad]

big assumption on my part is that someone will enter because of our situation

Ahem we do not and have never tampered sir…….

Seriously I think Merk gets his shot but you have to have another option at QB. If Merk goes down you have a skinny true freshman as your only real option.

 

[CINCYVOL]

I don’t follow the portal at all. Is that a realistic assumption? Seems like all the good ones are already taken.

Maybe one hasn’t gotten the incentive to enter the portal yet $$$

 

[jarnol32]

Love post O&W Game reactions and over-reactions. Remember when Jacob Carter & Jack Jancek had "huge" O&W Games?

I remember when guarantano and Dormady both lit up the orange and white game, then led us to the worst record in program history.