Merklinker as QB

[UTFranklinVol]

I think I've seen enough to know that if Aguilar ever goes down this season, MacIntyre needs to be the guy. Merk is a dumpling. Soft and bland and he should be making the same throws in the same offense as Aguilar against a terrible team like UAB. We went from operating on all cylinders to stalling on the highway with our emergency blinkers on

Come on, dude this is your interview for the staring role and you're blowing it!

 

[TartanTurff]

Needs reps for GMac, the Merk show has no audience, not sure why Heup futzes around on this topic, going to play Merk in front of Faizon?

 

[KingtUT]

I think I've seen enough to know that if Aguilar ever goes down this season, MacIntyre needs to be the guy. Merk is a dumpling. Soft and bland and he should be making the same throws in the same offense as Aguilar against a terrible team like UAB. We went from operating on all cylinders to stalling on the highway with our emergency blinkers on

Come on, dude this is your interview for the staring role and you're blowing it!

Agree. He just doesnt have “it”. Looks confused, unsure, and hesitant. All things that lead to being a bad qb.

 

[james_govols]

I would think Merk transfers this off-season.

 

[BAVol]

I think I've seen enough to know that if Aguilar ever goes down this season, MacIntyre needs to be the guy. Merk is a dumpling. Soft and bland and he should be making the same throws in the same offense as Aguilar against a terrible team like UAB. We went from operating on all cylinders to stalling on the highway with our emergency blinkers on

Come on, dude this is your interview for the staring role and you're blowing it!

He’s Will Levis minus the mayonnaise and body building. You can tell he’s frantic when he drops back. The game doesn’t slow down for him. He refuses to throw the ball out of bounds and throws too late to the receivers. He does have a good arm though. Sucks that the d can’t get off the field to give GMac a shot.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

I would think Merk transfers this off-season.

IMO Tennessee should INSIST on it.

we should not at all be worried about burning GMac's red shirt with FB coming in.

 

[I Love Lamp]

I would think Merk transfers this off-season.

Yea this is a waste of time giving him reps. I think he is gone for sure. If he ever plays meaningful snaps for us we are screwed.

 

[Midas]

I blame Merk and Dilfer playing his starters against our 3rd stringers for us not covering

GMac would have scored at least two tds

 

[KnoxToTheBoro93]

I blame Merk and Dilfer playing his starters against our 3rd stringers for us not covering

GMac would have scored at least two tds

Cost me so much money I’m pissed.

 

[Stvol89]

Merk will never start at Tennessee. Seems like a nice kid but doesn’t seem to have the it factor you need.

 

[DaddyChad]

IMO Tennessee should INSIST on it.

we should not at all be worried about burning GMac's red shirt with FB coming in.

It’s not about that it’s about him being woefully undersized. But we’re not winning if Merk has to play significant time against a quality opponent

 

[Rocky Top T]

I think I've seen enough to know that if Aguilar ever goes down this season, MacIntyre needs to be the guy. Merk is a dumpling. Soft and bland and he should be making the same throws in the same offense as Aguilar against a terrible team like UAB. We went from operating on all cylinders to stalling on the highway with our emergency blinkers on

Come on, dude this is your interview for the staring role and you're blowing it!

Some of us know that Gmac was better than Merk when he stepped on campus

 

[Rocky Top T]

Needs reps for GMac, the Merk show has no audience, not sure why Heup futzes around on this topic, going to play Merk in front of Faizon?

Merk will transfer. Gmac will start next year

 

[Rocky Top T]

I would think Merk transfers this off-season.

He will, he shouldn't be given a choice , bye

 

[Midas]

Cost me so much money I’m pissed.

Same. So whack dude. GMac needs the reps too cause we’re screwed if Heup tries to trot Merk out there. He just looks like he has no confidence when he’s out there.

 

[Tnphil]

I was hoping JA was done at the half....If he goes down we are screwed.

 

[ddubb76]

Disagree, hooker couldn’t throw a touchdown with this supporting cast. Real easy to say he sucks when nobody gets open. I’d rather him hold it than throw it to the other guy. Most of the names out there I didn’t know where on the team and I keep up with recruiting and all things vols.

 

[volfever007]

I blame Merk and Dilfer playing his starters against our 3rd stringers for us not covering

GMac would have scored at least two tds

With all fairness to Merk, he's not playing with the same players around him as JA and I'm not saying he's better than JA, just not quite the same supporting cast.

 

[volfan411]

So now we are judging a back up Qb playing behind a 2nd and 3rd string o-line against the other teams starters??? G-Mac would not have done any better today with the pressure UAB was getting on Merk and the bigger concern should be the lack of blocking by the back-ups in the scenario one of our starting o-linemen goes down.

 

[Sea Ray]

Merk will never start at Tennessee. Seems like a nice kid but doesn’t seem to have the it factor you need.

He is a one read QB. He doesn’t know what to do if his first read isn’t wide open. Even when it is there he seems to be late

 

[volfan411]

He is a one read QB. He doesn’t know what to do if his first read isn’t wide open. Even when it is there he seems to be late

So what you are saying is he is playing like a redshirt freshman who has saw limited PT should play.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Macintyre is better. We read it in the practice reports; we've seen it in the games. Who gives a rip about seniority? The backup is always one play away from being the guy.

 

[Sea Ray]

So what you are saying is he is playing like a redshirt freshman who has saw limited PT should play.

No, I think he could and should be better

 

[Voltopia]

When has any recruited QB ever come out looking like a gunslinger in their first couple of years?

I mean. Just. Let's face it. The three best QBs at UT - Hooker, Milton, and now Aguilar, were all transfer upperclassmen. Milton, of the three, had been here the longest, but he wasn't the "guy" until his fifth year. Nico never looked like the guy, and Merklinger seems like he's struggling to run the system as well.

Makes me wonder if even Macintyre will look like the guy when it's his chance to step up. I certainly hope so. But more to the point, I hope Merklinger looks more in command next year since he'll have been here three years now. I hope.

 

[volfan411]

No, I think he could and should be better

So coaching staff sucks???