We went to the game tonight and watched Tyler for the first time. I would agree that there was at least 7 dropped passes and probably closer to 10 or more. I would say that there were only a few misthrown balls.
I was pretty impressed with his arm strength and accuracy. Tyler made several 20 + yard passes with a lot of zip on the ball. The balls were well thrown, crisp and on target.
I noted some very good leadership skills. One touch down was called back due to penalty and another nice drive ended on an interception..... Tyler was over on the bench rallying his team after following behind 14-7. He was talking to the receivers, the coaches.
With 50 seconds left in the first half, Tyler led the team down the field to a tying touchdown. The big play was a bomb down the side line for a TD. In the second half, Tyler threw 2 deep touch down passes. He had a pretty good game.
I believe early in the game, it looked like Tyler may have had some fustration with dropped passes, missed routes, touch down called back. He was talking to the coaches and the receivers, he got the team huddled and rallied the troops. He definitely was the team leader!
Tyler had a couple nice plays. One was out of the shot gun with the back in motion to the right, Tyler faked the hand off then kept the ball and ran left. He picked up about 6 or 7 yards and a first down. It appeared to be a designed play. The touch down passes were very nice, well thrown balls! He also evaded the rush a couple times, scrambled, and hit a big pass play down the field.
I thought he looked pretty good with a lot of upside potential. His frame, strong accurate arm with nice tight spirals. I was very impressed with his 20 to 40 yard pass!
I believe he will improve a lot once the UT staff get a hold of him. He looked pretty comfortable in both the shot gun and under center. It mostly looked like a 5 or 7 step drop in his drop back passing. They rolled the pocket left and right and he did a nice job avoiding the pressure.
Go Vols!