'16 JUCO DE Jordan Bonner

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Hm, thanks for pointing that out. I had some misconceptions about that. Factor in the fact that we play nickel often, don't need as many LBs. Out of that list, how many of the LBs do you think are SEC quality?
 
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Vols2DaWall said:
Hm, thanks for pointing that out. I had some misconceptions about that. Factor in the fact that we play nickel often, don't need as many LBs. Out of that list, how many of the LBs do you think are SEC quality?
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I think Smith, Berry (eventually), Sapp and McDowell excluding Kirkland and JRM since they have it locked down.

Though comes think of it it seems like coaches have said Austin Smith is "eating himself into a Defensive end"
 
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Go Fight Win said:
Yea basketball players moving to football is very similar to volleyball players moving to football


Lol



I'm sure that was sarcasm though, dune
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It was. :) Seeing how many bites I could get for Thanksgiving. Apparently, the fishing wasn't very good.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
Earlier in the year he could've played ahead of Kirkland if Jumper was playing there. That's my problem with them. You find a spot for Jumper and Bynum but Weatherd doesn't have a role. I think Taylor at DE will be hard to beat out. He'll have a much better chance to grow past the hybrid role. Word is he's 245lbs right now.
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Eh, we know he probably had the physical tools to play there. But if he never got a shot at MLB, then I'm betting he's not the type of guy who can line up the defense and make all the calls pre-snap. That's the only reason Jumper played over Kirkland early on anyway. He was the best at getting the call and lining everyone up.

We've only ever seen Weatherd play in spots where we line him up and tell him to attack or spy. There's probably a reason for that.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Eh, we know he probably had the physical tools to play there. But if he never got a shot at MLB, then I'm betting he's not the type of guy who can line up the defense and make all the calls pre-snap. That's the only reason Jumper played over Kirkland early on anyway. He was the best at getting the call and lining everyone up.

We've only ever seen Weatherd play in spots where we line him up and tell him to attack or spy. There's probably a reason for that.
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I was thinking use JRM at the MLB in the nickel and Weatherd as the second LB. That would've been better than Jumper being on the field. I believe Weatherd could be a better pro than college guy though.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I was thinking use JRM at the MLB in the nickel and Weatherd as the second LB. That would've been better than Jumper being on the field. I believe Weatherd could be a better pro than college guy though.
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Hopefully he gets that chance. He could be awesome in a 3-4 IMO.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I was thinking use JRM at the MLB in the nickel and Weatherd as the second LB. That would've been better than Jumper being on the field. I believe Weatherd could be a better pro than college guy though.
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I could see that being an option, but the counterargument is why move JRM when he is arguably the best WLB in the SEC?

I think he could be a better pro too. He probably should have gone to play in a 3-4 scheme.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
I could see that being an option, but the counterargument is why move JRM when he is arguably the best WLB in the SEC?

I think he could be a better pro too. He probably should have gone to play in a 3-4 scheme.
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That was earlier in the year. With Kirkland playing like a madman it's over for that option. Kirkland and JRM playing off each other is making it hard on RBs.
 
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engineerVOL said:
I think Smith, Berry (eventually), Sapp and McDowell excluding Kirkland and JRM since they have it locked down.

Though comes think of it it seems like coaches have said Austin Smith is "eating himself into a Defensive end"
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His NFL future is as a 3-4 OLB. I could see him being the weakside DE in our nickel package and strongside OLB in 4-3 like Maggitt last year.

Either way he'll be a stud and we gotta find a way to out him on the field as much as possible.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
His NFL future is as a 3-4 OLB. I could see him being the weakside DE in our nickel package and strongside OLB in 4-3 like Maggitt last year.

Either way he'll be a stud and we gotta find a way to out him on the field as much as possible.
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I'm not a fan of recruiting all these hybrid guys when UT doesn't utilize the hybrid position. Hybrid guys are great in an over/under scheme or a true 3-4.

Taylor/Weatherd/Smith/possibly Bonner don't have a position in UT's primary defense. I hope they integrate more next year because Taylor/Smith could be difference makers.
 
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KnoxVegas said:
I'm not a fan of recruiting all these hybrid guys when UT doesn't utilize the hybrid position. Hybrid guys are great in an over/under scheme or a true 3-4.

Taylor/Weatherd/Smith/possibly Bonner don't have a position in UT's primary defense. I hope they integrate more next year because Taylor/Smith could be difference makers.
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Smith and Taylor could be SPECIAL. They were the two best athletes I watched in our class last year. To move like that at their size is ridiculous. Coaches would be dumb to not use these WEAPONS(my name for guys like them) on defense.
 
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I don't remember us using our "rabbit" package much. at least compared to last year. seems like once Phillips went down we stopped, and that limited Weatherd's snaps.
 
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Bump...could be one to keep an eye on

"I love Tennessee. It's a great place. The city is nice even though it's not a real, real big city. It's not like Cleveland or whatever. It was really nice and everything was close by.

"Right now, I'm really open to the three options of Nebraska, Tennessee and Kentucky," Bonner said.
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Coach Strip was by to see him recently. Plans to make a decision around the end of Jan.
 
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VOLtilldeath said:
Blair just needs to not come back next year that would make room to get another good high school recruit he has been giving plenty of chanches to contribute to this program and is a waste of scholership.
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I know that's your opinion ... but I strongly disagree. We don't know what he'll do in the off-season, in terms of working on his strength, conditioning, play-book, whatever. I hope he surprises the heck out of y'all.
 
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I don't see any reason to take him unless Kongbo goes elsewhere.

I would much rather have another high school DE.
 
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PA Vol said:
I don't see any reason to take him unless Kongbo goes elsewhere.

I would much rather have another high school DE.
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he has 3 yrs i think. He an ex basketball player with high upside. I have no idea if they will take him though. Hes not even the same type of DE as Kongbo.
 
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