D Thornton TD catch

[Wahoooo]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

 

[Carp]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

He wasn't the first read and Nico wouldn't have known it was a blown coverage off the snap. Thornton was the read and he was open.

 

[Vol865]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

This.

 

[utvolpj]

So we had 2 guys wide open that could score a TD? Sounds like they may not have figured out our offense quite yet

 

[MemphisVolFan1978]

There is only one ball for him to throw. He can’t hit every open receiver on the same snap.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

 

[goldvol]

I noticed he was open too. Like 10 to 15 yards open. They should have used the same play second half and hit him

 

[SpookyAction]

Donte has shown us his blue chip talent several times this season. His stats look more impressive after yesterday.
I expected him to have breakout season. I guess he is.

I wonder if he is the type to really bring it to pro day?

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

Glad he didn’t have a flag thrown on him. I figured surely he would

 

[Carl Pickens]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

I saw that too. He was so wide open I wondered if he came in off of the sideline

 

[goldvol]

I saw that too. He was so wide open I wondered if he came in off of the sideline

I had the same thought and had to rewind to see where the bust was. Commentators didn't even mention it

 

[Wahoooo]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

Not complaining in the least, just couldn’t miss how wide open he was. He did contribute with his block, I have noticed he does this well considering he is a true freshman.

 

[UT97Vol]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

That ball was so badly thrown I assumed it slipped out of his hand. It wasn’t within 25 yards of where is should have been.

 

[DaddyChad]

Thornton probably would have had 3 TDs if Nico didn’t under throw the ball which led to the int in the first half.

He had a step if Nico could’ve got it to him in stride. Possibly a chunk yardage play and the safety gets him before the score.

 

[Volfan1000]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

Thornton made an NFL run with that throw.

 

[Vol865]

Not complaining in the least, just couldn’t miss how wide open he was. He did contribute with his block, I have noticed he does this well considering he is a true freshman.

His time will come. Getting hurt in training camp put a little bit of a damper on his learning curve. We ask our WRs to do a lot more than most teams.

 

[feathersax]

Thornton made an NFL run with that throw.

That, together with vandie wearing lead sneakers, made for a mismatch. Zooming by your little anchor, fellas.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

It was an RPO. You read 1 guy on an RPO. That's it. This is the type of thing we talk about when armchair QBs try to trash a QB for everything when they don't know ball.

Why you looking at me?

 

[perico]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

Thornton is our best WR this year. He is currently ranked #1 in the NCAA for yards per reception. Guy has 600 yds receving on only 25 catches. I wouldn't be surprised if that's a school record.n. If he can get back to 100% and past the nagging injuries, then we will ride him like we haven't done all season in the playoffs. Nobody can cover him.

Matthews has more potential to be a complete WR than anyone else on the roster (along with Brazell), and I was thrilled to see him finally get some real opportunities and he made the most of it.

 

[Remy]

So we had 2 guys wide open that could score a TD? Sounds like they may not have figured out our offense quite yet

Their safeties were run support all day first and foremost. They bit on play action almost all day long.

 

[kptvol1452]

This was a great catch and run, but I was watching the replay and M Matthews was completely left alone with no one within 20 yards of him. Matthews did make a block on the run,

It was great throw , great route , and great run after catch....the play looked perfect to me...Go Vols..

 

[kptvol1452]

Glad he didn’t have a flag thrown on him. I figured surely he would

Yep I'm always looking for flag after every big play Vols have....SEC official SMDH....

 

[wmcovol]

Their safeties were run support all day first and foremost. They bit on play action almost all day long.

Yeah, nobody has played Tennessee like that in a long time & I doubt Vols will see it again anytime soon.