Dobbs

[mudhen]

Josh is kicking ass and taking names.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Yes he is. Love that guy.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Three possessions, three scoring drives including a 40-yard pass and rushing TD.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Double post

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Dobbs is the only guy you can get away with using only his name to start a thread.

 

[ENGRVOL]

Really wish he had Heupel as his coach

 

[Chilmonty]

Love it! Dobbs is one of the greats!!

 

[Rocky Top T]

A great VFL

 

[livefaith]

Man, I wish he could lockdown and start for someone. Love that guy.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Really wish he had Heupel as his coach

A lot of people are billed as “deceptively fast,” but Josh is deceptively quick too. He’s a pretty tall, lanky guy, so to see that kind of change of direction is impressive, even having watched him for years now.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Man, I wish he could lockdown and start for someone. Love that guy.

This could be his golden opportunity. The 49ers are a great team and Brock Purdy is nothing special and they're not financially invested into him. Also Purdy has apparently been turning the ball over like crazy in training camp. If he struggles to start the year I could see him getting benched. Niners fans on Twitter are already calling for Dobbs to be QB1 after Purdy struggled tonight and Dobbs shined. If this happens during the regular season you'll hear the fans calling for Dobbs to grow even louder.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

He's almost a 10 year vet in the preseason. He oughta be kicking azz.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Man, I wish he could lockdown and start for someone. Love that guy.

Easy. He needs to lock down QB2, which he may have done tonight. He's had trouble doing that his entire career. No one is looking for him to be QB1 anywhere except a team who has lost their starter.

Locking down a QB2 roster spot is a big deal and will be a step up for him.

 

[EZE]

Easy. He needs to lock down QB2, which he may have done tonight. He's had trouble doing that his entire career. No one is looking for him to be QB1 anywhere except a team who has lost their starter.

Locking down a QB2 roster spot is a big deal and will be a step up for him.

This is what the hope should be for him. Get established as a QB2 and he will be in the league making a few million per year for close to the next decade.

However, SF could be the perfect storm for him. Purdy is not all-world and anything can happen.

Plus, this is the kind of team JD needs. He doesn’t have to be Peyton Manning. Just make plays when they are there with his arm or legs, and give them a chance to win. SF is a very solid football team across the field.

He was exactly the QB that SF needs last night. He was impressive, and he had a lot of drops by receivers.

 

[cyclevol]

It's always about the money being paid to the starting QB's. Purdy fell into a unique situation and ended up being chosen to start the next year after doing well when called on. Look what happened to Nick Foles after winning a Super Bowl...

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

This is what the hope should be for him. Get established as a QB2 and he will be in the league making a few million per year for close to the next decade.

However, SF could be the perfect storm for him. Purdy is not all-world and anything can happen.

Plus, this is the kind of team JD needs. He doesn’t have to be Peyton Manning. Just make plays when they are there with his arm or legs, and give them a chance to win. SF is a very solid football team across the field.

He was exactly the QB that SF needs last night. He was impressive, and he had a lot of drops by receivers.

I said the same thing last year. He needs to firmly establish himself as QB2 on a quality team. He's only been able to do it one other time in his career and that's when he was QB2 for the Steelers early in his career. Some of our fans think "if they give him a chance" and let him play his game like he did in college he'll succeed as a QB1. The NFL is not college. Notice what happened last year when teams started scheming against him. He can be a reliable backup, but that's it

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Said it before, Josh is at his best when a play breaks down, and he has to improvise. It's simply what he is.

 

[JohnWardForever]

That 4 yd TD run was equally impressive. Faked that NO Saint out of his drawers. Josh is not only quick, he routinely breaks arm tackles.

 

[hndog609]

Said it before, Josh is at his best when a play breaks down, and he has to improvise. It's simply what he is.

I swear I'd at least take a swing at putting together some short yardage/goal line packages specifically for Josh and see what happens. It just seems like his strengths seem to play better in the "Make a play" scenarios vs being a consistent QB1 game in game out guy at that level. (and of course still be a competent backup)

 

[Volador]

Is there an official Preseason NFL league planned???

 

[WoodsmanVol]

I swear I'd at least take a swing at putting together some short yardage/goal line packages specifically for Josh and see what happens. It just seems like his strengths seem to play better in the "Make a play" scenarios vs being a consistent QB1 game in game out guy at that level. (and of course still be a competent backup)

Maybe. But Purdy wasn't pretty.

 

[hndog609]

Maybe. But Purdy wasn't pretty.

Fair enough but I was more speaking generally, as in most stopping points of his career up to this point. Which has been
Steelers twice
Jaguars
Lions
Titans
Browns
Cardinals

 

[ntxVOL]

Fair enough but I was more speaking generally, as in most stopping points of his career up to this point. Which has been
Steelers twice
Jaguars
Lions
Titans
Browns
Cardinals

Vikings also in there somewhere.

 

[EZE]

I said the same thing last year. He needs to firmly establish himself as QB2 on a quality team. He's only been able to do it one other time in his career and that's when he was QB2 for the Steelers early in his career. Some of our fans think "if they give him a chance" and let him play his game like he did in college he'll succeed as a QB1. The NFL is not college. Notice what happened last year when teams started scheming against him. He can be a reliable backup, but that's it

I 99% agree with you.

There is no denying that he regressed weekly as a starter in both places last season. NFL DCs know what they are doing.

But, there is 1% of me that wonders if he started for a team like the Niners if he might be able to at least do what Purdy does. Be a game manager who makes enough plays to help his team win.

In any event, he needs to establish himself as a solid #2 first.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Fair enough but I was more speaking generally, as in most stopping points of his career up to this point. Which has been
Steelers twice
Jaguars
Lions
Titans
Browns
Cardinals

Understood. However, being the march to a different drummer person I am, history has a repetitive trend. Truly talented people often aren't recognized, nor appreciated, until we no longer have them. Trend buckers, nonconformists, ahead of their timers etc. I guess you could say, some folks are too special, so suffer being disparaged, and even ridiculed during their time. Only later do folks realize how unusual they were.

They are the Van Goghs, Fran Tarekentonss, Robert Goddards, Hedy Lamarrs, and more. Not taken seriously until after their time.

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