Here it is in a nutshell. Peterman's first action was last year against Fla. He was awful. He was in the game for 24:20 of the clock ( little less than a half ) , and actually on the field for 8:54. How much of that time that his thumb was broken, we don't know. He wanted to play, broken thumb or not.
His second meaningful action was at Georgia this past Sat. He was in the game for 12:19 of the clock ( Little less than a quarter ), and actually on the field for 5:21. So, in 2 games, in a hostile environment, he has logged a total of 36:39 on the game clock, while being on the field himself for 14:15. The other 22:24, the other team had the ball.
In the Georgia game, he started his first possession at the U.T. 41 yard line, ate up 3:08, got 2 first downs, hit Malone on a nice 14 yard pass on 3rd and 13 for one of them, and drove the team 38 yards to the Georgia 21 where he and Marlin Lane fumbled an exchange (I don't know which player is to blame, and don't care) .
On his second possession, Peterman started on his own 9 yard line, got a first down, but then had the grounding call on the second set of downs, which the team couldn't overcome.
On the third possession, Peterman took over at the U.T. 20, made one first down, and then had to punt.
A total of 14:15 actually on the field , in a most hostile environment, with virtually no experience, is not the most accurate way to judge someone's potential. When Peterman gets accustomed to the speed of the game, and is able to play against lesser opposition to build his confidence, then I could better judge his abilities.
I was on here last year, and the year before, taking up for Worley, and comparing his stats against Bray's in the Vandy game, and saying that Dooley should have played Worley in the second half. I defended Worley's arm strength, and said that he was a deadly accurate passer in high school, and needed only enough game experience on the college level. I said that he had only played about 1 year (12 games)coming into this year, even though he was a senior. I said that he would be the starter last year, and again this year. If I knew how to find posts that old, I would put up the exact words.
I have defended Matt Darr on here, saying that he had plenty of leg in high school, and was having some issues with the way that he dropped the ball, and with his follow through, and that he wasn't getting the nose of the football up in the air . I said that he had the talent, and would get it corrected. I believe that Peterman has talent, and the coaches must also think that. He needs some cupcake opponents to get experience and build confidence gradually. Did you ever notice that the NFL tries to bring along quarterbacks very slowly, rather than throwing them to the lions? Occasionally, a superstar comes along, who can handle it. Most of the time , they hold a clipboard.
