‘23 NV RB Will Stallings

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walkenvol said:
We’ve got 2 talented freshmen RB’s waiting to play and return Small and Wright. It’s going to take a really good RB to come in and see the field next year
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Small is average and Fumbleina Wright can’t hang on to the ball. I like Sampson but is he ready? We need at least 2 backs next class. WR’s see Hyatt catching 5 TD’s on Bama and are amazed. Imagine Tank Bigsby or Gibbs from Bama in this offense. We need a dynamic back next year.
 
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stewart6600 said:
Small is average and Fumbleina Wright can’t hang on to the ball. I like Sampson but is he ready? We need at least 2 backs next class. WR’s see Hyatt catching 5 TD’s on Bama and are amazed. Imagine Tank Bigsby or Gibbs from Bama in this offense. We need a dynamic back next year.
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Dumb post.

Wright has had a good season.
 
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Volfan1000 said:
Tennessee needs a Jalen Hurd type running back for Heupel's offense.
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Yes...we do need a big strong back that runs angry. Evidently they are hard to find. We have had a few big dudes over the years that just don't run with enough attitude. JW-T could be that guy, especially after a couple of years in S&C, but I've not seen any of that physical attitude from him yet.

I know it is limited opportunities to see him play, but you can usually tell when a kid has that quality pretty quick.
 
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walkenvol said:
But we don’t run the I formation?
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I formation ain't got 💩 to do with a kid running big and angry. A lot of times in this offense you are running downhill at only 5-6 guys in the box. Those guys get sick of getting hit for 4 yards a pop by a freaking battering ram....which makes passing easier and your small quick guys even more elusive.

Marshawn Lynch was no speedster...he was just big, strong and pissed off at whoever got in his way
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I formation ain't got 💩 to do with a kid running big and angry. A lot of times in this offense you are running downhill at only 5-6 guys in the box. Those guys get sick of getting hit for 4 yards a pop by a freaking battering ram....which makes passing easier and your small quick guys even more elusive.

Marshawn Lynch was no speedster...he was just big, strong and pissed off at whoever got in his way
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I think he was referring to Hurd being disgruntled about not having a lead blocker after they used one in the bowl game vs. Northwestern.
 
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bigl3327 said:
I think he was referring to Hurd being disgruntled about not having a lead blocker after they used one in the bowl game vs. Northwestern.
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Oh...that went over my head. I thought he was saying a that a big strong mauler is just for I-form type offense...oh well 🤷‍♂️
 
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stewart6600 said:
Small is average and Fumbleina Wright can’t hang on to the ball. I like Sampson but is he ready? We need at least 2 backs next class. WR’s see Hyatt catching 5 TD’s on Bama and are amazed. Imagine Tank Bigsby or Gibbs from Bama in this offense. We need a dynamic back next year.
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Clueless af
 
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Volfan1000 said:
Tennessee needs a Jalen Hurd type running back for Heupel's offense.
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We really don't lol.

A Kamara type would be deadliest. Quick through the hole, open field vision...avoids tacklers rather than stupidly plowing into them for less yards...a menace out of the backfield catching the ball.

Hurd was out there averaging 3.3 ypc by his last year. I'm good.
 
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Devo182 said:
We really don't lol.

A Kamara type would be deadliest. Quick through the hole, open field vision...avoids tacklers rather than stupidly plowing into them for less yards...a menace out of the backfield catching the ball.

Hurd was out there averaging 3.3 ypc by his last year. I'm good.
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Hurd also carried the ball more..... he also had less turnovers and was a superior blocker... Hurd was used as a battering ram and he was tired of being beaten to sh1t for a snake oil coach. Now, that doesn't excuse Hurd quitting on his team. But let's be real Butch Jones did nothing for any of those kids
 
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BigALWiLson said:
Hurd also carried the ball more..... he also had less turnovers and was a superior blocker... Hurd was used as a battering ram and he was tired of being beaten to sh1t for a snake oil coach. Now, that doesn't excuse Hurd quitting on his team. But let's be real Butch Jones did nothing for any of those kids
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His upsides in no way overtook his downsides at the end of the day. Reason he became a WR.

Playing hin over AK was a crime and we would always have better fits in this offense. This offense sure as hell doesn't need a slower bulldozer type that gets worse as the game wears on.
 
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Devo182 said:
His upsides in no way overtook his downsides at the end of the day. Reason he became a WR.

Playing hi over AK was a crime and we would always have better fits in this offense. This offense sure as hell doesn't need a slower bulldozer type that gets worse as the game wears on.
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He was ruined by a half ass clown we had to fire. At the end of the day some men mold leaders.. Some do not. BUTCH never led a thing.... not even band practice. AK is an all world talent but who ? Kept him on the bench.... Bingo Butch.
 
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stewart6600 said:
Small is average and Fumbleina Wright can’t hang on to the ball. I like Sampson but is he ready? We need at least 2 backs next class. WR’s see Hyatt catching 5 TD’s on Bama and are amazed. Imagine Tank Bigsby or Gibbs from Bama in this offense. We need a dynamic back next year.
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Bigsby would have made a huge difference last Saturday.

It's crazy he didn't come here

Don't sleep on Justin Williams next season. He Redshirted but he's a tough runner.
 
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Devo182 said:
His upsides in no way overtook his downsides at the end of the day. Reason he became a WR.

Playing hin over AK was a crime and we would always have better fits in this offense. This offense sure as hell doesn't need a slower bulldozer type that gets worse as the game wears on.
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You have no imagination if you can't understand why a "battering ram" that gets 3-4 yards every freaking time he gets the ball is a valuable weapon....I have seen a lot of those hosses over the years, and big doesn't mean we want slow, and there is a LOT to be said for having a back that WILL get you a yard when you need that yard.

Tell me you wouldn't like to have a Jamal Lewis, Chuck Webb, Marshawn Lynch, Derrick Henry in this offense. We need to have both types of RBs to maximize this offenses potential....guys that are good in space when it is there, and guys that can MAKE space when it is not.
 
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Devo182 said:
His upsides in no way overtook his downsides at the end of the day. Reason he became a WR.

Playing hin over AK was a crime and we would always have better fits in this offense. This offense sure as hell doesn't need a slower bulldozer type that gets worse as the game wears on.
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Imagine if butch would have let Hurd play receiver like he wanted and Kamara in the backfield, would have been unstoppable. That team underachieved for how much talent they had because of that loser smh.
 
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Midas said:
Imagine if butch would have let Hurd play receiver like he wanted and Kamara in the backfield, would have been unstoppable. That team underachieved for how much talent they had because of that loser smh.
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Yeah Bama was probably the only team that had more talent and it wasn’t that much separation. We also had a better QB than they did. We had a championship caliber roster, just didn’t have a good coach.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
You have no imagination if you can't understand why a "battering ram" that gets 3-4 yards every freaking time he gets the ball is a valuable weapon....I have seen a lot of those hosses over the years, and big doesn't mean we want slow, and there is a LOT to be said for having a back that WILL get you a yard when you need that yard.

Tell me you wouldn't like to have a Jamal Lewis, Chuck Webb, Marshawn Lynch, Derrick Henry in this offense. We need to have both types of RBs to maximize this offenses potential....guys that are good in space when it is there, and guys that can MAKE space when it is not.
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Obviously everybody would like to have one of those guys. Those guys are extremely rare. You can't just put a big kid back there and expect him to dominate like that. People spent the last 2 years saying Dee Beckwith was the next D. Henry. Just because somebody has the same measurables, it doesn't end with the same result. I think the staff would love to have a player like that. The way they have used Fant this year says they see value in it. However, if you do happen to find a back of that caliber (they're not out there right now), they want to be the feature piece, and that will not happen in this offense.

The best case for us is to find a hybrid type back. I think a kid like Stallings would fit the bill. Bigsby would have been a stud here had he chosen to transfer. At the end of the day, this offense needs a one-cut back that can catch. There are shifty/speed guys like that (Kamara/Gibbs), and there are some with power (Bigsby, Mixon type). 3 yards and a cloud of dust is not this offense. Having the ability with a guy like Fant around the goalline etc is nice, but it's never going to be a large part of the offense.
 
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