One of the recruiting services has Dobbs

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Think Aaron Rogers, not Mike Vick...
Mobile, will pick up 5 here, maybe 10-15 a time or 2,
But not a threat to break a 50 yarder at any time...
 
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Neal got a really nice gain on the first hand off after Dobbs came in. Why? Because the defense respected the possibility of Dobbs keeping the ball compared to Worley. He doesn't have to be fast, just smart and take the 4 yards that are available when the DE over pursues.
 
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MSCE09 said:
Neal got a really nice gain on the first hand off after Dobbs came in. Why? Because the defense respected the possibility of Dobbs keeping the ball compared to Worley. He doesn't have to be fast, just smart and take the 4 yards that are available when the DE over pursues.
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^this... The threat of running opens up the running lanes for Neal and Lane
 
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Orange_Crush said:
It's not. Going strictly by memory, I saw him listed in the 4.5-4.6 zone. Sorry, too lazy to go back and find the reference.



Worley would have never gotten to the edge in Bama's redzone like Dobbs did. It would have been a 4 yard loss instead of a 7 yard gain. Looks deceived you.

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I know he was not really fast. I think i remember him being listed @4.7-4.8 so the 4.9 may be correct. None of our QBs were advertised as being fast.
 
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More concerned w/ his quickness than his 40 time. As long as he can move around in and elude would be tacklers in the pocket and pick up positive yards on a busted play or keeper I'm good with it.
 
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Peyton Manning is slow... Dobbs isn't slow. :D 4.7 is good enough.
Look at it this way... we are all avid vol fans who have followed, read, re-read, researched and dug for all the stats and details we can on Dobbs ever since he committed to TN and even more so in the past few days. The Missouri coaches know less than we do and are having to speculate more than we are. That may be Dobbs/TN/our best advantage. They have seen Whorley and our offense all season. Now a brand new, freshman QB that they do not know how well he can run, how fast he is, how accurate his throws are. Are we gonna lean more on the run, are we gonna have more QB run/reads, more play action? Will our passing game grow or shrink? Will we commit to short throws or more middle of the field throws? Will we run different routs? They have a lot to think about and figure out. That is a great advantage for us, the unknown.
 
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Tim Tebow's runs 4.7 (2010 NFL combines) and I don't remember him having too much trouble scrambling for yards (against college competition).

Tim Tebow | Florida, QB : 2010 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile

Having said that I'd much rather have Dobbs be next Peyton Manning than Tim Tebow even if that means he runs 6.0 :D (but then again I hate the spread and I'm biased towards all the great pro style players UT has put into NFL over the years - also Saban still does not seem to need to use the spread to put up points).
 
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What I love about Dobbs and Ferguson:

They don't leave the pocket to run, they leave it to pass and then run when necessary.

Watch Dobb's HS film below. His O-Line was excessively permeable. He just smoothly slips, slides and dominates with his arm. Oh, and even knows how to slide to avoid hits. Crazy mature.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9KGlVgspFo[/youtube]
 
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VFL 24/7 said:
Riley is faster than Dobbs
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40 times are comparable, but watching them both my eyes think Ferguson is quicker getting up to speed and Dobbs is faster on the top end.

Ferguson would probably be the more effective read-option run threat, but they are both deadly with their arm once the play breaks down.
 
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Just to put it out there Arian Foster's pro day 40 times were 4.69 and 4.73. Being faster is always better but there's a LOT more to actual production that.
 
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He was actually willing to take the ball on the read option, so that alone tells me he's a better fit for the offense
 
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I still say he is around 4.65-4.7. What makes him a threat though is his agility. He is slippery and able to make people miss.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
Watching his gamefilm cut-up, both the running game and the passing game opened up when he went in, and it wasn't because Bama's D suddenly got bad, or quit trying.

They suddenly realized that everyone couldn't just crash inside on the read, so several times our RB popped through and got a big gain, or plodded ahead for several yards. It looked like there were several times that the linebackers hesitated to see if he was going to run, which opened up our receivers. In the future, if he proves to be a danger to just keep the ball occasionally, we will probably see a lot more zone coverage, because defending DCs will not want their secondary with their backs to him. This will make life a lot easier for both Dobbs and our young receiving core.

If Dobbs can do well enough to just plant a seed of doubt, a lot opens up in this offense.
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Exactly! Great post!
 
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