QB competition..

#301
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CBJ may have to make a choice between who has the highest ceiling (Ferguson) or who is the safest (Worley). Still one more big scrimmage on the 12th to help Butch and staff to kind of start playing it out in their head who will lead this team.
 
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24/7vol said:
CBJ may have to make a choice between who has the highest ceiling (Ferguson) or who is the safest (Worley). Still one more big scrimmage on the 12th to help Butch and staff to kind of start playing it out in their head who will lead this team.
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You go with the safest option.
 
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coug said:
I have no official updates but if someone does they're welcome to share them.

I'd like to say that just from personal opinion and by watching the practice videos of late I think the leaders remain to be Worley and Dobbs.

I think Ferg and Peterman are just going to be watching the two big dogs compete.
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Worley has easily made the least amount of mistakes to this point. Coaches thrive in QBs who make the least amount of mistakes.

the competition will go into August and it will be mid month before a decision on first game.

Worley's experience will likely make him starter versus Utah State. A team capable of beating the Vols and a game the Vols absolutely could not afford to lose if they hope to have a chance at a bowl game
 
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At the present time Ferguson is making good and bad plays. He needs to get his football IQ up because that is where he is failing right now. If he gets to making great decisions with the ball he will win the job.
 
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coug said:
He was the very last of the four QB's referenced.

"Riley Ferguson getting a volume of repetition"

If you're not considered the true "rookie" of the 4 you wouldn't say this.

"We've tried to simulate as many game-speed repetitions as possible."

"TRIED"?? Not a very promising word.
"Game-speed" - An obvious reference to his lack of experience.
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"REACH"?? I can't grasp information...so I make it up.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
At the present time Ferguson is making good and bad plays. He needs to get his football IQ up because that is where he is failing right now. If he gets to making great decisions with the ball he will win the job.
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According to Daniel Lewis today, outside of the 1 pick, Riley had the most impressive, consistent day of any of the QBs today, including making plays with his feet.

It appears that Worley is playing very well and making the least amount of errors and so is the starter right now. But Riley is playing well by all reports, is more of a playmaker, can make throws none of the others can. Seems like he is making the occasional mistake because he's inexperienced and maybe more of a risk taker, but it in no way appears he's some type of turnover machine.

Was also reported that Ferguson got more run with the 1s than Worley today....9 possessions to 7 for Justin. Appears that Justin is in the lead but not by very much. We gotta long way to go til Aug 30.
 
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As Ainge said the other day, Dobbs isn't even under consideration. He isn't vying for a starting job. He's fighting with NP for 3rd string, as evidenced by the fact they both get far fewer snaps than JW or RF.

In reality, the competition is over. JW may start a few games, but ultimately, we all know how limited he is and it's only a matter of time before RF has the job.
 
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Might come down to which on can run the fastest or scramble for a few seconds. Not sure that QB is on the roster.
 
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ETNVol said:
As Ainge said the other day, Dobbs isn't even under consideration. He isn't vying for a starting job. He's fighting with NP for 3rd string, as evidenced by the fact they both get far fewer snaps than JW or RF.

In reality, the competition is over. JW may start a few games, but ultimately, we all know how limited he is and it's only a matter of time before RF has the job.
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If it's like you say and Worley is so limited then just start Ferguson from the start IMO.

But, I don't believe that, once Worley starts if he keeps winning or playing well enough to win in close losses he will be the starter all season IMO. If he starts Utah State and looses, bring on Ferguson.
 
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gunner said:
If it's like you say and Worley is so limited then just start Ferguson from the start IMO.

But, I don't believe that, once Worley starts if he keeps winning or playing well enough to win in close losses he will be the starter all season IMO. If he starts Utah State and looses, bring on Ferguson.
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I wouldn't pull Worley until the Fla game.
 
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KNOXVILLE — Riley Ferguson's first pass during 11-on-11 work in Tennessee's spring football scrimmage Saturday ended in disaster.

The redshirt freshman threw a dart into the flat and hit Jalen Reeves-Maybin right in the No. 34 of the linebacker's jersey.

After that, though, Ferguson played well, but coach Butch Jones lamented the ongoing inconsistencies of the Volunteers' four quarterbacks.

"I'm pretty proud of the way I came back," Ferguson said following the nearly three-hour practice at Neyland Stadium. "I'm just trying to overcome those and just not worry about them and move forward. Once it happens, you can't do anything about it then, because it's in the past. I just tried to move forward and have a good rest of the practice."

Ferguson admitted he never saw Reeves-Maybin buzz underneath receiver Marquez North's comeback route, and his two red-zone series ended in a fourth-down incompletion and a short field goal, though both were forced by pressure from Tennessee's defensive line.

On his last three series, Ferguson helped the Vols get into range for George Bullock to kick a 45-yard field goal, hit Josh Smith over the top for a long touchdown pass and scrambled for a first down on third-and-long on a series that ended in freshman tailback Jalen Hurd's fumble near the goal line.

In goal-line work, Ferguson hit freshman tight end Ethan Wolf on a play-action pass and threw a back-shoulder touchdown to Von Pearson on his two turns.

"I knew I had the rest of the day," Ferguson said. "I couldn't let that one play affect me. I just had to move forward.

"Every quarterback's trying to take care of the football, but interceptions are going to happen, and you just have to not let those affect you and move forward in the game or in practice or whatever it is."

At the end of the scrimmage, though, Ferguson again showed his inexperience. In a "last play of the game" scenario, Ferguson simply ran out of bounds after he was flushed from the pocket, and that prompted a brief lecture from Jones.

"That is invaluable," the coach said. "That's why we practice every situation that can occur throughout the course of a football season. Those end-of-the-game plays, the quarterback needs to know if the pocket collapses, you've got to scramble and you've got to make a play and you've got to throw the ball to give us an opportunity to make a play."

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Ferguson and rising senior Justin Worley appeared to get more work than rising sophomores Josh Dobbs and Nathan Peterman, but none of the quartet stood head and shoulders above another in the Vols' ongoing competition.

"We had some of our big explosive plays that we've had all spring, and those are great to have," Worley said, "but we didn't really maintain drives very well and had some penalties that brought us back.

"I think we just have to work on ball location and going through the right reads and getting our protections right."

Worley hit North for a long gain early in the scrimmage, hit Pearson for a touchdown in red-zone work and found Cody Blanc for another score, Blanc making an acrobatic grab with freshman cornerback D'Andre Payne in good coverage.

Peterman hooked up with Blanc for the offense's first big play of the day and hit Smith for a score in goal-line work, and Dobbs commanded a scoring drive on which he hit Wolf for a nice gain and ran it in on a keeper.

"We need an individual who can improvise and make plays but take care of the football and play with a high level of consistency," Jones said. "I thought there were too many ups and downs from the entire practice. ... We'll go back and we'll evaluate it.

"Nathan Peterman hung in the pocket a number of times and delivered some passes as well. Josh Dobbs did some things. All four did some good things, but there's also a lot of things that need to be corrected in a hurry."
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Ferguson recovers after early interception | Times Free Press
 
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NEVolFan said:
Might come down to which on can run the fastest or scramble for a few seconds. Not sure that QB is on the roster.
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Like Dobbs does now.

I've mentioned the possibility of it before and the idea has it's staunch haters but I wouldn't be surprised to see more than one QB playing this year. I could completely see CBJ starting Worley and if we aren't moving the O-line against certain teams him putting a different QB in.

I'll also go on record and say that I wholeheartedly believe that Peterman was playing hurt during the Florida or at the very least simply had a very bad day and is far better than that showing. I'm not advocating he be the starter by any means but he at the very least deserves a chance to redeem himself.
 
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after rereading some of this,do ya'll think the Defensive line might be that much more improved from last year ?
 
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coug said:
Like Dobbs does now.

I've mentioned the possibility of it before and the idea has it's staunch haters but I wouldn't be surprised to see more than one QB playing this year. I could completely see CBJ starting Worley and if we aren't moving the O-line against certain teams him putting a different QB in.

I'll also go on record and say that I wholeheartedly believe that Peterman was playing hurt during the Florida or at the very least simply had a very bad day and is far better than that showing. I'm not advocating he be the starter by any means but he at the very least deserves a chance to redeem himself.
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Peterman is getting the chance to redeem himself this Spring and appears to be no better than battling for 3rd string. Just sayin.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
Yeah, cause we had such an incredible O-line last year. :blink:
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Depending on their NFL careers...they may be remembered as incredible...individually...but as a unit?...functioning. This year's edition is going to eventually be stellar...strangely confident in that. :aggressive:
 
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coug said:
I have no official updates but if someone does they're welcome to share them.

I'd like to say that just from personal opinion and by watching the practice videos of late I think the leaders remain to be Worley and Dobbs.

I think Ferg and Peterman are just going to be watching the two big dogs compete.
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If Worley and Dobbs are the "big dogs" then this team is already in trouble.
 
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