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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
If he focuses on his footwork on every throw, I could see a monster season coming.
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It seems like DeBord was supposed to help in this regard. When he arrived last year, he quickly identified Dobbs' footwork as problematic. I thought they were going to bring in a GA or someone to help.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Very interesting interview last week on Knoxville sports radio with VFL and current NFL Network Draft analyst Charles Davis. He talked about several topics but the most interesting was his view on Josh Dobbs as a NFL QB.

Here's what he had to say on Josh Dobbs as a NFL prospect:

"I think he [Dobbs] is a tremendous prospect. If he has a big last year, he'll be one of those guys we ask how high will someone go to take him."

Here's the full interview: https://m.soundcloud.com/knoxnews/charles-davis-050516#c=648&t=10:08

Listen from the 15:40-17:50 for what he says about Josh Dobbs NFL potential.

Here is the cliffnotes for those that don't want to listen:

- Charles Davis says that NFL teams are "very intrigued" by Dobbs because of his "body type and skillset".

- He says that NFL teams are looking for "CONSISTENCY" from Dobbs in 2016.

- That if you "had access to their reports", they would be looking for "consistent play and consistent skillset" from Dobbs in 2016.

- He says Dobbs has all the potential but it's come in flashes.

- A big senior season could have him going very high in the draft.
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So what he is saying doesn't differ from what you call posters on here "racist" and "idiot" for. He is saying Dobbs needs to be more consistent.
Some question whether he can do it. Some whether he will.
 
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If the coaches truly took the leash off of Dobbs, he could be a 3,000 yards/25 TD QB easily. But that would come at a price, because his number of INTs would go up.

Look at his INTs last season. He threw only 5, one of which was a fluke tipped pass and one was a desperation throw in OT against OU.

If Butch's risk tolerance allowed Dobbs to throw 10+ INTs over the course of a season, he would look much different throwing the ball. I think Butch and DeBord know that Dobbs has the talent to make all the throws, but he can be slightly off at times, and the run game is so strong that they don't need him to sling it around to win. That's why his completion percentage went down last season. He never got into a rhythm as easily as he did in 2014 where he won games essentially by himself (South Carolina, Vandy).
 
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Aesius said:
If the coaches truly took the leash off of Dobbs, he could be a 3,000 yards/25 TD QB easily. But that would come at a price, because his number of INTs would go up.

Look at his INTs last season. He threw only 5, one of which was a fluke tipped pass and one was a desperation throw in OT against OU.

If Butch's risk tolerance allowed Dobbs to throw 10+ INTs over the course of a season, he would look much different throwing the ball. I think Butch and DeBord know that Dobbs has the talent to make all the throws, but he can be slightly off at times, and the run game is so strong that they don't need him to sling it around to win. That's why his completion percentage went down last season. He never got into a rhythm as easily as he did in 2014 where he won games essentially by himself (South Carolina, Vandy).
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25 TDS 18 INTs
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Let's be honest....that pass to Smith in the Uga game was horrible....lucky Josh Smith has good hands.
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Did you see the recent SECN segment on the Vols and McElroy sat down with Dobbs in the film room? I agree that Dobbs has struggled some passing, especially the outs and verticals. But they showed this exact play, and McElroy praised him for the throw. Dobbs tried to say that Smith made a great play, but McElroy slowed it down and basically said it was thrown in a window where only our guy could catch it. Sometimes our fans criticize things that outsiders view as better than we think.

Edit: Did not see above before I posted.
 
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Aesius said:
If the coaches truly took the leash off of Dobbs, he could be a 3,000 yards/25 TD QB easily. But that would come at a price, because his number of INTs would go up.

Look at his INTs last season. He threw only 5, one of which was a fluke tipped pass and one was a desperation throw in OT against OU.

If Butch's risk tolerance allowed Dobbs to throw 10+ INTs over the course of a season, he would look much different throwing the ball. I think Butch and DeBord know that Dobbs has the talent to make all the throws, but he can be slightly off at times, and the run game is so strong that they don't need him to sling it around to win. That's why his completion percentage went down last season. He never got into a rhythm as easily as he did in 2014 where he won games essentially by himself (South Carolina, Vandy).
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We might still see some times this year where they are cautious because of purse genes. If our defense steps up to another level like we all think, then they won't be slinging it in tough spots and will rely on defense.
 
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VolGee4 said:
We might still see some times this year where they are cautious because of purse genes. If our defense steps up to another level like we all think, then they won't be slinging it in tough spots and will rely on defense.
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Purse genes?
 
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VolGee4 said:
We might still see some times this year where they are cautious because of purse genes. If our defense steps up to another level like we all think, then they won't be slinging it in tough spots and will rely on defense.
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I agree. If our defense is as good as we all think it will be, I think we will be relying a lot on our all-world running game. I have no problem with that. Dobbs is good enough to get us where we want to go. He doesn't have to be Deshaun Watson and he doesn't have to throw 35+ times. We can (and did in 2015) run the football down everyone's throat.
 
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Dobbs has been very good and I'm proud he's our quarterback but he threw at least dropped interceptions in the Alabama game. If Bama had caught even one of them that would have been a much different game.
 
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