Recruiting Forum Football Talk XXVI

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Hopefully they stopped doing that drill that ended Marcus Jackson's career and sidelined Austin Sanders for the entire season.
 
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ESPN Titans reporter Paul Kuharsky does not expect Justin Hunter to make the 53-man roster. The Andre Johnson signing crippled Hunter's chances, while Tre McBride offers more special teams value as a fifth or sixth receiver. Hunter is squarely behind Rishard Matthews, Kendall Wright, and Tajae Sharpe. Despite Dorial Green-Beckham's up-and-down camp, the Titans won't give up on DGB after one year. Hunter would likely draw interest on waivers, but his NFL future is bleak. He simply doesn't play with enough physicality to win the ball out wide. Source: ESPN.com
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Sucks for Hunter.
 
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@GrantRamey
Shy Tuttle was in shoulder pads and shorts, going through individual drills during open portions of practice.
 
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Full gear for the Vols on Saturday after having Friday off:

As expected several guys were in green:

Jalen Reeves-Maybin
DJ Henderson
Jalen Hurd - no one panic, there's nothing wrong.
J. Jennings
A. Smith

I thought the receivers and the qb's were in a good rhythm. It was routes vs. air but it was good particularly on the deeper throws.

We did see some goal line one one's. After two overthrows and another incomplete, Callaway had a win, Malone had a win over Sutton. Wolf beat Jalen Reeves-Maybin (questionable offensive pass interference).

Emmanual Moseley had a PBU on Preston Williams on a nice play against Williams. However, Williams continues to impress everyone and appears to be leading the receivers in helmet stickers. Williams was sporting 63 effort stickers, money size stickers, and orange bomb stickers.

Callaway had a touchdown on Justin Martin in one on ones and Croom had a catch over Moseley.

In ol-dl one on one work, Drew Richmond had some good reps in the pass pro work particularly against Kyle Phillips. Mixon had a couple of good reps it appeared. Vereen got Richmond once. Quay Picou had a winning rep against someone. It looked like Jashon Robertson had a good rep against McKenzie.

I thought the OL was better today vs. DL in one on one's compared to Thursday when the DE's got the better of the OL.

Shy Tuttle was in shorts and shoulder pads and continued with limited work. Evan Berry was not in full gear just shoulder pads and shorts.
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-Hubbs
 
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I thought it was a great day for the quarterbacks and wide receivers. We unfortunately didn't get to see any live 11 on 11 football, but we did see some 1 on 1 stuff. We also got to see some nice routes on air that showed good rhythm on both sides. Even in a green jersey, I'm so impressed by Jauan Jennings who continues to show a competitive streak that is second to none. Add in Preston Williams who is showing an ability to stay consistent and watch out. All that and I still think Josh Malone is going to have a big year. He and Dobbs have a great chemistry.

I thought the offensive line was much better today than on Thursday. Drew Richmond is impressive in pass blocking. That's his strength and if he can get a better grasp and push in the run game then I don't think there is a doubt he can be the starter at left tackle. I'll also add that while Nathan Niehaus isn't going to play this year, he really impresses me with quick feet and great lateral movement. The next year in the weight room could be huge for him. Brett Kendrick did get beat pretty bad during 1 on 1's, but I'm not worried about him. He's shown a toughness over the last year so one rep isn't gong to crush him.

Trevor Daniel punted it well today, but you could make that observation most days. Linebacker Quarte Sapp continues to impress me and I think it says a lot about the sophomore for him to go 1 on 1 with an offensive lineman. He didn't win the rep, but he should be expected too.
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-Austin Price
 
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Another short leash day from Butch, which was a little disappointing as it was the first day in pads, but not entirely surprising.

We did get a good dose of 1-on-1 work between WRs and DBs today and some of the young offensive. In a marquee match-up Josh Malone made a really nice end zone catch against Cam Sutton. Freshman Marquez Callaway got loose from Justin Martin to make a grab in the corner. Ethan Wolf caught one on JRM but seemed to pretty clearly push off.

In DL vs. OL work it was sometimes hard to see what the match-up was exactly, but overall seemed like the OL came out better than they did when we saw them on Thursday. Drew Richmond looked like he had a couple of nice reps against Kyle Phillips first and then later against Vereen.

Dimarya Mixon had a couple of very nice reps, maybe the best one we saw when he got by Brett Kendrick. Later on he also came out well in a match-up with freshman OL Marcus Tatum. Tatum later had a good rep stoning Quarte Sapp. Austin Sanders continues to show some toughness, had a really good rep against Kongbo in 1-on-1 and Jashon Robertson held his own when matched up against McKenzie.

We saw a lot of QBs and WRs just working against air, so no hard conclusions but you can't watch these guys work and not think the position is upgraded from last year. Preston Williams made a couple of acrobatic catches on the sideline, I'm about ready to get on the hype train and buy stock in Brandon Johnson. I'm also liking Devante Brooks more and more. Hope he can stay healthy, but he's a nice looking prospect IMO.

On the offensive front clearly nothing has been decided yet but looks like Richmond might be a little ahead at LT based on watching today.
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-Rob Lewis
 
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The team started off with some one-on-ones (we could barely see so we couldn't get great video), and Emmanuel Moseley had a really nice pass breakup. Although, the ball should have been higher in the air.

Josh Malone had a nice double move on Cam Sutton for a touchdown pass thrown by Josh Dobbs.

On the first three reps, though, the quarterback either held the ball or made a bad throw. Foreman had tight coverage on one of the plays.

Marquez Callaway had a nice catch over Justin Martin.

The offensive line looked better in the work we saw with Jashon Robertson winning a rep against McKenzie and Chance Hall with a nice win over LaTroy Lewis. Also, Drew Richmond continues to show he's a pretty good pass protector.

Dimarya Mixon had a nice rep against against Brett Kendrick, too.

Outside of that, a lot of individual drills going on today before we got kicked out. Preston Williams and Josh Malone made some really nice grabs on air and Brandon Johnson continues to look good as a freshman.
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-Fortenberry
 
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I'll believe Josh Malone having a Stellar year when I see it.
Too much talent in that body for him to have so many lapses.
 
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I like seeing our OL crystallizing like it is. Kendrick is a good OL, but I prefer him as our 6 man.

Richmond-Robertson-Thomas-Weismann-Hall is a very, very promising group.
 
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Aesius said:
That's an All-NFL lineup.
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I tend to agree although I was surprised in one write up this week that a talent scout described Thomas as "serviceable" and wasn't overly impressed with him. I'm no talent expert but he looks great to me. But maybe I'm comparing him to Crowder.
 
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vol2002 said:
I tend to agree although I was surprised in one write up this week that a talent scout described Thomas as "serviceable" and wasn't overly impressed with him. I'm no talent expert but he looks great to me. But maybe I'm comparing him to Crowder.
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Thomas is an excellent C. Either the scout doesn't do much with OL, he hasn't been watching, or his evals are highly questionable.
 
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SouthKnoxVOL said:
Saturday Down South predicts that we lose to TAMU.......and get this... VaTech this year. Lol.
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Honestly if we went 10-2 with those two losses, I'd be pretty fine with it. Would mean an SEC championship appearance, the start of a win streak against UGA, and the end of streaks against Bama and UF.


Of course, it would be slightly disappointing to have this kind of season since winning one of those games likely means a shot at the playoffs.
 
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Callaway beats Martin...

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Reggie McKenzie...

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Darth_Shiveman said:
Honestly if we went 10-2 with those two losses, I'd be pretty fine with it. Would mean an SEC championship appearance, the start of a win streak against UGA, and the end of streaks against Bama and UF.


Of course, it would be slightly disappointing to have this kind of season since winning one of those games likely means a shot at the playoffs.
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I'm not counting the playoffs as my baseline expectation. Getting to the SEC championship is mine. anything after that is gravy.
 
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Darth_Shiveman said:
Honestly if we went 10-2 with those two losses, I'd be pretty fine with it. Would mean an SEC championship appearance, the start of a win streak against UGA, and the end of streaks against Bama and UF.


Of course, it would be slightly disappointing to have this kind of season since winning one of those games likely means a shot at the playoffs.
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If we lose to VTech....we're not gonna be a good football team.
 
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MockingVol said:
Thomas is an excellent C. Either the scout doesn't do much with OL, he hasn't been watching, or his evals are highly questionable.
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His big knock on Thomas (with which I agree) is that he's not a very powerful blocker.

We've seen Thomas block particularly well out in space on screens or when he pulls, but we've also seen him get absolutely bulldozed occasionally too. Luckily he's got two years to improve his blocking strength.
 
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