'19 TN RB Eric Gray

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WebbCobb said:
Jordan's first run was also 18 yards. Take that out and he had 12 runs for 8 yards
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Great catch, apologize for missing that.
My overall point is he has gained the second most yards per carry of any of the backs but he will never be successful without oline push. That's something Chandler and Banks can do, but it doesn't matter if banks can't hang on to the ball. Right now, Jordan is our best choice to back up Chandler.

For now, I don't understand why Chandler doesn't just get double the touches of everyone else.
 
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Admittedly I don’t know a lot about Gray but does he have above pass receiving skills for a RB? I liked the way they used Chandler yesterday catching balls to try and mask our offensive line deficiencies. Even if we get Morris and Wright our offensive line issues are not going to get fixed over night.
 
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I just want to point out that Auburn really does have an excellent DL and LB group. This factors into the struggle with the run this week. I like the use of the backs so far. Loved seeing the deep passes to backs this week. That means our online is protecting well enough to send a back out of protection. I dig it. We gonna keep improving.
 
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SmokeyDaBear said:
I just want to point out that Auburn really does have an excellent DL and LB group. This factors into the struggle with the run this week. I like the use of the backs so far. Loved seeing the deep passes to backs this week. That means our online is protecting well enough to send a back out of protection. I dig it. We gonna keep improving.
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3 Pre-season All-SEC watch on the DL...

I'm super not mad we can't run on Auburn
 
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Rishvol said:
Which doesn't make him the second best back on the team
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Talent wise, I think he is. The 'whole package'? Maybe not, which sounds like what you're saying and that's fair to say.

Most teams have a guy that inspires with their play and attitude. You live with the bad because what they do for the team as a whole outweighs that. Is Banks that guy? I don't know. I think he's shown flashes of it, but my opinion is not the one that matters.
 
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PoweredByTheT said:
3 Pre-season All-SEC watch on the DL...

I'm super not mad we can't run on Auburn
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i dont' think anyone is mad that we couldn't.

it's that we never varied on 1st down. ran right in to the teeth of that DL. i'm all for running the ball. but good grief. we were literally pounding our heads against the wall.....

really, that should impress the hell out of most anyone that watched the game, that JG and WR's came thru in some HUGE moments on 3rd down. and they kept doing it. and it wasn't like it was 3rd and 2. it was generally 3rd and 8 or longer.

JG and WR's were clutch yesterday. they had to make plays, and htey did. they deserve all the atta boys they get....

and shout out to the DL. they got pressure on JS fairly consistently and made some huge game changing plays on their own, including causing all 3 turnovers. Bryce thompson, save the missed tackle on that gazzelle, had a pretty productive day. and some relative unknowns made some plays on defense as well, including Osbuorne.
1st down play calling aside, all around great day for the whole team/coaches.

GBO.
 
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m1al said:
Talent wise, I think he is. The 'whole package'? Maybe not, which sounds like what you're saying and that's fair to say.

Most teams have a guy that inspires with their play and attitude. You live with the bad because what they do for the team as a whole outweighs that. Is Banks that guy? I don't know. I think he's shown flashes of it, but my opinion is not the one that matters.
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I get what you're saying. His attitude is definitely inspiring, but the fumbles are as equally disheartening. Tennessee definitely did not need anything disheartening yesterday.
 
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Rishvol said:
I get what you're saying. His attitude is definitely inspiring, but the fumbles are as equally disheartening. Tennessee definitely did not need anything disheartening yesterday.
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Totally agree. I hope he gets the fumble fingers figured out because he's fun to watch. Always liked the RBs that run angry the most.
 
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Orange Studs said:
Well apparently the coaches don't trust him enough to put him in yet and I for one was very happy to see us using Chandler more and in different ways. I do hope Banks gets it fixed cause he is a powerful runner but he is killing us with a fumble a game.
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Fortunately for Vol fans this coach doesnt read VN like his predecessor and make decisions based on probabilities.
 
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therickbol said:
I have never been to either but I imagine a lot more people visit London. I bet the weather is much better in Jordan.
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Neither accent does too much for me.

About accents -Lemme tell ya when you have a drunk and emotional Swedish chick yelling at you, in that harsh, gutteral language. It'll make you think twice about that Swedish chick deal every.

Now, Columbia on the other hand. Or New Zealand. Something about super duper uber zealous relgious redheads that talk to sheep all day with that accent. It's like if an Iowa farm girl who was born in Ireland moved to an island in middle of the Pacific.

Wait you were talking about Geography. Md bad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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jakez4ut said:
There's truth here but Jordan has no vision and makes bad decisions. No way he should be getting as many touches as he is.
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The vision typically is something that improves, much like maturity. During the WV game, Jordan showed out, but what now? If you want to talk vision, Banks has zero vision but the teeth of the defender. Banks and JJ are my two favorite players on offense, but how many times would Banks have broke it just by the slightest juke, but instead trucked the defender and go down? Jauan as I've stated in the "What's wrong with JJ" thread, is a dog and the hardest player to tackle in the receiving corps. What happens when he fights too hard for 2 more yards and gets stripped, injured, or fails to reach the 1st down marker? Will the same be said? Jordan won't get better riding the bench. This problem is fixed with playtime and maturity. This is the same TJ that gashed WV. He dinked when he shoulda dunked. Big deal. We won and he learned.
If there's a prob, blame Pruitt, not TJ.
 
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I've always been a huge fan of this kid since burst on the scene his freshman year. But I don't understand why Devon Starling of Cane Ridge do not get any love. He has the size 6 ft 205, speed, power and unbelievable vision. Devon lead the state on TN in rushing in the highest rank 6A class, while also sharing the backfield with another kid that will rush for over 1,000 yards. Staff and the rest of the country is sleeping on this Kid.
Devon Starling, Cane Ridge, Running Back
Devon Starling on Hudl
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sp...e-tssaa-cane-ridge-devon-starling/1334276002/
 
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But does Eric Gray have Tyreek Hill speed/quicks?

That would be the type athlete that could really upgrade our offense in addition to the existing cast returning next year.
 
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T Dog said:
I remember a movie and it could have really happened somewhere, get him to carry the football around campus to classes and let everybody (players) try and knock it out all day. Hey practice makes perfect.
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I have a related idea. Make him carry a tomcat to all classes and everything. If he comes back without the cat he has to run stadium steps
 
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T Dog said:
I remember a movie and it could have really happened somewhere, get him to carry the football around campus to classes and let everybody (players) try and knock it out all day. Hey practice makes perfect.
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Went to high school in Ohio. One of the dominate teams we played, Troy H.S., did this. They had a stud RB named Gordon Bell who went on to play at Michigan. Bell fumbled once...and only once my senior year. He had to carry the ball everywhere he went for a week. If the coaches caught you without it, you sat the next game. Also, same was said if you dropped it...and everyone always tried to knock it out of your hands. Definitely worked for him. Think Banks could benefit from the same.
 
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utvolmaniac said:
Went to high school in Ohio. One of the dominate teams we played, Troy H.S., did this. They had a stud RB named Gordon Bell who went on to play at Michigan. Bell fumbled once...and only once my senior year. He had to carry the ball everywhere he went for a week. If the coaches caught you without it, you sat the next game. Also, same was said if you dropped it...and everyone always tried to knock it out of your hands. Definitely worked for him. Think Banks could benefit from the same.
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My husband said the coaches made their star RB do this for a week and told everyone to try to make him drop it. He did get better at hanging onto the ball.
 
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The Vols appear to be a real threat to the Wolverines. Gray took his official visit to Knoxville last month, and he has remained in contact with the Tennessee staff. Ole Miss is in this too, but based on what I am hearing, Tennessee may be the one program Michigan is most worried about.
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-Chad Simmons
 
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