Why QB play will be good.

#76
#76
IndianapolisVol said:
hopefully Worley's arm strength has improved, the guy under threw a lot of deep throws last season
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That what scares me about Worley, he under threw a lot of passes last year, seem like he could not hit a 15 yard out, or the deep ball, if he can hit the 15 yard out and deep ball this year, we will surprise a lot of people across the country.:good!:
 
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fade route said:
Agree with your assessment HeyHey. I think QB play will be one of the most visible areas of improvement for all the reasons you listed.

The only caveat to all of this is id the new Oline struggles and plays like swiss cheese and the QBs are running for their lives on a regular basis.
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This. Lets not forget that talent and experience in the trenches is what wins on the SEC.
 
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Something tells me Dobbs is going to surprise this year. Its a shame he had to burn his Redshirt last year as an 18 yr old true freshman up against Alabama at Alabama in his first game ever and then be hurt for the last 2, much worse than anyone outside the team knew. What were the chances that Tennessees 1st, 2nd. and 3rd string QBs would be done for the season by late October?.. I just think that Dobbs is going to surprise.
 
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Oh the dog days of summer....

Success for me looks like this: we are competitive in every single game and have chances to win the ones that count in the 4th quarter.

Whether that translates to 5 wins or 6 or 7 or 8, who knows? I just want to see PROGRESS.
TANGIBLE PROGRESS THAT WE CAN SEE.

And I think we will.
 
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Nocleats said:
Something tells me Dobbs is going to surprise this year. Its a shame he had to burn his Redshirt last year as an 18 yr old true freshman up against Alabama at Alabama in his first game ever and then be hurt for the last 2, much worse than anyone outside the team knew. What were the chances that Tennessees 1st, 2nd. and 3rd string QBs would be done for the season by late October?.. I just think that Dobbs is going to surprise.
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The speed of the game's what kept both Worley and Dobbs off rhythm last year, and that's not going to be the boogey man this time around. It appears that, if the OL can't slow down the pass rush, the one who reads the situation quickest,(Omaha! Omaha!) checks in the best play and zings it in on quick slants and in the flat, runs north and south to keep 'em honest and can switch off to good screens and draws can use our better speed to misdirect the rush a bit and then get some yardage down field. Somebody should be open with all those weapons.The running game's gona' tire 'em out, if four guys who're rotating hit the holes hard. 'Just need some overachieving out of the OL, and 8 wins and a bowl game will grace our season. Can you do it, big fellas'?
 
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trampas2bad said:
well, the question is; he hasn't won it yet. Dobbs will get the ton of reps, because he is the likely starter. Bottom line; he just fits butch's style of play better and has matured physically since he last hit the field. What has happened on vn, is that all those ferguson supporters were not satisfied with their beatdown after their hero showed his true colors and are now begging for more ( "thank you sir. May i have another?)
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preach
 
#84
#84
Love both Worley and Dobbs and both may get reps, but I think Worley has to prove he can be better than Dobbs come fall practice. I said this before and i'll say it again, the staff already knows what it has in Dobbs so he's not much of a concern to them. Plus, he's their recruit. None of the others are. Ta;king about what signs point too, look at those. I don't have any problems with Worley winning the job if he does, but I think it's Dobbs to lose!
 
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sameolvol said:
The speed of the game's what kept both Worley and Dobbs off rhythm last year, and that's not going to be the boogey man this time around. It appears that, if the OL can't slow down the pass rush, the one who reads the situation quickest,(Omaha! Omaha!) checks in the best play and zings it in on quick slants and in the flat, runs north and south to keep 'em honest and can switch off to good screens and draws can use our better speed to misdirect the rush a bit and then get some yardage down field. Somebody should be open with all those weapons.The running game's gona' tire 'em out, if four guys who're rotating hit the holes hard. 'Just need some overachieving out of the OL, and 8 wins and a bowl game will grace our season. Can you do it, big fellas'?
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I believe the OLine will be ok, my fear is the DLine and can they help the LBs by keeping lineman off of them and help the secondary by not making them cover for more than 3-4 seconds. That's my worry
 
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sameolvol said:
The speed of the game's what kept both Worley and Dobbs off rhythm last year, and that's not going to be the boogey man this time around. It appears that, if the OL can't slow down the pass rush, the one who reads the situation quickest,(Omaha! Omaha!) checks in the best play and zings it in on quick slants and in the flat, runs north and south to keep 'em honest and can switch off to good screens and draws can use our better speed to misdirect the rush a bit and then get some yardage down field. Somebody should be open with all those weapons.The running game's gona' tire 'em out, if four guys who're rotating hit the holes hard. 'Just need some overachieving out of the OL, and 8 wins and a bowl game will grace our season. Can you do it, big fellas'?
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You can give that excuse to Worley but not Dobbs. This is the only system Dobbs had to learn outside of highschool which was similar anyways.

We will really know how we are in QB play if one of our 2nd stringers have to play. If they do well, then we will be great. If they struggle, we are in MEGA-trouble.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
:unsure:

Bad season nowdays is 5-7.. Worley can't sell the run plain and simple. If that changes I will agree that he can get 7 wins this season.
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I agree. He has to keep the ball more than once a game. No one respected the read option.
 
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VolFan4Life87 said:
We were not going to beat Mizzou last year.
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I was there. There were some early turning points in that game. If they had been managed better then UT would have at least been in the game longer.

I really like Dobbs. But at that point, Worley would have made decisions that would have kept MU's O off the field. Not sure about a win... but it would have been a different game with Worley.
 
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KingtUT said:
I want someone to step up and be a leader. I don't want anyone to have to ask who the leader is going to be. There is no replacement for a good two or three year starting QB IMO.
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Then you should like Worley. He's now a second year starter and while he suffered with the O last year there is good reason to believe that the whole unit will take a big step forward this fall. Some here have said that the spring was simply a function of the D being so bad. We better hope not. If that's true then the D is worse than '13, right? If so... it won't matter how good UT is on O. They'll give up 40 ppg.

Jones has intentionally fostered competition. I'm sure he would have loved for one of the others to use what is perhaps more talent to step up and beat Worley out.

But they couldn't. Moreover, Jones has specifically praised Worley's leadership.
 
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Nocleats said:
Something tells me Dobbs is going to surprise this year. Its a shame he had to burn his Redshirt last year as an 18 yr old true freshman up against Alabama at Alabama in his first game ever and then be hurt for the last 2, much worse than anyone outside the team knew. What were the chances that Tennessees 1st, 2nd. and 3rd string QBs would be done for the season by late October?.. I just think that Dobbs is going to surprise.
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I agree. Of course Worely might surprise as well... But I maintain that Dobbs has more tools to work with and I am bullish on him at this point.

I just remember watching a true freshman last year playing with a new scheme, mediocre run game, and new/weak receivers... And he made mistakes but he stepped into those mistakes and zipped the ball in there like an sec qb should.

End of the day- I trust the coaches and am ready to throw my support behind their choice
 
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sjt18 said:
I've never been a Ferguson supporter any more than a supporter of any of the rest. I like Dobbs game better than the rest. Every indication is that Worley is the starter and without Ferguson... it wouldn't have been particularly close in the Spring. By the O&W game, virtually everyone close to the program was reporting that Worley and Ferguson were splitting the 1st team reps.
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This is the bottom line is it not? Virtually everyone does not include a single person actually in the know. Nobody from the coaching staff has said a peep. The wide spectrum "virtually everyone" encompasses virtually all the know-nothings on this site. And it's virtually impossible to get cogent information here. Radio talking heads, in actually, have virtually no more information about what is actually going on in practice than the posters here. And it is from the talking heads that virtually every post on here which claims to be in the know originates. This posted nonsense virtually explodes my head. You mentioned the O&W game. Dobbs virtually won the start right then and there for all eyes to see. So I'm going to say that everyone who isn't virtually blind knows who will start.
 
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OJ said:
Spring practice came and went with no QB taking the lead. I think we have average QB at best.
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I respectfully disagree with this. Spring is the perfect time to give reps to multiple guys, for the individual development of each one, and to foster competition between them. There would be little sense in saying, this here is my guy, the rest of you just go thru the motions to find your places on the bench.

I feel confident that we can win with the current versions of Worley or Dobbs, and I haven't given up on Peterman, either.
 
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VolinDalton said:
Worley will be the starter. I don't know why this is question.

Dobbs will get a ton of reps and will probably get a start or two. He deserves it and will be the returning senior Qb in 2015. Senior as in playing time, not class....

We will have an epic Qb battle going into 2015 and I'm excited for it.
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Damn, I hurd he's smart...but didn't think he would skip his junior year.
 
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trampas2bad said:
This is the bottom line is it not? Virtually everyone does not include a single person actually in the know. Nobody from the coaching staff has said a peep. The wide spectrum "virtually everyone" encompasses virtually all the know-nothings on this site. And it's virtually impossible to get cogent information here. Radio talking heads, in actually, have virtually no more information about what is actually going on in practice than the posters here. And it is from the talking heads that virtually every post on here which claims to be in the know originates. This posted nonsense virtually explodes my head. You mentioned the O&W game. Dobbs virtually won the start right then and there for all eyes to see. So I'm going to say that everyone who isn't virtually blind knows who will start.
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Id be willing to bet Worley is the starter..Are you?
 
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trampas2bad said:
You mentioned the O&W game. Dobbs virtually won the start right then and there for all eyes to see. So I'm going to say that everyone who isn't virtually blind knows who will start.
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I doubt Dobbs could've won the starting job playing against the second string defense. The coaches are well aware that he'd only see that caliber of defense in mop up duty.
 
#99
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Teetfeeler said:
VolinDalton said:
Worley will be the starter. I don't know why this is question.

Dobbs will get a ton of reps and will probably get a start or two. He deserves it and will be the returning senior Qb in 2015. Senior as in playing time, not class....

We will have an epic Qb battle going into 2015 and I'm excited for it.
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Damn, I hurd he's smart...but didn't think he would skip his junior year.
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I wondered if someone would eventually miss that part. I almost missed it myself :)
 
#100
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trampas2bad said:
This is the bottom line is it not? Virtually everyone does not include a single person actually in the know. Nobody from the coaching staff has said a peep. The wide spectrum "virtually everyone" encompasses virtually all the know-nothings on this site. And it's virtually impossible to get cogent information here. Radio talking heads, in actually, have virtually no more information about what is actually going on in practice than the posters here. And it is from the talking heads that virtually every post on here which claims to be in the know originates. This posted nonsense virtually explodes my head. You mentioned the O&W game. Dobbs virtually won the start right then and there for all eyes to see. So I'm going to say that everyone who isn't virtually blind knows who will start.
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Very, very wrong.
 
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