'18 WR Jaylon Robinson (Ole Miss Commit)

[UTMVol76]

You're right.
But that falls on Heupel in NOT letting the younger guys get more reps. As soon as they made a mistake they disappeared for gameS at a time.

Calloway had one bad drop against Florida and then never heard from after that.
Hyatt had the drop against Pitt and then went on to have a less effective year than his freshman season.

Yeah, but you also have to take the entire catalog into account to make that judgement. What were their practices like? What was their general demeanor like? It may not have been a play by itself on the field but a group of actions leading to mistrust that caused that. What Hyatt has said about his attitude last year and his focus on this year and improving suggests that even…

 

[Jcg6592]

True. If Calloway can fix his dropsies for example, then he can be an absolute game breaker.

I know. I just have to fix the dropsies.

 

[Jcg6592]

You're right.
But that falls on Heupel in NOT letting the younger guys get more reps. As soon as they made a mistake they disappeared for gameS at a time.

Calloway had one bad drop against Florida and then never heard from after that.
Hyatt had the drop against Pitt and then went on to have a less effective year than his freshman season.

I didn't drop that ball, the ball dropped me.

 

[AresTheVol]

You're right.
But that falls on Heupel in NOT letting the younger guys get more reps. As soon as they made a mistake they disappeared for gameS at a time.

Calloway had one bad drop against Florida and then never heard from after that.
Hyatt had the drop against Pitt and then went on to have a less effective year than his freshman season.

Hyatt wasn't bought in as he should have been, there's a reason he's gained 20 pounds this past off season, he got complacent from his freshman year

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

True. If Calloway can fix his dropsies for example, then he can be an absolute game breaker.

Hyatt also had the dropsies.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Hyatt also had the dropsies.

and wanted no contact whatsoever

 

[DaddyChad]

You're right.
But that falls on Heupel in NOT letting the younger guys get more reps. As soon as they made a mistake they disappeared for gameS at a time.

Calloway had one bad drop against Florida and then never heard from after that.
Hyatt had the drop against Pitt and then went on to have a less effective year than his freshman season.

This is nonsense. Hyatt had other chances after that. He had huge drops. That isn’t on Heupel. He was consistently schemed open, got chances and was thrown to and dropped the ball. As a wr you have a gripe if you’re not playing or being thrown to, if you drop the ball that’s on you period.

 

[Vol8188]

This is nonsense. Hyatt had other chances after that. He had huge drops. That isn’t on Heupel. He was consistently schemed open, got chances and was thrown to and dropped the ball. As a wr you have a gripe if you’re not playing or being thrown to, if you drop the ball that’s on you period.

Agreed. You can’t proclaim any Wr was benched for one drop. If that were true we wouldn’t be able to put anyone on the field because even the best have dropped a pass at some point.

Can’t proclaim I know all the reasons why they were benched, but it wasn’t one drop

 

[SoullessGinger32_]

Why are some people so worried and worked up over adding this WR? Lmao. No matter what you have in the WR room you can't go wrong with having another Velus Jones Jr style WR. Especially when you have a potential Heisman QB. Why not feed Hook with talent? Some of you all need Mary Jane in your life lol. Go Vawls!!!

 

[ChattownVFL]

Would be more excited to get this guy than bru tbh

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Why are some people so worried and worked up over adding this WR? Lmao. No matter what you have in the WR room you can't go wrong with having another Velus Jones Jr style WR. Especially when you have a potential Heisman QB. Why not feed Hook with talent? Some of you all need Mary Jane in your life lol. Go Vawls!!!

I was initially against it because I like what we have with Hyatt, Holiday, Calloway, Merrill, and McCoy. But the reality is despite my thoughts - the staff clearly doesn’t feel the same way.

I mean, I was thinking how VQ had been praising Hyatt, Holiday and Calloway this spring. I was anchored in belief that they’re ready to step up. Somewhat unknowns - but so was Tillman, Velus, and Payton going into last year.

Then I remembered that VQ and other media outlets were hyping up Andison Colby last spring. I believe VQ even said we were lucky that Tee brought him in before leaving. We all saw what came from that.

So whatever nuanced skill sets the staff is seeking, they don’t seem to be finding them in our in house receivers. None of which are guys this staff recruited.

That, coupled with how void of notable talent the portal is and how he have spots to use, I warmed towards taking another receiver.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I was initially against it because I like what we have with Hyatt, Holiday, Calloway, Merrill, and McCoy. But the reality is despite my thoughts - the staff clearly doesn’t feel the same way.

I mean, I was thinking how VQ had been praising Hyatt, Holiday and Calloway this spring. I was anchored in belief that they’re ready to step up. Somewhat unknowns - but so was Tillman, Velus, and Payton going into last year.

Then I remembered that VQ and other media outlets were hyping up Andison Colby last spring. I believe VQ even said we were lucky that Tee brought him in before leaving. We all saw what came from that.

So whatever nuanced skill sets the staff is seeking, they don’t seem to be finding them in our in house receivers. None of which are guys this staff recruited.

That, coupled with how void of notable talent the portal is and how he have spots to use, I warmed towards taking another receiver.

AP says we were lucky to have success we had last year. We're a turned ankle away from losing to Kroger.

 

[VolInDayton]

Does this guy return kicks/punts?

 

[jpope9]

AP says we were lucky to have success we had last year. We're a turned ankle away from losing to Kroger.

we were a blown fumble call from beating ole piss too

 

[RiseToTheTop]

we were a blown fumble call from beating ole piss too

and still almost made a wild grab in the endzone to win it


but i agree. we left 2-3 wins out there but overall was good yr. im excited ab this offense again this yr esp if we get Jaylon to add to the mix.

 

[Jackcrevol]

we were a blown fumble call from beating ole piss too

point is we are lucky on of the horses didnt go down

 

[Orange Raid]

I’m all for bringing in Robinson and Jordan Addison if we could get them both.

 

[TNHopeful505]

I’m all for bringing in Robinson and Jordan Addison if we could get them both.

We won't. lol. Addison is gonna go to USC. He'll take a minute to decide so it isn't super obvious he was tampered with, but he'll go to USC.

Robinson however, is a pretty good bet to us. It just makes sense. He knows exactly what he is getting with this offense and coaching staff. He'd be insane not to come here if he wants his best chance at success.

 

[ACvol3]

AP says we were lucky to have success we had last year. We're a turned ankle away from losing to Kroger.

We were a decent ref away from beating ole miss and Purdue

 

[volinbama256]

We were a decent ref away from beating ole miss and Purdue

This! Hooker's entire body was across the first down line against Pitt, the refs screwed us on the turnover pick 6, and we were in the endzone without touching against Purdue...

 

[ACvol3]

This! Hooker's entire body was across the first down line against Pitt, the refs screwed us on the turnover pick 6, and we were in the endzone without touching against Purdue...

The Pitt game still blows my mind… we will beat them to death this year with Hooker starting

 

[gainesvol82]

I’ve debated with myself as well whether we need more WRs and the deciding factor for me was the Ole Miss game. If you guys remember, our guys were GASSED in the 4th quarter and that led to us not winning ad much as anything else. Our offense not only tires the defense, it tires us as well. I expect conditioning to be better this year, I expect some guys from last year to be better than expected, but most importantly, I think we need to run platoons this year to have our 1s as fresh as possible for a 4th quarter run.

This offense needs a two deep at RB and WR with little to no drop-off between the first and second teams. First team gets a series and then second team gets the next series would be ideal since we don't want to sub guys in...except when given the chance by stupid fake injuries by the defense. I still can't believe that wasn't addressed with a rule that only the guy who goes down can be subbed. That makes it much less of an advantage and we would see it far less.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

The Pitt game still blows my mind… we will beat them to death this year with Hooker starting

those guys losing the OC, Pickett and Addison is a huge deal for sure.

 

[sneakergawd]

I was initially against it because I like what we have with Hyatt, Holiday, Calloway, Merrill, and McCoy. But the reality is despite my thoughts - the staff clearly doesn’t feel the same way.

I mean, I was thinking how VQ had been praising Hyatt, Holiday and Calloway this spring. I was anchored in belief that they’re ready to step up. Somewhat unknowns - but so was Tillman, Velus, and Payton going into last year.

Then I remembered that VQ and other media outlets were hyping up Andison Colby last spring. I believe VQ even said we were lucky that Tee brought him in before leaving. We all saw what came from that.

So whatever nuanced skill sets the staff is seeking, they don’t seem to be finding them in our in house receivers. None of which are guys this staff recruited.

That, coupled with how void of notable talent the portal is and how he have spots to use, I warmed towards taking another receiver.

I don’t necessarily believe its that the group we have doesn’t have the tools that the coaches are looking for. I believe they are looking for more depth, tillman, velus, & javonta played an incredible amount of snaps last year I don’t think they want to do the same this upcoming season and moving forward. Plus just imagine if Tillman were to go down with an injury

 

[drvenner]

I take no pleasure in laughing at Ole Miss if we land him.

Lmao

I pretty much always take great pleasure in laughing about Ole Miss and, especially, Lane Kiffin.