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Bruce Wayne said:
3 in the next 8 days
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BigSteve09 said:
Landing highly sought after players is fun, and it looks good on the rankings and whatnot.

However, in this offense, just bring me the fastest WR available.
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Getting them open is the part that Heup is good at, give me a reliable guy with hands that gives me 7 yards against an outmatched lb all day
Watch him pick on the opposing teams weakest coverage guy this year, this is where Squirrel is gonna eat, we will scheme him open from the slot and motions. Jets sweeps and jet fakes, add his speed and watch out
Plus we have more than 45 players to trot out
And players are teaching players this year now that everyone understands the system
Our depth is 10 times better this year
 
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StoVol said:
Getting them open is the part that Heup is good at, give me a reliable guy with hands that gives me 7 yards against an outmatched lb all day
Watch him pick on the opposing teams weakest coverage guy this year, this is where Squirrel is gonna eat, we will scheme him open from the slot and motions. Jets sweeps and jet fakes, add his speed and watch out
Plus we have more than 45 players to trot out
And players are teaching players this year now that everyone understands the system
Our depth is 10 times better this year
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I agree with this. That's why I'd rather have 4.3 guys getting open in space.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Oh that's true I did forget that you have to catch the football. You don't think about that kind of thing with wide receivers until someone points it out.
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It’s underrated when they’re conducting the Shorts Olympics in Indianapolis. David Bell beasted for Purdue and committed the cardinal sin of running a 4.6. He’s dropping in the mocks. Some schlub team will take a flyer on him from the 3rd down, benefit from him for over a decade and in that timespan never time him in the 40 again.
 
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ChattaTNVol said:
When I look at our opponents in the preseason I usually point to things that I think are their weaknesses and by and large I focus on what I think are our strengths. It doesn’t always work out that way but that usually gets me less grief from my fellow travelers in this forum. I prefer a peaceful happy life. jmo.

This is my assessment of a hypothetical depth chart for us coming out of spring. My reference is against the strongest opponents on our schedule. This is just my sense of things right now.

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I’m assuming McCoy commits and arrives this summer ready for work. I’m expecting his performance to be at least as good as his 2020 season on a per target basis and I think he sees a ton of more targets in our scheme. I see McCoy as a Da’Rick Rogers type player, very physical and makes tough catches. jmo.

I’m good with both our veteran QBs because I think Milton is likely improving. We’ll see. jmo.

I like Small at RB but I’m not sure about his durability. Mack said Whitehead was our best pass blocking running back and this is the first year he’s been at full health since he’s been on campus. I think starting out, most, including me, think Wright will likely be RB2. jmo.

Beyond our 4 returning starters I haven’t seen anything to like about anyone else in our OL room. I mean I like Nichols but he’s a freshman. I hate the idea of moving Carvin over to center if Cooper gets banged up again because I don’t think we have an SEC capable backup for Jerome at LG. It’s a terrible thing when your best option may be to insert a true freshman at center against Georgia, Alabama, or Florida because your starter went down but I’m so down on everyone else I think even though it’s a lousy choice it may still the best available. jmo.

Obviously Tillman is a strength and Hyatt has talent and a little experience. We have a lot of potential behind Hyatt and some potential behind Tillman and McCoy. jmo.

Georgia has 3 amazing TEs. I don’t know how we’re going to cover them. I don’t know how anyone is going to cover them. Our TEs benefit from our scheme and any one of Georgia’s TEs in our scheme might be worth an additional 2 wins for us. jmo.

Coach G said we were thin and lacking in talent on the defensive line. I wouldn’t argue with that. We really need some guys to step up behind the few that we’re already heavily counting upon. Bryson Eason and Dominic Bailey, where are you? jmo.

I like Banks and Beasley best out of our LB room. Maybe Mitchell can help. CBJ-M said his attitude was improved this year. I’d really like to see Willis step up. jmo.

I think we have a number of good options at the Star position. jmo.

I think we’re average in the back end with a lot of experience in McCollough and Flowers. I really think Charles could be a player and maybe even Williams. My sense from the interviews and reports is that both are very athletic but need to continue learning the corner positions at this level. They might be able to help us a lot this season. jmo.

I listened to Callahan again this past week from his appearance on Ainge’s radio show and he again said he expected us to be active in the portal as we move forward this spring. I think the coaches are probably looking for immediate contributors that are also a good fit with the team culture. We’re sort of restricted to getting guys from outside the SEC but they need to have some proven capability of competing at the upper P5 level. I think we’ve got enough bodies this year, unlike last, so what we need now is better. jmo.

Finally, some of the guys that I’m not really high on right now could surprise during fall camp or as we move into the season. I do think we have good culture and a good development program. Right now I think we’re probably still a 7-win football team against our schedule but we have some upside potential depending on how we develop our roster between now and season start and depending on how well our opponents progress or not. For example and for what it’s worth, I was reading an article from an Alabama writer after their spring game and he said they were in a pretty bad place with their offensive line. Do they get it fixed or will that be the key to our win over them this year? Unlikely as it may seem I think our game with them this year could possibly be a toss-up. That would require us to improve and them to regress. jmo.

Coach G giving his all for Tennessee. jmo.

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I always enjoy your writeups, including the ones that tend toward an orange tinted point of view. Regarding your position grades, I've wondered about the size of your OL. As it stands right now, your guys' reported weights are nearly the same as reported weights for Georgia's OL, which is built for a low play count power game. This is my non-expert opinion, but when an offense is frequently in hurry up mode, it seems like having a lighter quicker OL might be more effective because of improved endurance. It's an interesting question; what size is best suited to hold up in a tough LOS league and still be able to move effectively after multiple rapid sequence plays. I guess this year's recruiting class may give an indication of what your coaches think.
 
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Nuctech777 said:
This. I’ll take a Jennings or the guy from Purdue who lit us up all day. Can’t teach heart.
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The aforementioned David Bell…tho he didn’t play in the bowl. Hoping my Bears resist the urge to pass on him. He’ll dominate for someone imo.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Lol what is going on here? Are we just assuming that because a player is fast that they aren't competitive, can't run routes, and doesn't have good hands?
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That’s the interpretive skills that made you who you are. No, I’m ASSUMING what an athlete runs in a straight line in track form doesn’t trump what another does in pads, in coverage no matter if they’re a couple of ticks slower in the Olympics.
 
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