Thanks Dont'e I’m sure this will help recruiting

[VolForLife83]

will help in recruiting. Throwing CJH’s offense under the bus.

Dont'e Thornton shares how difficult it is for Tennessee receivers to get drafted

Dont'e Thornton was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Through meetings, pro day, and the draft combine, Thornton seeme

allfortennessee.com

WR recruiting been blah anyway.

 

[DaddyChad]

Dont'e needs to worry more about his ability to stay healthy keeping him from getting drafted than our offense.

Yeah this.

He never could get healthy. Even when he was on the field he was usually less than 100%

 

[CAVPUT]

Because they're not the issue

Getting out of the tub in the training room was tho. Hard to take him seriously when he wasn't game to game but play to play.

 

[Dougie_D]

The reality is that our WRs decide their routes based on the CB. It’s almost like they don’t have to learn a playbook. I think this article is more about Bru not getting drafted.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

How about keeping your mouth shut and saying nothing. You sound like TN’s offense kept you from being some sort of superstar. You don’t get to the NFL on talent alone. A lot of good coaching comes along with it.

The interviewer asked him DIRECTLY about reports of his limited route tree because of his film. He asked DT how he would dispel those reports.

So, what's your plan? Watch the video cited and tell us how he could just ignore a direct question.

 

[CAVPUT]

But, often there were guys running wide open for TDs that Nico either badly overthrew or missed seeing them

And that falls to who? The head coach who evaluated, recruited and signed him or the qb coach who worked with him every day and coached him? Come on. At some point, the buck stops....and it stops with the head coach. Heupel owns this.

 

[Vol8188]

will help in recruiting. Throwing CJH’s offense under the bus.

Dont'e Thornton shares how difficult it is for Tennessee receivers to get drafted

Dont'e Thornton was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Through meetings, pro day, and the draft combine, Thornton seeme

allfortennessee.com

He did even less at Oregon in a different offense

 

[Vol8188]

will help in recruiting. Throwing CJH’s offense under the bus.

Dont'e Thornton shares how difficult it is for Tennessee receivers to get drafted

Dont'e Thornton was drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Through meetings, pro day, and the draft combine, Thornton seeme

allfortennessee.com

Author knows next to nothing about football. Shameful how bad journalism is at this point

 

[wmcovol]

Thornton has been soft his entire career. He was constantly hurt at Oregon & hurt here. Played about 30% of the time last year. Typical Raiders pick.

 

[wmcovol]

At some point, Heupel’s offensive genius is going to have to survive without 2022 Hooker and Hyatt.

Yeah, he’s gotta find QBs who hit wide ass open WRs. And a few WRs who can play & catch.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Thornton has been soft his entire career. He was constantly hurt at Oregon & hurt here. Played about 30% of the time last year. Typical Raiders pick.

Soft? Getting hammered and getting hurt as a result isn't "soft". How would you fare getting clocked by someone with that kind of speed, size and power? You can't possibly know, right?

 

[wmcovol]

The reality is that our WRs decide their routes based on the CB. It’s almost like they don’t have to learn a playbook. I think this article is more about Bru not getting drafted.

Bru’s body is beat up. That & his lack of soeed is why he didn’t get drafted.

 

[Vol8188]

Author knows next to nothing about football. Shameful how bad journalism is at this point

I’ll elaborate on what I mean. He calls our offense “air raid” and pretends it doesn’t translate to the nfl and we don’t run nfl routes.

Then uses an actual air raid derived offense (Oregon) as his example of one that does translate.

The point that air raid and NFL systems are similar, is true because air raid comes from the west coast offense.

But the author clearly doesn’t know that, otherwise he wouldn’t have wrongly proclaimed we run an air raid offense

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yeah, he’s gotta find QBs who hit wide ass open WRs. And a few WRs who can play & catch.

Well, Heupel doesn't have it quite figured out as you do. Give him some time

 

[YorkVol]

I think he didn't want to throw Nico under the bus

 

[NEO]

What? You mean Heupel's offense which has increased Tennessee's relevance EVERY year since he has coached here????

2021: 7-6 Lost Music City bowl to Purdue (controversial loss, too!).
2022: 11-2 Won the Orange bowl handily against Clemson.
2023: 9-4 Won the Citrus bowl, putting on a fairly good offensive display against Iowa (who was supposed to have a "mighty defense").
2024: 10-3 First appearance in the College Football Playoff & Lost to eventual National Champion Ohio State.

-- How soon we forget the journeys through the wilderness under Derek (First-Half ONLY) Dooley; Jim (interim coach) Chaney; Butch (Champions of Life) Jones; Brady (interim - "I'd rather be in the Big 10") Hoke; And Jeremy (Corn-Bread --& McDonald's bags on the side) Pruitt.

Everybody is welcome to "critique" whatever or whoever they wish. But, right now, I'm riding THIS horse until it shows me something very disappointingly different!!!

Share THAT with the recruits!

Any coach worth a grain of salt will counter that with our points per game and first half stats and state our record was due to defense holding teams under 20.

Just saying.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

We need better players along the line of scrimmage on offense. I think that’s what it boils down to. That’s frankly why Georgia has owned us IMO. A 5 star here and there along with transfers doesn’t appear to be enough against the best competition.

 

[volfan411]

I believe the WR production the last two seasons is directly related to the poor QB play we have had. The offense schemed WR’s wide open and the QB either didn’t see them or over threw them so I still convinced this offense works it just needs a capable QB.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I mean, he's right

 

[GAVol]

He did even less at Oregon in a different offense

Amazing what they’ll overlook and build a narrative for when a guy runs a 4.3.

 

[VAWL FAN]

Dont'e needs to worry more about his ability to stay healthy keeping him from getting drafted than our offense.

Exactly,dude was made of glass.

 

[Vol8188]

Amazing what they’ll overlook and build a narrative for when a guy runs a 4.3.

I get it. I’d give him a chance too. Just probably not as high as Oakland did

 

[camp_steveo]

Hyatt unfortunately lends credence to the criticism. Can hardly get on the field for a team with a horrible receiving unit, aside from Nabers.

I respectfully disagree. Success in college doesn't necessarily translate to the NFL by default, which means you can't take away from his success in college simply because of a lack thereof in the NFL. Does that make sense? Hyatt excelled in CJH's system to the degree of a historical performance against Alabama. His success actually implies that Thornton may be even more overrated than we realize, but time will tell. TBH, I hope they both prove us wrong.

 

[FortSanders]

It's up to the player to be the best he can be. He was a 5th rounder for a reason.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

He did even less at Oregon in a different offense

That’s the irony in the article . Pete Carroll went back at looked at his Oregon film. Well if he hadn’t come here and had the opportunity to play under what are probably 2 of the lower rated QBs Heuepel has ever coached, Pete and his staff would never have seen his Oregon tape. He came here, from what I heard, didn’t adapt or put in the work right away, then found his niche caught some skinny posts and took them to the house. Let’s not pretend like he would’ve had some stellar career with Carson Beck or Drew Allar throwing him the ball. He made plays and he got drafted .