1,243 Yards

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mitzustu said:
1,243 Yards would take Cedric Tillman past Marcus Nash for 2nd all time at Tennessee in receiving yards.

1) Can he do it?
2) Will he do it?
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Probably not. Opponents now know about him and will defense scheme for him. However, to their peril, this will free up our other capable receivers to hurt them big time. If our OL is even halfway decent, opponents will be forced into a choose your poison situation.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Probably not. Opponents now know about him and will defense scheme for him. However, to their peril, this will free up our other capable receivers to hurt them big time. If our OL is even halfway decent, opponents will be forced into a choose your poison situation.
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Agree, he has a chance if other receivers step up and keep D's from double teaming him a lot. We seem to have the talent to make that happen. Hope he does break it.
 
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Only if Bru, Hyatt and Callaway step up big time. Else Tillman will be covered by the best CB of another team and possibly double teamed or safety on cover. He will be out of passing attack a lot due to this.
 
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utvolpj said:
That would also be the #2 single season all time. I'm going to say it's unlikely
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Yeah...not likely. But still entirely possible.

I'd give it somewhere around a 10%-20% chance of happening. So don't bet your house on it, but don't be shocked if it happens, either.

Go Vols!
 
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He can and he will.

Had over 1,000 yards last season. We had QB issues the first few games which hampered his production. 1st year in a new offensive scheme. This season we know the QB. We have another year at refining the offense and improving on the system learned last season.

Unless last year was a fluke, he has every reason in the world to outpace last season's production.
 
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mitzustu said:
1,243 Yards would take Cedric Tillman past Marcus Nash for 2nd all time at Tennessee in receiving yards.

1) Can he do it?
2) Will he do it?
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Some other receivers will have to step up and produce to prevent Tillman from being doubled. Nash had Peerless Price, Andy Mccullough, and Jermaine Copeland catching passes with him in 1997. It is a tall order regardless, so I am leaning towards no. I think he can get between 950-1000 yards though.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Probably not. Opponents now know about him and will defense scheme for him. However, to their peril, this will free up our other capable receivers to hurt them big time. If our OL is even halfway decent, opponents will be forced into a choose your poison situation.
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Unless teams abandon all fundamental defense. The tempo scheme is predicated on creating breakdowns in alignment. Tillman put in the work, but he benefits tremendously from an offense that is 100% focused on getting receivers open down the field. Tillman is too good that you can do it with one guy and teams know that focusing two on him all the time will result in explosive plays elsewhere.
 
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LittleVol said:
Yeah he probably will.

Hooker staring from game one.

Tillman had 200 against the best defense in the country last year. So he will get his on whoever.
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Milton missed like 3 or 4 long passes to Tillman in the Pitt game alone that would have been TDs. Another two in the opener against Bowling Green IIRC.
 
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PEPPERJAX said:
Milton missed like 3 or 4 long passes to Tillman in the Pitt game alone that would have been TDs. Another two in the opener against Bowling Green IIRC.
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Over the first six games Tillman averaged 35 yards per game (210 total) - over the last six games, when everyone knew about him, he averaged 120 yards per game (721 total); then added 150 against Purdue. He can definitely do it if we find someone to operate in the middle (like Velus) and a speedster to stretch the field.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
Probably not. Opponents now know about him and will defense scheme for him. However, to their peril, this will free up our other capable receivers to hurt them big time. If our OL is even halfway decent, opponents will be forced into a choose your poison situation.
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There really isn't much u can scheme for with this offense. Defenses barely have time to line up which makes it really hard to communicate. If u can't communicate, that makes it even harder to be creative defensively. We score so much bc defenses have to be vanilla just to keep up. You add the fact that our QB is a major threat running & teams are more likely to keep an extra guy in the box. The last thing DC's want is us running for 250+ bc that means we had the ball the majority of the game. Tillman is the best returning WR in the SEC. Guys who have made that claim over the years typically put up big numbers. If he gets 100+ targets he'll get to 1200+ yards.
 
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mitzustu said:
1,243 Yards would take Cedric Tillman past Marcus Nash for 2nd all time at Tennessee in receiving yards.

1) Can he do it?
2) Will he do it?
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I believe he can if someone emerges as a strong number 2 and a decent Slot WR to avoid him getting double covered all season. I dont think they'll have a problem scheming him open but they won't have to do that much scheming if the Defenses have to cover the entire field.
 
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LittleVol said:
Yeah he probably will.

Hooker staring from game one.

Tillman had 200 against the best defense in the country last year. So he will get his on whoever.
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By the time we faced GA they knew he was our #1 receiver, and they still couldn't stop him. Assuming we make a bowl game, he will only need to average 96 yards per game to hit that target. Add an improved Hyatt (according to the coaching staff which I believe) in the mix to keep defenses honest, and he will have plenty of opportunity to become #2 all-time.
 
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volmandu said:
Only if Bru, Hyatt and Callaway step up big time. Else Tillman will be covered by the best CB of another team and possibly double teamed or safety on cover. He will be out of passing attack a lot due to this.
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Actually they may throw to him more this year without a Velus Jones; therefore he very well could get more yardage this season.
 
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I think it is time for all vol fans to realize all offensive records set before last year are on the chopping block. We have legit shots at our players being ranked in the top 5 in the NCAA for production.

In fact, it may be better to discuss which UT offensive records will be the last to be broken rather than discussing if records will fall.
 
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901 Orange said:
There really isn't much u can scheme for with this offense. Defenses barely have time to line up which makes it really hard to communicate. If u can't communicate, that makes it even harder to be creative defensively. We score so much bc defenses have to be vanilla just to keep up. You add the fact that our QB is a major threat running & teams are more likely to keep an extra guy in the box. The last thing DC's want is us running for 250+ bc that means we had the ball the majority of the game. Tillman is the best returning WR in the SEC. Guys who have made that claim over the years typically put up big numbers. If he gets 100+ targets he'll get to 1200+ yards.
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Good fan porn!
 
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volmandu said:
Only if Bru, Hyatt and Callaway step up big time. Else Tillman will be covered by the best CB of another team and possibly double teamed or safety on cover. He will be out of passing attack a lot due to this.
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Or some of the freshmen, White, Webb, Nimrod….
 
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