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3.5 good games as a redshirt junior after being declared the only player on the team to have a starting job locked up. The others QBs, a true freshman and a redshirt freshman, they never had a chance until JG was so horrible to start the season, that Pruitt had no choice to, very reluctantly, pull him.The stats say otherwise.
How’d he play vs GaState? BYU? Florida? Georgia? Alabama? Vandy? Indiana? In a word, he was awful.You act like JG didn't play a big role in winning 8 games this past year.
It was 4 drives, unless you wanna count the 16 seconds he got to try and score right before the half....and even then he moved the offense 40 yards in 4 plays.7/16 passing was part of the hole. If he doesn't throw an incomplete pass of third there can be no block on fourth down. Second drive killed by two incompletions. He had five or six drives if you count the end of half drive.
He did. Just not much.
Dan quit trying to stir the pot with your sh!tty copy and paste journalismTennessee’s leading receiver by the numbers in 2019 on each down and quarter.
Josh Palmer by the numbers in 2019
New era of Offense now. That approach won’t cut it in 2020.
Vols were dead and lifeless behind Muarer vs Ky. BM stunk up the place and JG played really good that game. I thought everyone that watched the game that had any football knowledge at all saw the same thing. Not sure how you saw it the exact opposite. I think it's ridiculous that anyone would claim any different.It was 4 drives, unless you wanna count the 16 seconds he got to try and score right before the half....and even then he moved the offense 40 yards in 4 plays.
Of course, you’d never offer the appropriate context, which was that Maurer, who was coming off 2 concussions and hadn’t played in nearly a month, was, SHOCKINGLY enough, rusty on the first drive couple of drives on the road at Kentucky. He got 1 possession in the first quarter due to our defense not being able to get off the field, after allowing a 17 play drive that ate up more than 10 minutes and resulted in a 7-0 deficit.
It obviously took the true freshman 2-3 possessions to find some rhythm, especially seeing as how he found himself standing on the sideline most of the first half due to Kentucky running the ball down our defense’s throat. But he got it going in the second quarter......on the scoring drive in the first half, he completed 30 yards to Jennings, followed by 17 yards to Palmer, then 14 more yards to Palmer. Unfortunately, a ridiculous 15 yard personal foul penalty by Tennessee put us way behind the sticks....Maurer broke a 17 yard run on 3rd and 20, but it was still 4th and 3 and we settled for a field goal. Our next offensive drive stalled, but then on the last drive before the half, we got the ball with all of 16 seconds.....Maurer moved us 40 yards in 4 plays from our own 20, but couldn’t overcome another dumb 15 yard personal foul penalty that ended the half.
Pruitt and Chaney made some good offensive adjustments at half, and for some reason went to Guarantano despite Maurer clearly playing better and moving the offense pretty well in the 2nd quarter. JG came in and led the team on 2 good drives to start the 3rd quarter, but that was it.....on the last 3 offensive drives of the game, we had all of 9 plays for 27 yards and no points.
Reading your explanation is like rewatching the game itself. Great job! That’s why I disagree when some say he didn’t play like himself referring to the entire game. There were a couple of drives that that I would agree early but he also had a couple as the game wore on that he every bit as effective as he’s always been. We’ve all been watching this game all our lives and I can’t remember one time that a qb came back from a long lay off and preformed as if he never missed a snap. The term “rusty” exist for that reason alone. Expecting BM to be any different is expecting him to be inhuman simply because he wears a power T while being involved in a qb battle. Simply put....JG is not “better” than Maurer. Pruitt just seems to trusts experience over potential.It was 4 drives, unless you wanna count the 16 seconds he got to try and score right before the half....and even then he moved the offense 40 yards in 4 plays.
Of course, you’d never offer the appropriate context, which was that Maurer, who was coming off 2 concussions and hadn’t played in nearly a month, was, SHOCKINGLY enough, rusty on the first drive couple of drives on the road at Kentucky. He got 1 possession in the first quarter due to our defense not being able to get off the field, after allowing a 17 play drive that ate up more than 10 minutes and resulted in a 7-0 deficit.
It obviously took the true freshman 2-3 possessions to find some rhythm, especially seeing as how he found himself standing on the sideline most of the first half due to Kentucky running the ball down our defense’s throat. But he got it going in the second quarter......on the scoring drive in the first half, he completed 30 yards to Jennings, followed by 17 yards to Palmer, then 14 more yards to Palmer. Unfortunately, a ridiculous 15 yard personal foul penalty by Tennessee put us way behind the sticks....Maurer broke a 17 yard run on 3rd and 20, but it was still 4th and 3 and we settled for a field goal. Our next offensive drive stalled, but then on the last drive before the half, we got the ball with all of 16 seconds.....Maurer moved us 40 yards in 4 plays from our own 20, but couldn’t overcome another dumb 15 yard personal foul penalty that ended the half.
Pruitt and Chaney made some good offensive adjustments at half, and for some reason went to Guarantano despite Maurer clearly playing better and moving the offense pretty well in the 2nd quarter. JG came in and led the team on 2 good drives to start the 3rd quarter, but that was it.....on the last 3 offensive drives of the game, we had all of 9 plays for 27 yards and no points.
He explained in detail exactly how it happened. Calling anyone out on their football knowledge for seeing it that way only shows your own.Vols were dead and lifeless behind Muarer vs Ky. BM stunk up the place and JG played really good that game. I thought everyone that watched the game that had any football knowledge at all saw the same thing. Not sure how you saw it the exact opposite. I think it's ridiculous that anyone would claim any different.
Georgia was 1 win away from it working this past year and 1 play away from winning it all 2 years ago running the old era offense.
I like Maurer and hope he continues to develop and battle for the starting job. I haven’t seen enough of Shrout to make a judgement, but it says a lot that the coaches chose Maurer to come in when JG was benched. Personally, I think Shrout is the first QB to enter the transfer portal, but both of these guys are young so anything can happen.Agree to a degree.
Pruitt named JG the starter in January. They spent the entire offseason trying to get his head right. He showed signs in practice of getting better.... then he laid an egg and got benched. Obviously if Maurer or Shrout found a way to outshine the guy they were pouring so much energy into who had already been named the starter... they would have started. JG didn't "hold the job". He lost it and probably would not have gotten in back if Maurer had not gotten dropped on his head trying to make a play. That's not to say Maurer was necessarily the answer... but they were willing to invest the season in the potential they saw vs UGA.
I agree that JG's weaknesses appear to be innate. He's close to or at his ceiling when it comes to being able to process reads quickly and anticipate throws.
Bailey is less known than the others. I hope he's that good... but my money is on the talented guys with more college experience and development.
If the O line plays to its star rating, then it will not be the Achilles it has been, meaning if JG is the starter he would be well protected and have a phenomenal season.