Aguilar and interceptions

#54
#54
Tennessee Jedd said:
This is big boy football. If you can touch it, you should catch it at this level. I didn't see any INTs that were on the QB today. Two defensive TDs was pretty nice to see as well.
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So you're saying that Merk should've been 7/8 against UAB, because there were balls the WR's got their hands on but didn't catch it? I'm not a fan of the whole phrase "if the WR touches it, it should be caught" that's absolutely false in my opinion.
 
#55
#55
bpalmer28 said:
agreed but no qb has ever or will ever put every single throw on the numbers. i cant wrap my head around why anyone would pick joey as the target of their complaints. we had no running game, drops, dumb penalties, no run defense, horrible clock management, but JOEY is who people come here to complain about? blows my mind. joey is playing great ball
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You NAILED it....
GO VOLS!!!!!
 
#57
#57
Cartervol said:
He throws it high a little sometimes. Puts some mustard on some of those passes he needs to take a little off of.. That was the knock on him , he's a gun slinger probably have too live with it.
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You don’t need to take anything off of a pass to the middle of the field. Both ints absolutely hit our guy in a bad place. His hands. 😀
 
#59
#59
Kitselman is 6'5". In traffic, Aguilar is going to throw it where only Kitselman can catch it; UP. It was Kitselman that batted the ball up (like a volleyball player) to make it anyone's ball (like he did twice last night). Aguilar is an elite QB1. If we didn't have him, our record and playoff prospects would be MUCH different than they are now. Kitselman is normally sure-handed, so I'll allow him a less-than great performance last night while knowing he'll continue to be a contributor this season.
 
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#60
EastTNVol6240 said:
I’m 100% a JA fan. Today he did throw some balls he shouldn’t have though. It’s easy to say the receiver touched it so he should have caught it, but that’s not always the full picture. He threw into traffic some today when he shouldn’t have. He shares those INT numbers with the receivers today.
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Not even a little bit
 
#62
#62
jsc1973 said:
I'm not complaining about him and I hope it didn't come off that way. Those guys need to catch those balls. Found a way today, but you won't win every game in the SEC making that many mistakes. I hope CJH tells the whole team that he's proud of them for getting the W, but you can't keep making things that hard.
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i wasn’t talking about specifically. my bad
 
#63
#63
Uncle Nico (No relation to Nico Iamawhatever...) was the inspiration for Joey growing up. Both are very accurate passers but in a pinch, I'd take Joey over Nico...

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#64
#64
joevols89 said:
First one wasn’t his fault. 2nd one was partly on him. Sailed it high and in traffic.
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Kits is usually sound and has made some of those same catches but he had a bad day and missed some blocks that hurt our running game too. Wasn't dialed in for some reason. If NFL is analyzing Receivers and they say if you throw it perfect he catches it every time but if its a little high or a little low or a bit behind, even if he still gets both hands on it he misses those. If we take this guy our QB cant throw under pressure if he cant make a perfect pass.
They are not drafting that receiver, in the SEC if you get both hands on it the separation between future NFL receivers and decent college.
 
#66
#66
UTFranklinVol said:
one of the big concerns about Aguilar when UT picked him up was the interceptions. it was my primary concern headed into the season. but I'm here to say that (at least so far this year) all of his interceptions have been squarely the fault of the receivers bobbling the ball into the air. a pass that was on target but got muffed by the receivers.


I really wish that football didn't count those as interceptions but errors just like MLB doesn't count a run against the pitcher of the defence screws up.

so far IMO Aguilar is "pretty clean" passing.
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I totally agree. For some reason, yesterday we did not have a TE who could catch the ball. In fact, the TEs also missed a few run blocks which cost us some big plays.
 
#69
#69
Both pics were because of poorly thrown balls high and into traffic. Part of the reason they are being characterized as “catchable” is that they hit the intended receiver in the hands but your TE should never have to leave their feet while also being covered to make a catch. That’s not where the ball should have been located.
 
#70
#70
I still want Joey to get some credit tor his tackle after one of those interceptions that saved us from a pick 6. Another sign of his cool head and quick reaction soeed
 
#71
#71
I always told people in the offseason that Heupel/our system limits interceptions. Wasn’t worried about that. My concern with Aguilar was just pure talent/arm strength and so far, hasn’t been an issue at all.
 
#72
#72
EastTNVol6240 said:
They weren’t perfect passes into traffic. There were balks today that shouldn’t have been thrown. If you don’t see that it’s because you choose not to.
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I disagree. go look at the still shots. if you can hit your receivers in the hands and the receiver has both hands on the ball then it was a totally catchable ball. when you see the ball pop straight up in the air thats a sure sign of a gaff on the receivers part. gotta have soft hands.
 
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