An interesting stat that shows the talent level of this team

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Prior to the season, Marquez Callaway was seen as our go-to playmaker at the wide receiver position and one of the best players on the team as a whole. Here's an interesting stat... Callaway hadn't scored a touchdown all year until his punt return yesterday. He has yet to record a receiving touchdown in 2018. What does it say about your talent level when your supposedly best offensive player hasn't generated any points for the offense? It says you dont have much talent. Face it people... Our players arent very good (compared to other SEC teams' players). Our receivers arent able to beat dbs and safeties and get open to create explosive plays, and our o-line has struggled to open holes for the backs. It is a miracle we have competed as well as we have. This coaching staff is doing a phenomenal job as far as I can tell.
 
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at least he's still playing...ask Trey about his joy of not being able to play...sorry, all I got...

PS. oh, yeah, we won...and,

GO VOLS!
 
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Callaway may not be our best player on offense but he is a weapon. I think Ty & JJ gets that title. Hence the struggle yesterday to score
 
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I think it is easy to recognize that the OL is stifling this entire offense. JG has made some successful throws under duress. Yesterday he made a couple but for most of the day usually was under attack as soon as the ball was snapped. The key to players being successful statistically is the guys in the trenches making it happen. Doesn't mean Callaway can't catch touchdown passes. If he played for Bama he probably has ten. Doesn't mean we don't have lots of guys at RB, WR, TE, that are not talented. I think it means that the OL is so inept that none of them have the opportunity.
 
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Football is a game that is won and lost in the trenches. If you don’t have offensive linemen that can block for the quarterback and open up holes for your running back; I don’t care how many 5 star playmakers you have on the roster; it won’t make a difference.
 
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Hacksaw said:
Man, it's just a terrible time to be a Tennessee football player. I don't recall a time when they've been less respected by our own fan base.
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This. It's hard for our players to gain confidence when they're already getting stomped by 25+ points and our fans bash them the entire way. Anybody that watches college football can see that we don't have the talent to compete yet, but lord some of you guys lay into these kids like they are totally incompetent at what they're doing.
 
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VOL_Lyfe said:
I think he's saying we don't have any talent. But I could be wrong.
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Yeah, its super weird because ive seen both he and jj do well against sec caliber dbs, but now he is saying the cant even get separation from uncc dbs.
 
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Calloway is plenty talented and would start for most SEC teams. As someone pointed out, Julio Jones hasn't been lighting up the scoreboard either. He's kinda famous for that. He will approach leading the league in receiving yardage but rarely scores. It's just not how the offense is ran there. I guess that's the case here as well. Not that JG throws many TD passes anyway.
 
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volfannbama said:
Yeah, its super weird because ive seen both he and jj do well against sec caliber dbs, but now he is saying the cant even get separation from uncc dbs.
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Who said they can't get separation from UNCC db's? And JJ is injured, so he didn't play any snaps of note (he's listed on the participation report so he got in at some point).
 
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He'd look better if we could run the ball a little. Everything would. We couldn't push Charlotte off the ball.. Got to start there i think.
 
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Longsufferingvol said:
Prior to the season, Marquez Callaway was seen as our go-to playmaker at the wide receiver position and one of the best players on the team as a whole. Here's an interesting stat... Callaway hadn't scored a touchdown all year until his punt return yesterday. He has yet to record a receiving touchdown in 2018. What does it say about your talent level when your supposedly best offensive player hasn't generated any points for the offense? It says you dont have much talent. Face it people... Our players arent very good. Our receivers arent able to beat dbs and safeties and get open to create explosive plays, and our o-line has struggled to open holes for the backs. It is a miracle we have competed as well as we have. This coaching staff is doing a phenomenal job as far as I can tell.
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When your OC prefers to only toss you short lateral passes it is difficult to score. When you do get a chance downfield it's because it's third and long and the defense is expecting it, it's difficult to score. When your QB seems to hold the ball only long enough to get the **** knocked out of him, it's difficult to score.

Both Marquez and JJ should have multiple TD's under their belts this year. However, either the OC or the QB prefer that some of the other guys get the ball and that's where it goes. While the O-line aren't the greatest there have been many times this season where JG had time to get the ball down field to one of his best two receivers but that hasn't happened. And the OC seems to think rolling the QB out to get him some time is an tactic that absolutely should be avoided.

Multiple reasons that MC hasn't scored this year. Only a couple of them should he be held accountable for. With television coverage it's difficult to see how well the receivers are getting open each play but the games I've attended both MC and JJ have been open enough to target more often IMO.
 
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Freak said:
Who said they can't get separation from UNCC db's? And JJ is injured, so he didn't play any snaps of note (he's listed on the participation report so he got in at some point).
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OP said our wr are unable to beat dbs.

Thanks didnt know jj was injured.
 
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volfannbama said:
OP said our wr are unable to beat dbs.

Thanks didnt know jj was injured.
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Gotcha. From reading your post I thought someone mentioned Charlotte specifically. I see now that was your addition.

Hopefully we get JJ and Chandler back to full speed this week.
 
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volfannbama said:
Yeah, its super weird because ive seen both he and jj do well against sec caliber dbs, but now he is saying the cant even get separation from uncc dbs.
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I didn't say we don't have talent at all. Just that it is lacking. Marquez and Jauan are solid receivers, but they aren't getting open in space and creating explosive plays. They are mostly catching short passes or going up for 50/50 balls. And Jauan is out muscling guys to get extra yards after the catch. Facts are facts. How many splash plays have we seen this year? (Scoring plays of 40, 50, or 60+ yards) Not many... You have to be able to generate those kind of plays in big games, especially when your line sucks. When your line isn't blocking most plays, you have to make it count when the qb has time to throw. Thus far, our receivers haven't been able to get open for explosive plays with any regularity.
 
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deezvols said:
Yeah I'm confused. I think saying "one of our best players has yet to score on offense" is more a testament to how good those around him are...… not sure this makes the point he was trying to make.
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Except it does make my point... JG has been very efficient throwing the ball and the receivers are catching it. The problem is the receivers aren't getting open enough to make big plays or making guys miss. They are going up and getting 50/50 balls. They are solid guys who are catching balls, but they are not the homerun playmakers you need to win at this level. Are any of them remotely close to being the playmaker Justin Hunter was? I rest my case.
 
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Jabruzar said:
Football is a game that is won and lost in the trenches. If you don’t have offensive linemen that can block for the quarterback and open up holes for your running back; I don’t care how many 5 star playmakers you have on the roster; it won’t make a difference.
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Agree 100%. And I would add it’s a lot easier to cover a wide receiver for half a second than it is for 3 which would about the time we have when we snap the ball on offense and the 3 is how long our DBACKS have to cover for
 
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Since most of you aren't getting what I'm saying, I'll put it another way. Our receivers could start or get playing time at most SEC schools, but they wouldn't be go-to guys. We have a group of good possession type guys. They can catch the ball and keep the chains moving, but they aren't going to get wide open and burn the secondary for a 50-yard touchdown with any sort of regularity. We sorely lack that sort of big play capability on this roster. You need to have the ability to make those splash plays to win big games.
 
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