Bailey took every snap during scrimmage

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Interestingly, the freshman QB was the first player that Pruitt mentioned when discussing the Sunday scrimmage.
“You know, it was really good. I think we took like 49 snaps and Harrison took every one of them. For him, that was really good because, based on the way fall camp went, he didn’t get a lot of live action. We just didn’t have enough plays for him to get in there and get going.


But then there is this also

“Jarrett’s our quarterback. He gives us the best opportunity to have success,” the Tennessee coach said during his Monday press conference

Jeremy Pruitt shares details of Tennessee’s Sunday scrimmage, says freshman QB Harrison Bailey took every snap
 
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Not sure where all the consternation comes from ref JG, if UT had a better option available I’m pretty sure we would have seen it by now. Once the streak was broken it flipped immediately back to JG....what I saw was an OL full of 5 and 4 stars, mostly very experienced, that were dominated. When that happens, few QB’s give their best performance. The OL was ranked top 3 in SEC by most, top 1-2 by some. Not yet. OL should have at least held their own based upon pedigree, never happened.
 
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Rooster1 said:
Not sure where all the consternation comes from ref JG, if UT had a better option available I’m pretty sure we would have seen it by now. Once the streak was broken it flipped immediately back to JG....what I saw was an OL full of 5 and 4 stars, mostly very experienced, that were dominated. When that happens, few QB’s give their best performance. The OL was ranked top 3 in SEC by most, top 1-2 by some. Not yet. OL should have at least held their own based upon pedigree, never happened.
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I think the beef is why isn't there a better option available.
 
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VolForLife83 said:
Interestingly, the freshman QB was the first player that Pruitt mentioned when discussing the Sunday scrimmage.
“You know, it was really good. I think we took like 49 snaps and Harrison took every one of them. For him, that was really good because, based on the way fall camp went, he didn’t get a lot of live action. We just didn’t have enough plays for him to get in there and get going.


But then there is this also

“Jarrett’s our quarterback. He gives us the best opportunity to have success,” the Tennessee coach said during his Monday press conference

Jeremy Pruitt shares details of Tennessee’s Sunday scrimmage, says freshman QB Harrison Bailey took every snap
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So the QB position is not open for competition.

Must be very depressing being a back up QB now, except for maybe HB........
 
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05_never_again said:
I think the beef is why isn't there a better option available.
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There might be, but it's an odd situation. Maurer missed a good bit of time due to injury, Bailey didn't get a lot of reps in practice and spent some time in quarantine, and Shrout makes the coaches nervous that he's going to toss a pick because he's thrown a lot of them in practice...although the word on him is that he's made a ton of progress this year and gotten the bulk of the 2nd team reps with Maurer and Bailey missing time. All the QBs are healthy now, so it should be interesting to see how it shakes out and if they start to really up the reps for one of them to get them ready.
 
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sona said:
I don't see how BM and Shrout aren't asking for directions to the portal. Especially Shrout. That kid must love being at UT.
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Probably the virus kept them on board this year, because nobody knew who was going to be playing. Either or both of them will be gone next year at this point. Sad because I think Maurer could have been something
 
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sona said:
I think that's a given. Other teams can recruit, develop, and roll with a freshman if need be. Well, we f'n "need be" right now but it won't happen.
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I don't even see HB as the next most reasonable option. Shrout was very green coming in but was praised for having an NFL caliber arm. Maurer was a 3* who played on a very bad team but performed well at the Elite 11 camp. Those guys aren't bums.

I wonder if Pruitt isn't just trying to assure that all three guys are there to compete in March. If he sticks one of them in the game even for mop up... that could lead to one or even two of them leaving. Not sure otherwise why you don't give you back up a few throws vs Mizzou and UGA at the end.
 
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sona said:
I don't see how BM and Shrout aren't asking for directions to the portal. Especially Shrout. That kid must love being at UT.
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Maurer had some serious personal issues during the Spring and Summer -- they maybe taking it slowly with him right now while he works things out
 
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sona said:
I don't see how BM and Shrout aren't asking for directions to the portal. Especially Shrout. That kid must love being at UT.
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If you know there's not a spot in the NFL for you, you've got friends and girlfriends at UT and on a full ride, what's wrong with the bench.....especially if you knew you were the next man up against UGA?
 
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sjt18 said:
I don't even see HB as the next most reasonable option. Shrout was very green coming in but was praised for having an NFL caliber arm. Maurer was a 3* who played on a very bad team but performed well at the Elite 11 camp. Those guys aren't bums.

I wonder if Pruitt isn't just trying to assure that all three guys are there to compete in March. If he sticks one of them in the game even for mop up... that could lead to one or even two of them leaving. Not sure otherwise why you don't give you back up a few throws vs Mizzou and UGA at the end.
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I'm not calling for HB btw. I really want to see Shrout get a shot minus the 2 inch leash Pruitt has him on.
 
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Of course we haven't seen any of the backup QB's this year, however i don't think seeing anyone besides Maurer is even a realistic option right now. I agree JG isn't the answer, but I just can't see turning things over to someone else right now based on the UGA game.
 
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