Best WR in SEC thus far has

[EastTNVol6240]

Yup. Anyone who is acting like they were expecting this kind of production is a liar. All I heard all offseason was how bad this coaching staff was at developing wide receivers. Now everyone wants to backtrack

I’m not saying coaching doesn’t deserve some credit, but the obvious now that we get to look back is that Nico was holding the receivers and offense as a whole back.

 

[chuckiepoo]

As a former 5*, I have trouble justifying how he can drop so many balls. IIRC, a "5-star" means definitely NFL quality player.

Top 32, projected first round talent.

 

[chuckiepoo]

As a former 5*, I have trouble justifying how he can drop so many balls. IIRC, a "5-star" means definitely NFL quality player.

I remember being threatened with carrying a ball around all week for dropping a pass. Hazed all week by teammates, teachers and fellow students. Only happened once, early in the season. And we didn’t even have a Juggs machine.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

What happened last year matters quite a bit when talking about how good a receiver is this early into the season when said receiver had an elite year last year and is putting up 100 yards and a TD per game this year. What has happened this year is Jeremiah Smith has more yards, more touchdowns, and fewer drops than Mike Matthews in fewer games. Matthews has looked alright if you overlook his enormous issues with drops. Smith has continued to look like an All American type of guy.

Smith was way better as a true freshman and is still significantly better in year 2. It’s not a good comparison if you are wanting to pump up Matthews because they don’t have similar body types, and Smith has produced way more than Matthews despite actually being younger, so age and inexperience are not an excuse. Believe it or not, you can compliment a Tennessee team or player without always insisting they are the very best in the nation. If a guy can chew gum and walk at the same time while wearing a Tennessee jersey, you make him out to be a future Hall of Famer. As I said earlier, if you are satirizing the stereotypical college football fan, you are really brilliant at it. If you are even a little serious in 99% of your posts, I think you need to see a doctor.

If you wanna talk about 2024 go back in time. Its 2025 and that's all I'm focused on. Right now I'll take Mike Matthews at $600k over Jeremiah Smith at $3 mil.

Remember in today's game money matters. And I'll gladly take the production we're getting right now for 600k over the production Ohio State is paying 3 mil for.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

If you wanna talk about 2024 go back in time. Its 2025 and that's all I'm focused on. Right now I'll take Mike Matthews at $600k over Jeremiah Smith at $3 mil.

Remember in today's game money matters. And I'll gladly take the production we're getting right now for 600k over the production Ohio State is paying 3 mil for.

I’ll take the guy who has proven himself on the biggest stages over the guy who is good for a couple drops per game. Jeremiah Smith walks in a touchdown against Georgia in overtime that Matthews dropped. Smith catches a long bomb against Miss St that Matthews dropped. We lost one of those games and almost lost another in part because Matthews (and others) can’t catch a cold. If you lined Jeremiah Smith up on the other side of Chris Brazzell this year, that would be the most dominant duo in the country. Matthews and Staley, though talented, are probably the most drop-prone duo in the country. Give me the dominant guy over the one who drops it all the time.

I do wish you were being satirical but it’s clear you aren’t. You really are this foolish.

 

[perico]

Yup. Anyone who is acting like they were expecting this kind of production is a liar. All I heard all offseason was how bad this coaching staff was at developing wide receivers. Now everyone wants to backtrack

Check my stats lol. I mentioned Brazell saying WRs seem to excel in Heupel’s 2nd year.

 

[fossilfiction]

MS State with two receivers up there.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

I’ll take the guy who has proven himself on the biggest stages over the guy who is good for a couple drops per game. Jeremiah Smith walks in a touchdown against Georgia in overtime that Matthews dropped. Smith catches a long bomb against Miss St that Matthews dropped. We lost one of those games and almost lost another in part because Matthews (and others) can’t catch a cold. If you lined Jeremiah Smith up on the other side of Chris Brazzell this year, that would be the most dominant duo in the country. Matthews and Staley, though talented, are probably the most drop-prone duo in the country. Give me the dominant guy over the one who drops it all the time.

I do wish you were being satirical but it’s clear you aren’t. You really are this foolish.

3 mil vs 600k. You seem to be ignoring that. I'd gladly take Smith as well and add him to this team if money didn't matter. Cam Coleman and Ryan Williams too. But all those guys are getting paid significantly more.

Also I don't know about you but Jeremiah Smith didn't exactly light it up against Texas this year. You know the only quality team Ohio State has played thus far.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

3 mil vs 600k. You seem to be ignoring that. I'd gladly take Smith as well and add him to this team if money didn't matter. Cam Coleman and Ryan Williams too. But all those guys are getting paid significantly more.

Also I don't know about you but Jeremiah Smith didn't exactly light it up against Texas this year. You know the only quality team Ohio State has played thus far.

Well I think his playoff performance showed that he can probably do okay against good competition. Matthews didn’t light it up against Georgia and dropped a pivotal pass in a huge situation that directly contributed to us losing.

I promise you if Jeremiah Smith had gotten word to Tennessee coaches after the spring game that he wanted to transfer, we would have found the money to make it work.

 

[overseasorange2]

duh? this is news to who? I do not think anyone not named above in the SEC, including those guys coaches would argue different.

here is something interesting though I think the TD he was robbed of is gonna be all over his highlight tapes.. that was NASTY....he didnt Moss that kid he Brazzed him

We need to make that a thing. Brazzel is brazen and bronzed them.

When a ref makes that bad of a call, there should be some backlash. It could of cost us the game and definitely could effect the final score with reference to betting. Hell millions of dollars are bet on these games. Get it correct, even if it has to be reviewed.!!!!