Burrell - Out for the Season

[Delmar]

I don't know if this is a big loss or not but he was a starter for a reason.

Sorry he’s out and I hope he recovers nicely. But he was starting because we don’t have SEC caliber DB’s on the roster. Said it last week and I’ll say it again. If Burrell was starting, that is all you need to know about our talent level in the secondary. He got torched routinely the last two years. Why folks can’t understand that, I’ll never know. I have given up trying to convince people.

 

[The Vin Man]

Warren Burrell out for the season per CJH.

I was thinking addition by subtraction until the memory of Kamal Hadden vs. Florida kicked in

 

[Delmar]

Yeah. Too slow for that position at this level unfortunately. Maybe he could bulk up and tryout for LB or something.

Yep. Disciplined and not enough speed doesn’t cut it as an SEC cornerback.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

First game against our biggest rival ever besides Bama and thrown into the fire against a red hot AR. I'll wait a few games before i judge them. Secondary is definitely our achilles heal though this year it seems.

Red hot? We gave a ten yard buffer in every section of the zone. A toddler could’ve made those throws. We played terribly. Burrell might be slow, but he knows his assignments.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Yeah. Too slow for that position at this level unfortunately. Maybe he could bulk up and tryout for LB or something.

Burrell weighs 175 on a small frame. You need to bulk up your brain.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Boo.

 

[Jpcisco]

Good news is Tillman practiced, he was limited but atleast he was out moving around. It would be HUGE to have him back but skeptical it will happen this week. Should be good to go for Bama.

 

[Delmar]

Red hot? We gave a ten yard buffer in every section of the zone. A toddler could’ve made those throws. We played terribly. Burrell might be slow, but he knows his assignments.

And he gave large cushions when he was playing as well because of lack of speed and poor cover skills. Really frustrating to watch.

 

[37620VOL]

I was thinking addition by subtraction until the memory of Kamal Hadden vs. Florida kicked in

Hadden will be fine. He had one bad game.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

People will make jokes about him, but this actually is a big loss. Was he an elite DB? No. But, he was a starter, and last week showed exactly why. We’re not deep in that position. Next man up, and all that, but to those saying it’s not a big loss I’ll agree to disagree.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

We will probably gameplay similar to UF. I think it will have better results, LSU's QB is not an elite passer, probably not even as good as AR.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

We will probably gameplay similar to UF. I think it will have better results, LSU's QB is not an elite passer, probably not even as good as AR.

We’ll blitz a lot more given the weaknesses of their OL. We will not play zone the whole game against them either.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

We’ll blitz a lot more given the weaknesses of their OL. We will not play zone the whole game against them either.

Would be nice if we got pressure like the Pitt game.

 

[camp_steveo]

Not good to lose a DB right now. Hope the next man up can fill the role.

Go Vols!

 

['Boro-vol]

I hate to hear this about any of our players. I wish him a speedy and full recovery.

 

[rdk4121]

First game against our biggest rival ever besides Bama and thrown into the fire against a red hot AR. I'll wait a few games before i judge them. Secondary is definitely our achilles heal though this year it seems.

Red Hot? He literally doubled his passing yards for the year in that game alone. We kind of let him be a little red hot to be honest. He certainly made some good throws, but he was flat out awful before that game. Bama is in two games, so if they haven't figured it out by then I'm not sure what will happen against a reigning heisman QB.

 

[C-south]

So did they ever say what the injury was?

 

[TMvol10]

Will miss him simply for knowing the defense. He got burned some or played too far off the receiver but he was generally in the right spot and made the tackle after the catch. Saturday we had guys not even in the right area code. At least Burrell was “close” to the receiver. Get well soon, bud.

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

The very odd Dee Williams situation needs to get resolved

 

[igotworms]

So now everyone on here that’s been trashing Burrell is going to say this is a huge loss and we need him.

Nope. Figured he was out due to 3rd degree burns from opposing wrs

 

[vol_in_ga]

I’d move turrentine to cb. Need to get the best athletes on the field. Charles needs to get better in a hurry too.
And as if it wasn’t already known, we need a couple known and dependable assets at cb and s from the transfer portal badly this offseason.

 

[DaddyChad]

So did they ever say what the injury was?

Not sure if anyone has said but it’s his shoulder.

 

[UTK]

So now everyone on here that’s been trashing Burrell is going to say this is a huge loss and we need him.

Can’t cover but could at least tackle. So we found out why he started lol

 

[DaddyChad]

Can’t cover but could at least tackle. So we found out why he started lol

Burrell isn’t terrible in a short field. He struggled a lot giving that huge cushion. Blueprint of this defense is pretty obvious, if you can throw you can carve them up but they’re going to try to force you to move the ball down the field through the air and hope you turn it over.

 

[CincinnatiVols]

If you want to critique our pass defense fine, but doing it about a specific kid on a thread about him being out hurt for the year from his own fan base is pretty gross. There is a time and place for things and just because you may fully believe what you are saying does not mean you should say it when ever and where ever.