Cornerbacks Jones, Williams back at practice for Vols

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Starting to get healthy! Really glad to see Jonathan Johnson getting back out there as we can use all the playmakers we can get on the field.
 
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Not to be negative, but I don't see how these guys get any meaningful PT. Sutton and Swofford are studs in the making. I believe we are set at corners and nickel this year with Brewer. I just find it extremely hard to believe these guys are gonna get time in games that count.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Not to be negative, but I don't see how these guys get any meaningful PT. Sutton and Swofford are studs in the making. I believe we are set at corners and nickel this year with Brewer. I just find it extremely hard to believe these guys are gonna get time in games that count.
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Whatever point you could have made was undone by this.
 
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Nashvol2 said:
Swaford is not what I would call a stud. He's more of a stop gap.
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Desperation stop-gap.

Not to knock him, but he doesn't have speed. Additionally, he doesn't have experience that would potentially allow him to be in postion to make plays in compensation for his lack of speed.

So he's a bad combination of:

Out of position

Lack of speed


You think it's a coincidence that Florida ran that screen to Swafford's side and picked Coleman with a block?

It isn't.
 
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DC Vol said:
Whatever point you could have made was undone by this.
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Don't see how? We have thrown 2 freshmen DB's into the fire and they have responded very well. They really haven't made any bad plays. Most of our breakdowns in the secondary so far has been our upperclassmen. Sutton and Swofford will be 4 year starters. You don't have to believe me and I don't you. However, Butch is very high on the 2 and that is all that is needed.
 
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DC Vol said:
Desperation stop-gap.

Not to knock him, but he doesn't have speed. Additionally, he doesn't have experience that would potentially allow him to be in postion to make plays in compensation for his lack of speed.

So he's a bad combination of:

Out of position

Lack of speed


You think it's a coincidence that Florida ran that screen to Swafford's side and picked Coleman with a block?

It isn't.
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Swafford wasn't the reason that play resulted in a TD. Did you not see Randolph's horrible angle? I don't know if he thought Oregon made him faster or what. That was worse than watching ND's attack angles vs Bama in January.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Don't see how? We have thrown 2 freshmen DB's into the fire and they have responded very well. They really haven't made any bad plays. Most of our breakdowns in the secondary so far has been our upperclassmen. Sutton and Swofford will be 4 year starters. You don't have to believe me and I don't you. However, Butch is very high on the 2 and that is all that is needed.
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I believe the point that he was making was about what I perceive as your reference to Brewer as taking care of the nickel back position...? Brewer is the Will LB...
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Swafford wasn't the reason that play resulted in a TD. Did you not see Randolph's horrible angle? I don't know if he thought Oregon made him faster or what. That was worse than watching ND's attack angles vs Bama in January.
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Completely agree here. I have seen better angles taken in Pop Warner...I just don't understand why the 'taking good angles' thing doesn't seem to stick with some of our guys?
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Swafford wasn't the reason that play resulted in a TD. Did you not see Randolph's horrible angle? I don't know if he thought Oregon made him faster or what. That was worse than watching ND's attack angles vs Bama in January.
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Okay.

Coleman played it right by crashing down outside and forcing Patton inside.

Randolph recognized the play and was taking an angle to catch Patton as I'm guessing he was likely assuming Swafford would stick outside which would also force Patton inside.

Swafford did not get outside and allowed Patton to get the sideline.

This affected Randolph's angle.

Randolph had to re-adjust but doesn't have the speed to get him.

Randolph took a bad angle, yes, and that gave Florida a 52-yard TD.

However, the Florida coaches drew that play likely expecting to get ~20-25 yards which is what they would have gotten had Randolph gotten him.

If Randolph had taken an angle for the sideline instead of interior, he would have been out of position if Sapp/Johnson didn't get Patton.

It started with Swafford. I get you're sticking up for the little guy, but he was the one Florida attacked and exploited.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Don't see how? We have thrown 2 freshmen DB's into the fire and they have responded very well. They really haven't made any bad plays. Most of our breakdowns in the secondary so far has been our upperclassmen. Sutton and Swofford will be 4 year starters. You don't have to believe me and I don't you. However, Butch is very high on the 2 and that is all that is needed.
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I believe we are set at corners and nickel this year with Brewer.

That is what you said. To start, Brewer is an Outside Linebacker, not CB or nickel.

Sutton has played extremely well to this point. Especially considering he's a True Freshman. At this point, I'd have to assume Sutton will be a 3-year starter. A guy with his height/weight/speed will not play 4 years pending he doesn't get injured and he develops at this point instead of stalling.

Swafford will be recruited over and buried on the depth chart. He doesn't have the size/speed coaches are looking for. Look at who just got reactivated. Williams/Jones are both taller and faster. Coleman will take the Nickel spot. We have a stable of tall (5'11-6'1) CBs with legit speed coming in this class.

He'll get a scholarship but the writing is on the wall. A 4.6 will not cut it with UT's current and future schedule. This isn't an indictment of the kid and I'll give him major props for waling on so he could help out this year. But a lack of speed is a lack of speed.
 
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It should be noted that a 4.4 40 has someone moving at 9.09 yards/second.

A 4.6 40 is 8.69 yards/second. That's a difference of almost 1.5 feet every second.

A 4.4 guy, given 2-3 seconds to get in position, will have much better position.

Not to nerd it up, but this is the "Sports Science" stuff that people have been talking about. It's reading the play and having the speed to get there. We need speed speed speed speed and more speed to help a young defense that will be out of position.
 
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