Dont’e Thornton Jr is a Raider

[TrueOrange]

6th pick of the 4th round; the 108th pick overall.

 

[Nationdom]

“Tennessee has a limited route tree” -Louis

 

[Sudden Impact]

“Tennessee has a limited route tree” -Louis

The QB had a limited route tree.

 

[BruisedOrange]

“Tennessee has a limited route tree” -Louis

Louis who?
Or who Louis?

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Nice!!

 

[Godfatha]

In the tradition of Willie Gault and Sam Graddy

 

[ChrisVFL]

Thought Sampson would have gone before him. Now I see 4-5 other RBs go ahead of Sampson.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Thought Sampson would have gone before him. Now I see 4-5 other RBs go ahead of Sampson.

It's the fumbling. And possibly his injury.

 

[LittleVol]

It's the fumbling. And possibly his injury.

Mostly the fumbling

 

[stolitonic]

Well done and congrats.

Wish we could have gotten him back again this season

 

[TrueOrange]

It's the fumbling. And possibly his injury.

Handful of things:

Ball security issues (allows defenders to rip the ball out of his hands).
Needs to work on improving pass protection.
Shown uncertainty when sifting through blitzes in protection.
Better vision on the inside zone than as an outside runner.
Used infrequently as a pass catcher (meaning concern he has difficulty as a pass catcher, which most NFL teams also need a RB to be able to do).
Below average size for the NFL for the workload asked of him.

^Those were the weakness notes from some of the NFL scouting.

 

[ENGRVOL]

 

[Lekvolrrah]

The QB had a limited route tree.

Qb had limited mind space.

 

[vavolfan6]

He is the exact type of player Al Davis would have loved to draft. His son drafts the same way when it comes to WRs

 

[IndianaVol]

CONGRATS - played through some serious adversity and came back from major injury to prove yourself worthy.

Best of luck...go do great things Mr. Thornton!!!

 

[allstar34bd]

Congrats DTjr! Best of Luck!

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Raiders. Ugh.

 

[89 VOLS grad]

6th pick of the 4th round; the 108th pick overall.

Titans should have taken him when they got the UF receiver! Callahan is worthless! Get a few more UT players that are as good as the others you have from other colleges to at least fill the stands!

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Raiders. Ugh.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

In the tradition of Willie Gault and Sam Graddy

What?

 

[Godfatha]

What?

Former Vol receivers that played with the raiders

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Former Vol receivers that played with the raiders

I always get a chuckle when someone brings up Sam Graddy, like he actually made some contribution as a WR. He was a temp on a football roster. Denarius( can't remember his last name) actually played well there and so did Rivera. Charlie Garner caught more passes there in half a season than Gault did his entire time there

 

[Godfatha]

I always get a chuckle when someone brings up Sam Graddy, like he actually made some contribution as a WR. He was a temp on a football roster. Denarius( can't remember his last name) actually played well there and so did Rivera. Charlie Garner caught more passes there in half a season than Gault did his entire time there

True, I completely forgot about Denarius Moore and Garner playing there.

 

[CAVPUT]

How long after signing will it be before he's on IR? Just wondering.

 

[lastlapuncle]

The Raiders have always had a "burner" for the bombs thrown by Darryl Lamonica and Ken Stabler and others.As for a great route tree,4.3 is a great route along with Thornton's crossing patterns.Go get em Dante!