Fulmer wants the ball in Berry's hands

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Copying the Razorbacks

If Tennessee learned anything last year from being dazzled by Arkansas' running back Darren McFadden taking direct snaps in the Wildcat formation, it's there's no shame in being a copycat.

Vols' coach Phillip Fulmer said on Saturday that the Vols will have special offensive packages for three cat-quick former high school quarterbacks including heralded recruit Eric Berry, who figures to see a lot of action early at cornerback.

"When Coach Fulmer told me that (during recruiting), I thought it was just a recruiting ploy," Berry said. "I didn't think it was serious. I thought he was joking to get me here.

"He told me once I get comfortable with the defense, just to come on to the offense at anytime."

But Fulmer wasn't kidding.

"We want the ball in his (Berry's) hands as much as possible to make a play," Fulmer said. "Defenses this day and age are very geared to pressure, to giving different looks.

"Packages in which the quarterback is the ball carrier sometimes are a bit more difficult to defend."
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and here's the link i got it from Memphis Commercial Appeal - Memphis' Source for News and Information: Football
 
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Wow.. so there is actually gonna be a package for Berry then.. Better him than Lucas Taylor..
 
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"We want the ball in his (Locke's) hands as much as possible to make a play," Fulmer said. "Defenses this day and age are very geared to pressure, to giving different looks." ~ 2000

I hope they're more creative with Berry than they were with Locke.
 
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k-sny-vol said:
Wow.. so there is actually gonna be a package for Berry then.. Better him than Lucas Taylor..
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Yeah. All Lucas Taylor has done to showcase his quarterbacking abilities is play QB really well at the high school level. Thank goodness Eric Berry has done more than that.
 
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What you talkin' bout kpt? He had that awesome throw to Coker last year in the Fla game.
 
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What you talkin' bout kpt? He had that awesome throw to Coker last year in the Fla game.
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yea, that throw was nice.. but do u think G. Jones, Berry, And Taylor will all get their shot at the kind of package cutliffe is talking about.. Or will they just use one for Berry
I think they'll each take turns during games.. and which ever one has the most success the first few games, will be doing it the rest of the year.
 
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I have my money on not seeing it at the first of the year. Hope I'm wrong though. Something different will be nice.
 
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Expect to see Taylor/Jones/Berry/Coker/O'Neal doing same insane and crazy stuff this year with all that speed and Fulmer and Cut know "It Is Time".
 
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I still don't think that it's gonna happen, but if it does I know that I would be happy:)
 
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I dont either, but man I hope it does... All ive heard about is all this "speed" we have... now if we can just use it!!
 
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