BeardedVol
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Nobody can be a “worse” passer compared to JG. I have not seen all of the bad Qb’s at UT over the years but JG and Dormady are the most inaccurate passers I have seen in my recollections of watching UT football.
So you want to go back tally up JG's near interceptions, and underthrown passes since they could have been picked off and weigh them accordingly since he was a RS JR? Because if that's how you want to project future results, then we are in a world of hurt with JG returning next year since we are losing most of the receivers that could actually catch his passes.
Agree. I think too many on here are just expecting Bailey to walk in and be a stud from day 1. If this were the ACC, PAC 12 or Big 10 then I would expect the same. The SEC is just a much tougher place to play. I think the ideal scenario is for Bailey to RS and one of our QBs really step it up and take command this year.
I dont care who the QB is as long as they progress.
Welllll I think it's pretty obvious that my point is when the other team catches passes we throw to them, that's something we can't control. Something we can control is how often we throw the ball at the other team. That seems like a truer representation of how the QB is playing. I think it could be valuable to focus on the things we can control.And JG threw two actual interceptions, one which was immediately taken in for a TD. So what's your point?
2 reasons. If JG is the starter that week the game plan is tailored to him as polar opposite qbs. If Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson were on the same roster how effective would Tom be as the #2? My guess is 0. The second reason is let’s say (to keep it round) JG as the starter takes 50% of the reps with the 1s. That means JTS and BM spilt the other 50%. Which means 75% of BMs reps were taken with the 2s that week in a game plan that doesn’t fit him.Why was he unprepared?
JG has about the same completion % as Dobbs. His completion % is better than Tee Martins, Tyler Bray and Erik Ainge (barely). Try harder.
Not many. The backup is the backup for a reason. If the backup is better than the starter he becomes the starter - see how that works? But if he’s unprepared that’s on him.How many backup QBs who don't get many 1st ream reps in practice come in and light it up after the starter lays an egg on the field?
The backup should be prepared to run the gameplan he repped during the week.2 reasons. If JG is the starter that week the game plan is tailored to him as polar opposite qbs. If Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson were on the same roster how effective would Tom be as the #2? My guess is 0. The second reason is let’s say (to keep it round) JG as the starter takes 50% of the reps with the 1s. That means JTS and BM spilt the other 50%. Which means 75% of BMs reps were taken with the 2s that week in a game plan that doesn’t fit him.
He did win the starting job, as a true freshman over a 4th year player.....became the starter after Guarantano stunk it up through the Florida game. Based off of actual game play rather than just practice. Maurer started the Georgia game and played the best half of football of any Tennessee QB in 2019. Obviously, the injuries led to him losing the job. And remember, even after the injuries, when he was healthy again, he started vs Kentucky as well, played the first half and got into a good rhythm in the 2nd quarter before being pulled at halftime for some reason.
JG has about the same completion % as Dobbs. His completion % is better than Tee Martins, Tyler Bray and Erik Ainge (barely). Try harder.
He has showed some promise with his legs but he has already had two possible concussions in very limited playing time. His passing ability is worse than JG's and that isn't saying much. He is most effective when he is a threat to run the ball and with his health issues I am not sure how durable he is. If you take that away, what are you left with?
Josh Dobbs played in 3 more games than JG currently has, and had nearly 4 times as many passing TDs, and 34 rushing TDs. Harping on them having a similar completion percentage is completely ignoring the fact that the Dobbs-led offense actually resulted in scoring, and a JG-led offense does not.
Actually if you go back to the report when BM replaced him. The reports stated BM was better in practice....you dont find it oddWrong. Put yourself in Pruitts shoes for a second. First, you see these guys infinitely more than fans do. You see them at practice day in and day out. From practice reports we received from Fingers, virtually every practice showed JG was the better QB. Now if you are the HC how do you handle it? Do you say well this QB wasnt as good in practice but should be better in game?
Pruitt stuck with the best QB he had. And it worked out to our benefit.
Exactly, and Dobbs got drug all the time by fans for his crappy accuracy. Dobbs just had WAY more redeeming qualities that allowed us to overlook his lack of accuracy.
For l projecting future result which is worse a RS Jr who statically % wise dropped in performance with better talent around them...or a freshman who performed better vs the best teams we played?Not when you're trying to project future results. Those passes were nearly unforgivable even though they luckily hit the ground.
When you are grading a QB what is worse: a throw that hit the WR in the hands but is deflected for an INT or a pass into double coverage that is dropped because the two defenders run into each other?
Dobbs wasn't even that great of a passer, especially in the 2015 season, and still manged to have a completion percentage north of 60%. Championing JGs completion percentage while he's sitting at a career 32 passing TDs after playing in 32 games, is laughable.
Should is a much bigger word than the 6 letters it takes to spell it. Every word of what I argued is true and therefore maybe the problem is as simple as recruiting. Pruitt has his preference of style of offense he wants to run but he’s recruiting qbs that don’t fit that style of play. Therefore imo this may be an ongoing problem. As I said, Tom Brady couldn’t run Lamars game plan.The backup should be prepared to run the gameplan he repped during the week.
Try harder? Martin won a NC and was MUCH better running the ball than JG. I don't think anyone thinks he was a great passing QB but at times he was decent.JG has about the same completion % as Dobbs. His completion % is better than Tee Martins, Tyler Bray and Erik Ainge (barely). Try harder.