most overrated vols

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Carl Pickens said:
Doesn’t matter what I think or know…. He went down to avoid the hit. …. Credit a sack. Wtf do you care anyway?
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language, bro. he went down without any contact from DB. The QB doesn't notice him until he's already going down. I care because I am making an argument for the most overrated player.
 
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NEW COACH said:
For me it's Michael Munoz

I know I might get roasted for this thread but who cares
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SlipKidVol said:
I dont think he was that much over rated ... knee problems did him in ...maybe listed as a bust
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Munoz cost us some games with penalties and whiff blocks. Knee problems or not, he didn’t even get a tryout for the league. I remember Fulmer ranting and raving because he didn’t get drafted. That was nuts!
zjcvols said:
Jonathan Hefney, Gerald Riggs are two that come to mind.
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I never will forget all the times I literally saw Riggs “run to get tackled” but yet the dude had 1,000 yards rushing splitting time at RB. Better RB’s were on the bench, too.

For me, however, Nico is hands down the winner for this thread!
 
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Worley, when running the option pitched or handed off as quickly as possible. I can't recall him ever keeping the ball on an option run. Guarantano for sure, how many raves did he get before showing up? Then the youngster playing LB just a few short years ago that always seemed to be reaching for SEC talent running by him. Father reportedly was a major donor. Many here wondered how he ever got on the field. Surprisingly he got a chance in the NFL.
 
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Tee Martin. He was not a good passer. His accuracy was awful. When you look at his stats in the big games in 1998, Florida, Georgia, Syracuse, and Arkansas, he was below 50% as a passer. Below 100 yards vs. Florida.

But there are some people who still think that QBs deserve credit for wins and championships. As if this isn’t a team game. That defense and OLine/running game carried him to a championship.

Tee was an okay QB. But he’s regularly ranked among the best in UT history. He wasn’t close to that.

And yes, I know about the 23 straight completions. It came against a South Carolina team that won one game all year. And those passes were not downfield. He was a 57% passer WITH that game.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tee Martin. He was not a good passer. His accuracy was awful. When you look at his stats in the big games in 1998, Florida, Georgia, Syracuse, and Arkansas, he was below 50% as a passer. Below 100 yards vs. Florida.

But there are some people who still think that QBs deserve credit for wins and championships. As if this isn’t a team game. That defense and OLine/running game carried him to a championship.

Tee was an okay QB. But he’s regularly ranked among the best in UT history. He wasn’t close to that.

And yes, I know about the 23 straight completions. It came against a South Carolina team that won one game all year. And those passes were not downfield. He was a 57% passer WITH that game.
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He was an all SEC QB. His completion pct was low, but in those games you mentioned in 1998, his legs helped us big time in each instance (and you are wrong- he went 16/26 against UGA in 1998. The Florida game, we don't win without Tee's scramble in OT. Against Syracuse, Martin broke a 55 yard run in the 4th quarter that led to a score.

He also won how many SEC Player of the Week awards in 1999 as well as being 1st team All SEC? Against UGA and Bama, both games where we were either barely favored or an underdog, Martin was the best player on the field and carried us. Dude was playing hurt as well his last year after the Florida game. The WRs didn't help at all either that year.

For comparison, in his senior season after our best WRs left, Casey Clausen completed only 56% of his passes. Same thing happened to Tee. It does amuse me how some people praise Clausen for road victories yet Tee doesn't get credit for leaving as the school's all time winningest QB percentage wise.

I'm not saying he's the greatest QB, but looking at raw passing numbers ignores a lot of what made Martin a great football player.
 
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