'26 NC QB Faizon Brandon (Tennessee commit)

[T2P_Priceless]

Play calling has been solid this year. Guys running wide open downfield all season. Maybe not in this game (no idea bc I’ve only seen the broadcast version and can’t see downfield).

Guys were open but we couldn’t pick up the blitzes and Spraggins was getting destroyed by the DL

 

[AllVol11717]

Play calling has been solid this year. Guys running wide open downfield all season. Maybe not in this game (no idea bc I’ve only seen the broadcast version and can’t see downfield).

CJH can definitely get a couple of good shots open a game, but he also struggles with putting together consistent drives that move the chains methodically (unless its a team we can dominate at the LOS).

Early season that’s a viable excuse, but at this point if on your deep shots your QB is regularly missing and your WRs are regularly dropping them when not missed, you can’t run an offense dependent on them. You have to scheme and call plays to what your players are doing well

 

[MemphisVol3]

Gotta load up on WRs that won’t see the field much till year 3.

Lmfao

 

[MemphisVol3]

@TrippieRedd You didn’t hear? Unless you’re from the portal, it does not matter how talented and skilled you are at WR, you have to wait your turn jk

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Right. I’d prefer to see some WR development.

Haven't seen much in the last 2 years.

 

[MarcoVol]

CJH can definitely get a couple of good shots open a game, but he also struggles with putting together consistent drives that move the chains methodically (unless its a team we can dominate at the LOS).

Early season that’s a viable excuse, but at this point if on your deep shots your QB is regularly missing and your WRs are regularly dropping them when not missed, you can’t run an offense dependent on them. You have to scheme and call plays to what your players are doing well

Which would be rushing the football. On the season we have 288 pass attempts vs 459 rushing attempts.

If WRs drop balls or the QB overthrows, you’re not gonna be able to run any offense effectively. We’re not switching to the triple option.

 

[GoodTimeVol]

Guys

CJH can definitely get a couple of good shots open a game, but he also struggles with putting together consistent drives that move the chains methodically (unless its a team we can dominate at the LOS).

Early season that’s a viable excuse, but at this point if on your deep shots your QB is regularly missing and your WRs are regularly dropping them when not missed, you can’t run an offense dependent on them. You have to scheme and call plays to what your players are doing well

You can’t run any offense when guys are not executing like catching a football when it hits their hands…no amount of scheme can fix players not executing

 

[AllVol11717]

Which would be rushing the football. On the season we have 288 pass attempts vs 459 rushing attempts.

If WRs drop balls or the QB overthrows, you’re not gonna be able to run any offense effectively. We’re not switching to the triple option.

I’m talking specifically about the dropped/missed deep shots. There’s also a huge chunk of the intermediate pass game that we rarely take advantage of. Slants, drags, deep crossing routes, pre snap motion, etc that all can force the defense out of position. Shortening the passing game is not equivalent to switching to the triple option, that’s a little hyperbolic.

 

[AllVol11717]

Guys

You can’t run any offense when guys are not executing like catching a football when it hits their hands…no amount of scheme can fix players not executing

Certain passes are also easier to throw and catch than others

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

This is a players recruiting thread. Go argue about the Georgia game in the other 20 threads talking about it.

 

[GVol1966]

This is a players recruiting thread. Go argue about the Georgia game in the other 20 threads talking about it.

200 threads you mean?

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

You’ll see the development once Mike is a junior and he touches the field for more then 3 plays

By then we’ll be asking where is Travis Smith

 

[TrippieRedd]

By then we’ll be asking where is Travis Smith

At the jug machine trying to turn it on

Been broke since Pope got here

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

At the jug machine trying to turn it on

Been broke since Pope got here

Standing next to Leacock and Staley just waiting on his moment

 

[TrippieRedd]

Standing next to Leacock and Staley just waiting on his moment

Talking about the Comm 439 test on Monday.

 

[OrangeMoundTNVol]

Talking on the everything orange podcast Monday morning

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Standing next to Leacock and Staley just waiting on his moment

Leacock is obviously a bust

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Certain passes are also easier to throw and catch than others

For the vast majority of the year, Nico has thrown balls that are very catchable and the WRs have dropped them. Yes he has made bad throws. But way more often than not, it’s then dropping passes they shouldn’t. Jayson Swain and Jonathan Crompton have alluded to this all year.

 

[LittleVol]

At the jug machine trying to turn it on

Been broke since Pope got here

Hahaha

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Leacock is obviously a bust

You say the same thing about Hyatt? He didn't break out until his senior year so....

 

[walkenvol]

You say the same thing about Hyatt? He didn't break out until his senior year so....

Broke out of the NCAA after his junior year.

 

[NighthawkVol]

You say the same thing about Hyatt? He didn't break out until his senior year so....

You mean his junior year.

But there’s a difference: Hyatt got on the field his first 2 years. His freshman year, he caught a long TD against Alabama. His sophomore year, Heupel tried to get him in the starting rotation, but he had the dropsies. He played some though. Had a long catch against Kentucky in that wild game in Lexington. Then he broke out as a junior.

Leacock has done nothing. Hasn’t gotten in the field in 2 years. Not as a starter, not as next man up. His first 2 years are nothing like Hyatt’s.

That said, I hope he stays and develops. We need WRs. But it’s fair to speculate that he might leave.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

You mean his junior year.

But there’s a difference: Hyatt got on the field his first 2 years. His freshman year, he caught a long TD against Alabama. His sophomore year, Heupel tried to get him in the starting rotation, but he had the dropsies. He played some though. Had a long catch against Kentucky in that wild game in Lexington. Then he broke out as a junior.

Leacock has done nothing. Hasn’t gotten in the field in 2 years. Not as a starter, not as next man up. His first 2 years are nothing like Hyatt’s.

That said, I hope he stays and develops. We need WRs. But it’s fair to speculate that he might leave.

Yep, free speech allows your methodology, just as it allows others to routinely define your offerings as a net negative to the VOL program.

Optional application of discretion is what it is.

 

[GVol1966]

Leacock is obviously a bust

He was a developmental project. An Athlete with speed that needed to learn football skills.
Not surprised it hasn’t worked out. Current staff seems to come up short in the development process

 

[TrippieRedd]

He was a developmental project. An Athlete with speed that needed to learn football skills.
Not surprised it hasn’t worked out. Current staff seems to come up short in the development process

Definitely not a project, seeing as he put up 1700 receiving yards his senior year. Was also a top 70 player.

He probably just sucks.