While some are bashing CBJ....

#26
#26
I like the chemistry between Dobbs, North and Malone. I think that it will be great to see over the next 4 games. I also love the fact that he stayed in the pocket much better than Worley, and was able to run away from pressure out of the pocket. Can't wait to see the running game start to open up.
 
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Plano Vol said:
Don't you think that part of Dobbs' success Sat night was due to the fact that bama was not ready for him? I hope he continues to improve but it will be more demanding now that there is some film on him for USC to review.

That being said, the Oline seemed to really perk up with Dobbs in the mix. Maybe a part leadership and a part defense having to respect a true running QB.
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Let's see. Your thought is that the #3 ranked team in the nation, coached by Nick Saban, who with this win boosted his record against unranked teams from 49-0 to 50-0, was totally surprised by any dual threat quarterback that confused them and they were unprepared for? Okey doke.:mf_surrender:
 
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trampas2bad said:
Let's see. Your thought is that the #3 ranked team in the nation, coached by Nick Saban, who with this win boosted his record against unranked teams from 49-0 to 50-0, was totally surprised by any dual threat quarterback that confused them and they were unprepared for? Okey doke.:mf_surrender:
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Was Louisiana Monroe ranked when they beat Saban? I doubt it.
 
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Why is this so hard for people to understand? The plan was to redshirt Dobbs last year but due to injuries CBJ was unable to do so. With Worley back and Peterman seemingly improved CBJ again tried to get Dobbs a redshirt year. CBJ didn't play Dobbs when Worley went out during the UGA game because Worley was able to return so why burn a redshirt on a few plays. Worley was playing his best game as a Vol against UGA. When Worley played like a frozen statue after his return in the UF game and again against Ole Miss CBJ knew he had to do something. Redshirting Dobbs was in the best interest of Dobbs and Tennessee going forward it just didn't work out.
 
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The redshirt for Dobbs may have been a promise CBJ was trying to keep to Dobb's parents! Don't know that for sure but sounds like it.


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sjt18 said:
He still needs work on his accuracy. Inaccuracy can lead to mistakes. When the season started, Worley probably was the clear best choice... that was 30 sacks and many, many hits ago. To me, Worley didn't look like the same player in the last two games he played. He looked gun shy.

FWIW, we see some patterns with Jones that may pay dividends at some point but he is stubbornly devoted to a few things. One is that he favors those who make fewer mistakes over those who are more capable playmakers. We've seen that all year long on the OL. I think there was an element of that with his hesitations on Dobbs.
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Good post SJT18. What Worley was and what he is now , at this point in the season , are two very different things. He has taken a sustained beating to this point and it shows in how he handles himself on the field . In a perfect world JW would have a had 3.5 seconds in the pocket and would be a Heisman hopeful ...but instead he has been the victim of the turn styles that compose our Oline.

I think it is worth mentioning that Dobbs looked good against Bama last year and tanked after . Many accounts have him looking not so good in practice . It helps alot when the opposing D does not have a tone of tape to study and dont have any clue on tenancies, weaknesses, strengths ect . The coaches for both UT and Bama may have been very surprised by his showing. Dobb's real test is in the final stretch . Lets hope he improves on last season
 
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A season always has variables that change. Could it be that CBJ wanted to give Dobbs one more year of working on his passing? He is not that great of a passer right now. We could have had him for three more years until we get everything right. A win win if we had beat fu. Throw Worley, the senior, to the wolves this year so to speak because he is more mature and could possibly handle the poor ol better. He did throw well until he was banged up in the uga game. Once we lost to fla the situation changed, especially with Worley banged up. Now we need to do what we got to do. But if Dobbs has a great two more years, I can just hear the negas saying why did CBJ burn his redshirt this year. It's a funny game. Coaches can't win sometimes with great decisions. Hindsight will always be 20/20.
 
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I think it's been obvious that eventually all the pounding that JW has taken would catch up to him since 1 play can put any player out.

Peterman was given his chances and it just didn't work out for him this season.

Maybe buTch was trying to redshirt Dobbs for several reasons and maybe it's something else.

Dobbs still has 2 more years left to play so we'll see how that plays out next year.

buTch may have also been trying to keep Dobbs off of tape that our last 4 games would have to gameplan against us.

Maybe buTch was hoping JW could make it through the alaBubba game so he'd have Dobbs to surprise USCe with to try to get us on a Winning roll to try to get all 4 Wins and go into a bowl game with serious confidence in our team.

That as logical a guess as any others on here and none of us will know for certain.

1 thing is certain now...Our O coordinator is also our QB coach and it's obvious that from last year to this year both JW and JD have improved alot as QB's and Leaders so that's a great sign for our future and the new QB's that are coming in next year.

Once we get our O line and QB situations fixed we ARE definately going to become a VERY dangerous team and damn hard to score on starting next season with the two 5* DT's we have coming in.

#BrickbyBrick...VFL...GBO!!!
 
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Any decision to play Peterman one more down against an SEC opponent is a poor decision. Period.
 
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