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Tennessee fans, thoughts on Debord?
Posted on 9/20/15 at 6:58 pm
Posted on 9/20/15 at 6:58 pm
Seems like Dobbs has regressed a little bit this year in the passing game. Is this play calling, scheme, or just lack of execution by the players?
Posted on 9/20/15 at 6:59 pm to boXerrumble
Or having film on him and teams being prepared.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 7:00 pm to boXerrumble
OU was a bad stats game but otherwise things have been fine on offense. The one thing that has driven me nuts is that we're not running Dobbs the way we were. I don't know if that ends in the Swamp or not but I got the feeling we've been super-careful with him in the first few games.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 7:05 pm to boXerrumble
It looks to me that Dobbs is having trouble going through progressions and seeing open receivers. I think things were simpler for him last year.
Play calling has been decent except for those last 4 or 5 series in the OU game. To be fair, some of that was execution...that dropped pass killed us.
Play calling has been decent except for those last 4 or 5 series in the OU game. To be fair, some of that was execution...that dropped pass killed us.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 7:08 pm to boXerrumble
Dobbs is average at best passing the ball. He's James Banks 2.0
Posted on 9/20/15 at 8:13 pm to boXerrumble
You asked about Debord, but I'll respond to your post about Dobbs because Debord has only called 3 games 2 of which were against terrible defenses so who really knows..
Dobbs is just not that accurate of a passer tbh. The reason UT fans were so high on him when he came in was because we were used to watching the highly immobile Justin Worley behind an absolutely terrible offensive line. He would just get sacked over and over again, it was frustrating to watch to say the least. Dobbs changed the dynamic with his legs, and we weren't really sacrificing the deep ball threat, because we didn't have the OL to create time to throw deep routes anyway.
Our OL this year (although still weak) seems to be better, and can occasionally buy the time for intermediate-deep routes to develop, but we still have no signs of an improved pass game down the field. IMO this is because it is becoming more evident that the mobility of Dobbs comes at the cost of consistency in terms of accuracy, especially on routes over 15 yards. This has some fans worrying that teams will stack the box and make us beat them over the top, which seems to be tough for Dobbs to do. I think teams are realizing this, due to the Kentucky posters point about them having a lot more game film on him, and that is the reason he looks to have regressed.
Dobbs is just not that accurate of a passer tbh. The reason UT fans were so high on him when he came in was because we were used to watching the highly immobile Justin Worley behind an absolutely terrible offensive line. He would just get sacked over and over again, it was frustrating to watch to say the least. Dobbs changed the dynamic with his legs, and we weren't really sacrificing the deep ball threat, because we didn't have the OL to create time to throw deep routes anyway.
Our OL this year (although still weak) seems to be better, and can occasionally buy the time for intermediate-deep routes to develop, but we still have no signs of an improved pass game down the field. IMO this is because it is becoming more evident that the mobility of Dobbs comes at the cost of consistency in terms of accuracy, especially on routes over 15 yards. This has some fans worrying that teams will stack the box and make us beat them over the top, which seems to be tough for Dobbs to do. I think teams are realizing this, due to the Kentucky posters point about them having a lot more game film on him, and that is the reason he looks to have regressed.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 8:26 pm to boXerrumble
the main problem id have is the development/production from the wr's
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