The play from Kiffin's Vols tnat stands out in my mind.

People pretend like he wasn't in the gameplan this year. He didn't beat jams that was his fault.

That is one thing Nussmeier never seemed to do much of (compared to say McElwain) was exploit matchups. The offense was successful but we only really won a few close games.

Nussmeier would have never exploited the Smash routes from Norwood over the Honey Badger like Jmac.

I can't believe we had Dareus covering the TE.

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So now he's gonna get coached up.

29 and 5 vs. 14 and 2.

That's Luke Stocker's catches and TDs in 2009 compared to Howard's this year. I wouldn't attribute less than half the production to simply "not beating jams". Either way, that's an area that will see a lot more production next year.

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OJ weighed 237, if you don't think we threw to the TE's under McElwain/Nuss you must be smoking something. OJ showed up way underweight and it showed throughout the year.

I get the praise for Kiffin, put things in perspective.

We had hard times running off tackle against good teams. Most catches he had in a ball game were 3 and it was against ATM (great defense). And his long pass against LSU he was matched up at WR on a backup safety. Neither of his TD's came in the redzone, where Michael Williams, Travis McCall, and Nick Walker were weapons.

He was a commit for two years, an early enrollee yet his playing weight was less than Henry's despite being 3 inches taller. Someone didn't hit the weights hard at all.

I'm telling you I've seen him up close and the kid hasn't been slacking in the weight room. He's a completely different animal from BMW, McCall, and Walker and if we're trying to use him the same way as them then that's a mistake

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I'm telling you I've seen him up close and the kid hasn't been slacking in the weight room. He's a completely different animal from BMW, McCall, and Walker and if we're trying to use him the same way as them then that's a mistake

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Making him play the Y is a mistake?

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Making him play the Y is a mistake?

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That's not what I said. Having him body up/block out in the red zone like a big-bodied TE would be a mistake.

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The play from Kiffin's Vols tnat stands out in my mind.
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So now he's gonna get coached up.

29 and 5 vs. 14 and 2.

That's Luke Stocker's catches and TDs in 2009 compared to Howard's this year. I wouldn't attribute less than half the production to simply "not beating jams". Either way, that's an area that will see a lot more production next year.



OJ weighed 237, if you don't think we threw to the TE's under McElwain/Nuss you must be smoking something. OJ showed up way underweight and it showed throughout the year.

I get the praise for Kiffin, put things in perspective.

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The numbers din't lie. And you bringing up McElwain only proves my point. Brad Smelley caught 34 passes in 2011 and was our second leading receiver, and Michael Williams caught another 16. That's 50 completions to the TE-Hback in one season. I think few of us think that the TE has been as big a part of the gameplan the last two years. You can believe whatever you want about, but the numbers don't lie. His production is gona go up in 2014, and that's the only thing needed to keep in perspective.

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People pretend like he wasn't in the gameplan this year. He didn't beat jams that was his fault.

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But we didn't design enough for him. A guy like that needs to be isolated in space against a guy he can destroy if he can't keep from getting jammed.