re: Tennessee fans, thoughts on Debord?

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.