Sgt Barnes

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Also 3 freshmen starting in the secondary.

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Probably wouldn’t hurt to start more freshmen given how shitty the safety play is but there’s only one freshman in the secondary. Linebacker and safety are Tennessee’s weakness. Corners are pretty solid.

QB: B+
RB: B
OL: A
WR: A

DL: B
LB: D+
DB: B-

Special Teams: B+

Offense has been a nice surprise considering all the unknowns coming into the season.

DL & DB will be better when injured players get back. LBs have played like shite.

Special teams would be a solid A if the kick was made.

I've said it before but Tennessee's season is going to hinge on if Aguilar can hit the downfield throws that Nico missed last year. For every elite throw Nico made, he missed 3 guaranteed TD's downfield. I do give credit to defensive schemes to an extent but Nico missed a lot of throws, especially deep. He hits them and our opinion would've lined up with our expectations we had for him last year.

TL/DR: Nico is inaccurate on deep throws and missed a lot of passing stats because of it last year.

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Surprising TN was the clear leader in rushing yards. I know they were winning without that QB doing a lot but wouldn't have thought they would be the top rushing team in the SEC.

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Since Heupel has been at tUT, they have finished top 4 in the league every year with a couple years leading the league. Each year by committee. Last year Sampson got more reps due to Bishop having a nagging injury for the majority of the year.

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That list looks real suspect. The orange people should be very low

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I get it. Nico would’ve won the Heisman this year if he’d stayed.

He was a mediocre QB on the same level as Joe Milton without the arm strength. If his replacement can hit deep balls unlike Nico, it’s going to open back up the offense.

Salesi Moa

Big pick up that came out of nowhere. Thought he was heading to Utah where his dad played. If we can flip Keys, it'll be a hell of a WR class.

Sampson is/was a hell of a player but Tennessee has finished in the top 4 of the SEC rushing since Heupel has been there. Last year was the only year he was the main guy and finished 3rd which was a drop off from the previous year when they finished 1st.

Line rotated 12 guys last year but lost a 3rd of them including Pierce and Omari Thomas. It hurts but got depth and Coach Garner so not as big of a concern than you’d think.

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Everything else aside, I just don't see Tennessee at 9-3.

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Vols have a weak schedule and defense SHOULD be as good as last year. Question will be how much Nico held up the offense last year and if the new QB can hit the deep balls Nico continuously missed.

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Unfortunately, Tennessee could face years of setbacks as a result.

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Ya'll acting like Nico is the 2nd coming or something :lol:

Vandy > Nebraska

1997 me would’ve been blown away