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big question is the QB rating when he's targeted.

That was one swing. This will be another.

Yeah, definitely don't piss around. Don't second guess yourself just keep swinging and hope you pull it off at some point.

Every year there are QBs who people think are going to be sure-fire studs, but bust. Sure, some pan out, but many just flat bust. Every year there are QBs who few thinks will amount to much, but who end up being really good, sometimes elite. Matt Corral might fall into the second category....but he also might not. A guy we draft next year might fall into the first category, or he might be a stud. Contrary to how brilliant any of you think you are, contrary to how brilliant any draft in thinks they are, and contrary to how brilliant a GM or HC might be considered...no one really knows until the damn games are played. It's all a crapshoot. But it's a crapshoot you've got to get in if you want to win the bigger game. So what do you do? How do you win a crapshoot? You keep shooting until you win it. You don't stop. You don't settle. You keep shooting until you win what you're wanting to win. Do we go with Corral or do we try again in '23 or do we try in '24? The answer to all of them is yes. We give it a go with Corral, but we also draft best QB available (or who we hope is) next year in case Corral isn't it, and if it doesn't look like either guy is it next year, we try for the best choice in '24. Point is, we HAVE to hit it with the right QB and to find him, we have to keep trying to find him until we do. There is no other way.

that's all fine, and i'm a corrall fan...but he shouldn't be the reason we don't draft a QB in the first. it all depends on what the new coach wants

I think you're grasping at straws to make a point.

Is that what he was doing to get injured?

This injury had nothing to do with being run into the ground.

Lol so I just get in from being out with my family most the day but I was set up to record the game and thought I would go ahead and watch it. In that first drive I just happened to check my fantasy league and see that the score was 42 -7 in the third....don't think I want to watch. I didn't expect us to win, but I thought we might have been competitive. Get this season over.

I have never bought into that unless you get the BPA from a list of needs. I know that probably means that we wouldn't have gotten Luke because we had Beason, but we lucked out in that one. We need a QB, a DE, and a TE desperately. The good thing is there are several good options available for those in this draft. Pick one of them.

At the very least PJ gives us a bit of a cushion at QB while we draft one and get him ready. At best he's Jake Delhomme and a solid starter for a few years while we get a future franchise QB ready, whether that's a guy we draft in the next year or two or Matt Corral. I do wish we could answer QB and DE this year. I wish we could get our QB and Will Anderson or even Myles Murphy. That would be ideal. If we wound up doing that and picked up a good TE in the draft, we could call the draft a success. I wouldn't be opposed to bundling most of our picks this year and getting those three taken care of in the first two rounds.

No, not the best. One of the top 5? Maybe, but not the best. Would he help here? Sure. Should we draft a WR in the first coue rounds.... probably not. QB, DE, TE, ILB... these should all be addressed before WR. I would even rather adding depth to the OL and DL ahead of WR.

1) Young/Stroud 2) Anderson 3) Not Levis

maybe. i just don't know what kind of impact they have on the players, but maybe what they bring as a guru will compensate for anything they lack as a "leader of men" compared to Wilks. whoever it is, though...i don't want a 7 year contract offered to them. 5 years max. 3 years ideal.

If he brings the Vols back into it and they win, he is.

Oye

Ok, I'll say this... If Hooker can lead the Vols to a win here in Georgia, he'll be my top choice. This will be a good sign of what he's capable of.

That crowd is the biggest factor in this game. Tennessee can't seem to handle it.

I think Wilks is better than Rivera. I think people legit loved Rivera, but he didn't pull the best out of the guys around him. That's what I see Wilks do. And it's not just about being competitive. It's about becoming and bringing their best. I've wanted an offensive guru for a head coach here, but the effect that he's having on the team is making me reconsider. An offensive guru is a shiny toy I want because it's the popular thing (for good reason)... But it's a trend and chasing me the trend could make Tepper chase after the wrong guy. Truthfully I just want to win and I don't care what mindset the HC has as long as it's aggressive and it brings the absolute best out of his guys.

I think there was no other narrative allowed. Best chance you had to play was to bow down and worship Rhule. He even controlled the media team.

Would rather that than Levis. Then trade back up into the first and get the best QB available.

@Zod doing women's or children's socks?

I want it to be better, but I want us to bud on what we were rather than that puke of poo Rhule created. He put us in a hole and what they are doing now is a correction back to a competitive team with fight that we used to be. From that we build. Makes it easier to go forward. He's putting pride and fight back into the guys.

I know....not an original thread, but the OP in that other thread hijacked his thread and made it about Cam. Cam was great, but he's history. The moe important thing is that even though we were just short of having a ring or two, we had an identity that was tough, one that you could be proud of with hard hitters on offense and defense. That's what we did, we came in and we punched teams in the face. We might not have been consistent winners, but teams that played us always went away beaten up and bruised. We had a fight in us and that's what you could always count in... We kept pounding. Then Rhule came in and we got soft. We lost our identity. He knew nothing about the culture, the history, or the identity. He didn't want to know it, because he wanted it dismantled and recreated in his own jelly rolled image. He's gone and good riddance. I'm so thankful Wilks is in charge, at least for the moment, so that the soft Rhule culture could be exorcised and the old tough culture would be brought back by someone who knew and appreciated it. I don't know who we're going to have brought in as coach, but I hope whoever it is will build on what Wilks is doing. Tbese last two weeks have been great the win felt great and the loss hit me in the gut, which ion its own was great because while Rhule was here, I didn't care anymore. Wins feel great and losses hurt again. But in losing like we did, this team never gave up and I didn't give up on them. I'm looking forward to watching this team again because Wilks brought the fight back to this team.