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Tennessee Football: 5 Vols Who Have to Improve Dramatically As SEC Play Begins

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 10, 2016; Bristol, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) celebrates with offensive lineman Coleman Thomas (55) after a touchdown during the first half against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Bristol, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) celebrates with offensive lineman Coleman Thomas (55) after a touchdown during the first half against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 10, 2016; Bristol, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) scrambles out of the pocket during the first half against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2016; Bristol, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) scrambles out of the pocket during the first half against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

To be fair again, Drew Richmond is a big reason for Joshua Dobbs struggling. And we are going to point out that Dobbs has nine total touchdowns on the year.

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    • However, Dobbs is the senior quarterback, and the entire offense goes through him in Butch Jones’s and Mike DeBord’s system. As a result, he needs to step up more for Tennessee football and gets a larger share of the blame than Richmond.

    Going back to the Appalachian State game, Dobbs has made some seriously questionable decisions. In that game alone, he missed wide open guys at least five times and made three ill-advised throws, one of which was intercepted. He also fumbled the ball into the end zone and was lucky that Jalen Hurd recovered it.

    Against Virginia Tech, he couldn’t get any accuracy until turnovers by the Hokies gave him momentum.

    Dobbs actually played well against the Ohio Bobcats, but he still missed at least three deep balls that should have been sure touchdowns. As a result, he has not been the elite playmaker we expected him to be as a senior.

    Now Dobbs has not played awful. And he certainly still has made plays. But the offseason hype that he generated is just not there to this point.

    Maybe this is on DeBord. Maybe it’s on the offensive line. Heck, he could just be hiding things for conference play.

    But whatever the case is, the Vols need Dobbs from last year’s Georgia Bulldogs game if they are going to make a run in the SEC.

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