Can Someone Explain the Tyler Bray Hype?
- Thread starter Dinkle
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That his freshmen year they were terrible until they brought him in the game with 5 game left, and he took them to a bowl game. If we had a guy come off the bench and win 5 straight we too would be going crazy. I believe he won 5 straight to end his freshmen year. #toolazytoresearch
Ummm, he also missed 5 games last year. 1900+ yards and 17 TDs in 7 games. That included 4 SEC opponents. Playing for a terrible team, those are still some pretty sick numbers.
I too have never understood the hype. He's good a great frame and seems like he has good mechanics, but every media guru and their mother flat out said that Tennessee has the best duo of receivers in the SEC last week, maybe even the country. I can't help but feel that Wes Carroll would have hit 17 TD's with them.
It's UT. Anyone they put on the field is going to get attention. It's hard to grasp that because they've been more or less irrelevant* since I've started following college football (*even the year they went to the SEC championship last they were overshadowed by UGA).
He reminds me of the Cincinnati QB Pike. He's got every indication he'll be a good NFL QB but he'll end up on someone's bench.
It's UT. Anyone they put on the field is going to get attention. It's hard to grasp that because they've been more or less irrelevant* since I've started following college football (*even the year they went to the SEC championship last they were overshadowed by UGA).
He reminds me of the Cincinnati QB Pike. He's got every indication he'll be a good NFL QB but he'll end up on someone's bench.
Yes. I watched him play football on television as a freshman and he was better than any qb we had had in a while. Then I watched him play football on television the next season and he looked better but got hurt. He is a gunslinger and has tons of potential. If he can manage the game more, he'll be good. With two years under his belt, he should have a really solid year, especially considering that he has the best tag team receivers in the conference. Pretty simple to me.Dinkle said:
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Coach34 said:
He is not the 'brightest' bulb on the tree ...
According to John Adams of the Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel, Bray and former video department employee Michael Grandinetti are accused of throwing golf balls and beer bottles onto parked cars from the balcony of an apartment complex.
Where did Coach say he would be a first round pick? He said high round pick, which is where many publications have him listed. Some have him ahead of Landry Jones and Geno Smith and some don't. But he's generally listed as a 1st or 2nd round pick.
Mechanically, he's got the height and the arm but he's skinny as a toothpick, and somewhat because of that(as well as Tennessee's other problems) he hasn't translated well to the tougher SEC opponents, most of which he missed last year. With Hunter and Da'Rick back, along with them acquiring a very good Juco WR(Patterson I believe) Bray <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> be able to put up some big numbers provided his O-Line can keep him standing. That being said, with the frailty of Bray, Hunter coming back off of injury, Da'Rick being a headcase(I believe he once came to practice wearing a Cal Bears shirt and has gotten himself into trouble more then once), and their O-Line and running game being crap last year it'll be interesting to see if they can pull it all together.
