*College Football Fans* Who will be the best QB in the SEC next season? -Type "N" for Nico Iamaleava -Type "C" for Carson Beck -Type "J" for Jalen Milroe -Type "O" for Other
I'm a Hawk fan and I was happy when I heard your 2nd string qb was going to be starting against us I figured we would lose regardless of the qb but I thought that would give us a fighting chance especially with Tennessee having multiple opt outs...needless to say I did not expect that kind of a performance from a freshman. That kid is going to be great congrats Tennessee.
We knew he'd be good but I don't think many of us thought he'd be so composed. I expected a lot more mistakes. Nico is going to be truly special, imo. And as long as our program has suffered, I'm excited that he gives us a chance to genuinely be back.
We would have lost if Milton started. My fellow vol fans will point to stats and say no but we simply can not run our real offense with Milton and he crumbled against every decent defense that we played. Iowa would have gotten two interceptions at least and momentum would have been destroyed. I've told everyone this entire year that Nico was a big upgrade over Milton as soon as he stepped foot onto our campus. Now people know. He just has that magic "it" factor. Iowa's defense is legit though.They would have eaten Milton alive.
Hawks sacked him all game and he still showed he could ball so that was impressive it was a good game Iowa just needs a offense and they could be super deadly good game
Nico's quick release is sick. He's a pretty fast twitch athlete for a QB.. had no clue he was that fast in the open field and man he has some elite foot work in the pocket. He gonna be really really good.
Watched Nico play at Warren high school in Downey, California. He can sling it and is very accurate. If he gets an o-line, Tennessee will be hard to beat.
That was our backups, only 2 starters played and they were in the middle, the left tackle in this game was a starter as well, but has had several internal issues all year and he has since been asked to hit the portal
Okay. Today was the first time I found your page. There are several Vol pages that talk Vols, but I love that you talk with what seems like knowledge of player positions, expectations of plays, and good unbias evaluation of players. It is like being in a real film room with coaches. I have subscribed to your page and look forward to your future posts.
Thank you Dee! I appreciate this. What would you like to see in the future? Here are all of my breakdowns from this season in a handy playlist! - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2ZxGUP-0OYM.html
Really appreciate this breakdown! It's so helpful for a lot of us to understand what's really going on in a play. I will say regarding OL... we had several starters out which may explain how often they were beat. Also, as great as Samson is as a runner, he was responsible for 1 maybe 2 sacks all on his own. It's the one thing he's got to get better at. As for Nico.... I would've loved to have seen a better passing stat line but 2 things on that... 1, it really did seem we were fairly conservative playcalling wise despite some aspects like throwing the middle finally opening up (understandable given pass pro and other issues as well as how good Iowa's defense has been all year) and 2. with the WRs we had out even if pass pro hadn't been an issue it's a big ask for an inexperienced QB to post eye popping stats with largely inexperienced WRs. The two things that shocked me most (in a good way) about Nico's performance were 1. how calm he was - nothing rattled him AND 2. how fast he was. I'd seen his arm before but those things really stood out given the scenario.
@@powerhoursec I love Sampson and think he has the potential to be truly great. And to be fair he had some great blocks past the line but those interior disruptions (when he's running up the middle on a passing play and needs to disrupt the guy coming through) get him every time. Spencer Riley (center for the 98 team) talked about how Jamal Lewis wasn't very good at pass pro/blocking at first and how we worked with him on that. We need to do that with Sampson.
My opinion on "running up the score" has always been that it is the opponents job to stop you. If the opponent can't then so be it. Georgia beat FSU by 60 and i haven't heard anything about them running up the score. Same when Tennessee got beat by 29 by mizsou. It is not the offenses job to stop the offense
@@powerhoursec fair enough, though I think explosive in terms of run game is subjective. I thought Tennessee’s backs did a great job reading their keys, making first level miss and mostly ran at will against a top 10 defense, and that was without a few key OL starters that opted out.
Thanks for the UT love brother. Great analysis and great job with the personal biased views. Wrll balanced opinion and fact. More educated fans make for better sport. All around a really good job man.
I’d like to see more of what you’ve done. As a basketball player I never played football so having you explain what happened to make or break a play is very interesting. So and so missed a block and coach called a bad call… ect. Key plays. 🟧⬜️🟧⬜️🏈
We had our best quarterback on the field in the bowl game Nico is Head and Shoulders better than Joe I'm so glad I'll never see Joe in another Orange Jersey
Amen. Milton plats like he's stoned out of his mind and could care less about actually winning. He could throw a game flipping interception and be on the sidelines just smiling and laughing. I never saw any real desire to win at all costs from him. Zero dawg. Looks like Tarzan played like jane. Nico has that dawg in him and much better football IQ and instincts.
@@powerhoursec his awareness and accuracy is insane, especially for a true freshman. He hit one receiver in the hands on the sidelines in a dead Sprint who was completely covered. That window must have only been 2 ft by 2 ft. Add another 30 yd pass that would have hit Romel Keaton in stride in the hands, who was also covered, had he not pulled up at the end of his route. I didn't see an off pass from the kid all night. You recall any other true freshman in their first start rush for three touchdowns and throw for another versus a top 10 defense?
Sampson was supposed to chip that LB on the screen and he would have had a TD. His lack of passport and blocking left him on the bench against the Gators
Thing about a great Qb they don't need a great line because Nico can scramble Turn a mistake into a huge mistake for the other team. We just need a good Oline. Better receivers, ones that can get open at will and can catch the easy balls in their hands. A missed opportunity changes the game you might not get another opportunity. When it's your opportunity be ready for it!!!!!! Practice on things you need to. drop balls can be fixed if you practice. No excuse for it. Wish we had a good fast back that can run catch and block. If you can't block you might get our Qb hurt. Very happy with Nico he will only get better if he doesn't get hurt. He runs a good way so he won't get hurt. He decides his direction and they have to follow he decides his hits not have them decided on him. They have to take what he gives them. That is good!!!! Could be more accurate to be a Tom Brady. He could be a Tom Brady but better. It's up to him!!!!!
He's not tom brady probably but he could definitely be a jayden daniels type of college talent. But who knows his skillset has no limits imo. To be the GOAT you got to be obsessed with obtaining perfection though. We will see.
UT will be better in 24. Better WRs, OL, DBs plus the young players like Nico and the RBs will have another offseason to get ready. 10-2 and in the playoffs.
I liked Nico's progression (IMO better than Joe Miltons for sure). But ...he has to act just a little earlier. Hooker would act once he saw an opening immediately. I mean watching Nico and Hooker. Hooker was just faster at acting (agreeing that Nico is still a young freshman). I think Nico will get faster. Hooker in his progression when he saw the first opening he would just hit it. Nico it seems is trying to go through his entire progression (probably coached that way).
@@powerhoursec Age and experience. But I was trying to address the hysteria about Nico being heisman, 1st round draft choice on and on. I definately like him and think he may in fact be all of that. But as you said he's young yet
@@powerhoursecthat play where he escaped pressure and ran to the right and hit the receiver on the sideline..I also like that Lil play where he stiff armed that dude he only got about 7 yards but i like it lol this boy wants it bad that's a bit of a negative too tho because he holds on to the ball when he should throw it away but he does it because he knows if he can just get a little space he can make somthing happen..loving nico tho I think we will be pretty decent this year tho if our o line can show up wel be pretty good
That's cause the O-line was patches together, only 2 starters. They had trouble protecting him, he was sacked 6 times. Because of that he only threw 19 times and they ran the ball 54 times. When they get the O-line in a good place and he has time he's gonna shine
@@powerhoursec I’d be surprised if he replies; lots of drive-by haters in Tennessee comments, specifically as it relates to Nico. Make of that what you will…
@@RobinOfOhara yes they are run first, but it's typically like 55-60% run. They ran it 74% this game cause the pass blocking wasn't great. Nico got sacked 6 times in 25 drop backs.
@tappedin185 Milton graduated, and Nicole hasn't even played a game in the SEC yet. The only qualifier for you're comment, is that Beck and the DAWGs whipped the Vowels ass again last year!! LOL!! I don't blame you for being Wishful though.
@@bryanmcleod9346 yeah except it’s true and the point still stands they were pruitts guys not sure why you’re acting like coaches and recruiting aren’t a big part of how the team performs , anyways I’m glad you enjoyed your 3 years but you’re not a good enough program to keep it up so it’s on its way out already , you’re pointless dribble didn’t tell me anything except that you’re a Georgia fan yikes.
They're going to have to build a good offensive line around him because a couple of good hits and he's gone for the year 🧐 at least he has great field IQ 🥸
I think the gameplan was always going to be run heavy against a defense like Iowa. They gave Nico good opportunities and he delivered pretty well. I do think if Keaton would have kept running it would have been there for him to catch it. The real question is would he have caught it?
