When it comes to Dobbs WTF!!!
I mean why is nobody talking about this kid?! He is AMAZING!!!
Great footwork, Great field vision, Great throwing mechanics, Very poised, nice arm with very nice velocity on his passes, and man is he freaking elusive!
He also seems to be a well spoken and nice young man too.
What am I missing on this guy for him to be so little talked about?
This guy easily earns a first round grade from the video I just watched of him against Florida Gators. If we could draft him at 33 it would be the steal of the draft IMHO.
I'm a Tennessee fan so I have had the privilege to watch every snap of Joshua Dobbs' career. The only real knock against him as a pro prospect is that he's INCONSISTENT. If you catch him on the wrong night like against Appalachian State on the opening night of the college football season this past year or against South Carolina in the middle of the season, then you will see a guy who looks like he should not be drafted as a QB at all. And as you said if you catch him on the right day like against Florida or Nebraska you will see a guy who looks like he should be a 1st round pick. The thing about Dobbs is that he's rarely ever average. He's either spectacular and puts the entire Tennessee program on his shoulders or he's terrible.
The positive here is that as his career has progressed, he has became more consistent. He's improved each and every year and finished his senior season in 2016 just 12 yards short of breaking Peyton Manning's school record for total yards of offense. Overall for the season he led the SEC in QB rating, total TDs, and passing TDs. During conference play he also led the SEC in total yards and yards per pass attempt. Although Jalen Hurts won SEC Offensive Player of the Year (based largely on his team's success). In terms of pure numbers Dobbs was the best offensive player in the SEC for the 2016 season.
Inconsistency as a passer is really the only knock against him as a pro prospect because in terms of measurables and intangibles he's got it all. He's tall at a legit 6'3". Maybe even closer to 6'4". He's a solid 210-215 lbs. He has a strong arm that can make all the throws. And he is easily the most athletic QB coming out this year. Not only does he have very good straight line speed (I'm guessing he'll probably run in the 4.5 range at the combine) but he's also got that innate elusiveness in the pocket to evade sacks like Russell Wilson. And in the open field he's very slippery when it comes to breaking tackles. In some games he looks more like a RB than a QB in the open field as he runs over DBs or runs by LBs. In terms of intangibles, he has everything you could ask for. He's extremely smart. He majored in Aeronautical Engineering at Tennessee while also being the starting QB. And beyond the classroom and football field, he was a community leader in the city of Knoxville. There are countless stories of him helping kids and people. You won't find anyone at the University of Tennessee or the city of Knoxville that will have a single bad word to say about this kid as a person off the field.
Taking all of this in, I believe there is a good chance he can be the Dak Precott of this class. His inconsistency can be improved with better coaching. I think everyone who follows college football knows that Butch Jones is a terrible head coach. In addition for the last 2 years Dobbs hasn't even had a QB coach on the staff. For some reason Butch Jones felt a grad assistant was sufficient instead. While the Tennessee football team is talented in general, they have been really bad along the offensive line for the last 3 years of Dobbs tenure. In many ways they have been the worst offensive line in the SEC for the last 3 years but yet Dobbs has found a way to make it work and make Tennessee one of the most explosive offenses in the SEC. Someone is gonna draft this kid in the mid-to-late rounds and I believe they will get an absolute steal. He's in many ways a taller more athletic Deshaun Watson without the hype.