The disrespect for Justin Fields is amazing. The man played 2 bad games and that drops him under Wilson?!?!? Get out of here bruh

He is not an Nick Saban assistant and he came from a winning program. He will do well. Just be patient.

Dude has loss more games every year he has been a head coach

lol omg tn is done.

I'm a clemson fan and ohio state fans rlly thought they were gonna win it all😂😂

I remember all the non bama fans used to say that bama was boring because of their dominant defense every year. Can’t really say that now.

Crazy to think anyone would take this job. It’s a recipe for utter failure unless you have a 10 year contract.

Mizzou is the best

Ucf is a better job than UT there the largest university in the country in a major recruiting state and in a big city I would be shocked if Ucf wasn’t a power five team come next realignment and they’ve gotten closer to a natty than UT in the last decade kinda sorta winning one in 2017 Edit: and I forgot UT got sanctions 😭😭😭

The goat

The problem at Tennessee is the rogue boosters paying recruits to sign. Until they disassociate the boosters from the program nothing will change. PS. Look for the NCAA to be sniffing around UCF next.

I might be done listening to Keyshawn after this statement about Tyreek not dropping for off the field but because of size. Like foo he punched his pregnant gf in the stomach??? Being 5’9 & running a 4.1 doesn’t drop you in the draft stupid

Low is a joke

Let Justin. Fall to my Lions. He will be best quarterback on the board. At 7th pick after Trevor.

DeVonta Smith takes a lot of big hits, so durability could be an issue.

McKenzie Milton is on his way .... there’s your QB

He transfered to Florida State.

Heupel could've been the best one available that would come to ut.

He addressed the importance of the "locker room." I've long felt that Tennessee's problems were coming from dissassociation and a lack of togetherness (60%)! 20% from administrative incompitence, and 20% from bad coaching. Pruitt cant coach unless he has the very best players. He doesn't/didn't develop players! We'll see what happens!

He had the top G5 program off an undefeated season and 1 of the best QBs and he's only made that program worse. But somehow he's ready for a bigger program with tougher recruiting? They'll be doing this again in 3 years.

Well IDK. Tennessee will put up 40 PPG but the defense will give up 35 PPG

Remember when Mitch went over deshaun? Yeah me too

Heupel was getting worse and worse at UCF after being handed the keys to an undefeated program and the top G5 program with one of the best QBs in CFB. He just hasn't done anything but make them worse so what's he shown to handle a bigger program in more difficult recruiting environments.

I hope the Lions get a first rounder for Stafford. Draft Fields and get an offensive lineman with the other pick.

Tennessee fans need to TEMPORARILY lower their SHORT TERM expectations. Tennessee needs to get to being a decent team before they start luring Big Fish type players. Then they can be a good team. Build some depth , then they can talk about being a great team. It will take time. But ALL OF US UT FANS EXPECT TO SEE CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT. That is NOT an unrealistic expectation. No , this wasn't a splash hire. Yes , I have some questions I'd love to know the answer to about other candidates and who.was and wasn't contacted. But - as Tennessee fans - we just have to hope for the best. He HONESTLY can't do worse than Ole' Cornbread.

TN shouldn't even worry about wins and losses for the next two years. They should worry about running a clean program and re-establishing recruiting contacts.

Saban is the best. Just to add another twist, another famous person came from the same area where Saban grew up. A small little lady named Mary Lou Retton.

Fields will be a bust

So, they have hired a coach who took over a group of five team three years ago and that team has proceeded to post a worse record with each year of his time there. Ohhhhh Vols, you do make me laugh. Roll Tide Roll

So, they have hired a coach who took over a group of five team three years ago and that team has proceeded to post a worse record with each year of his time there. Ohhhhh Vols, you do make me laugh. Roll Tide Roll

Why don't talk takld about Chad Wheeler how he beat his black girlfriend,

Roasted McElroy

Tbh as a Vols fan idk what to make of this hire. Just need to wait and see what happens I guess.

The Greatest!!!! Roll Tide Roll!!!!

None of these guys better than Mac jokes. Dude was perfect all year long

He also had the best play caller in the game the best head coach of all time two top ten picks at WR a 1st rounder at RB and the best offensive line possibly of all time

The upcoming NCAA sanctions scared everyone away. If he can't get to 7 wins by year 3 I think he'll be gone, especially with half the fan base not on board with the hire.

@Randy Jordan lmao

So, same old same old.

Definitely will improve on Offense. Curious how the Defense will look

group of 5 coach to the sec lol. i hope ur right.

We definitely have to get a good DC.

Same as Texas in Austin. They got turned down by 6 head coaches before landing on Sark. Then he got turned down by 6 defensive coordinators before landing on whoever they got.

Lmfao. Heupel you idiot. First time ive seen someone throw thier career away. Noone in thier right mind would go to Tenn right now.

Jeff Saturday is the best person on ESPN

Face it, we were a five looking for a ten. Any Tennessee fan who can’t admit that is delusional. At one point we were the hot popular girl in school, now we are the divorcee with three kids and fading looks.

all because the morons at tennessee.

perfect analogy

naaaah, no one ever married Tennessee, they just knocked her up and bolted.

@Samuel ditto, great analogy on your part. you could've added no child support, paying alimony to her former husband and having her wages garnished for prior violations.

Great analogy

Roll mf'n tide

all a fan wants is hope

Coach G.O.A.T saban

As a Ucf fan I'm glad Hes gone....

@Magic Sam 6-4 during an unpredictable season? 😆

22trem all good, you guys enjoy Heup! We all wish him nothing but the best and are grateful for the opportunity for a fresh start

Diesel 80 it’s the trend downward for us, esp how we lost. But as a fan base we are overall glad to see him go & wish him the best. This is a HUGE constellation prize for stealing our beloved AD. Thank you Tennessee

Matt Baines Guess that’s the difference between UT and UCF

Preston McKinney trust weve had had bad seasons,. I’ve been UCF since the O’Leary years BEFORE we won the fiesta bowl with Bortles. Heup was just not it for us. He has zero emotion, or maybe he just didn’t care to be @ UCF. Either way I’m elated to see him go and wish him the best

As a stat fine I hope Wilson goes before him much better qb. In a better system as well. I hope fields comes back

If any of these drop to outside the top 10 the Packers need to trade up for them. Fact!!

Of course they got a lot of "NO F'N Way" from coaches!!!!!!!

If I’m Justin I don’t care I hope I fall to the patriots

It's going to take a good coach and coaching staff many yrs to get Tennessee good again. I wish them all the luck. I believe they were better off with Pruitt and maybe 2 or 3 more yrs.

Stricklind took Dan Mullin away from Miss State to Florida. How short are peoples memories ????

Thank god he’s gone. UCF will be better without him

Agree

About the best UT could do under the circumstances with Probation around the corner and scholarship reductions for at 3 years. No name coach wants to inherit that situation.

Titans

8:12

Interesting

Cronyism at its finest 🤷‍♂️😏

@LaCrux Not when White was turned down by numerous other candidates. Eventually, you hire a guy you know.

@Terry Williams What do you mean bad take? What Danny White did is the text book definition of cronyism. Lol

This is a bad take. Be best

Tennessee is the 2020 of college football teams

@ScootMagoot46 Texas at least finished in the top 10 only a couple of years ago, and their program isn't facing sanctions. Last time Tennessee finished in the top 10 was *checks notes* TWO DECADES ago. If Texas is a dumpster fire, Tennessee is a freaking landfill fire lol

Don’t forge the dumpster fire in Austin. About 6 head coaches turned them down. And then 6 defensive coordinators turned them down. Lol

Just wasn’t our year

I think Mel is smoking something

Heupel inherited an undefeated team and made it mediocre. Same old Tennessee coaching hires

@Renegade80 Nah. If anything he just landed financial security for the rest of his life. Even if he gets canned down the road, he'll get a buyout. UCF type of jobs will always be there to go back to.

@Renegade80 if anything he made it better cuz now he is gonna be a bigger name but is gonna be terrible

Yup and heupel just threw away his career.

Agree

Yes. Sadly

I think he fall all the way to the second round

Why would the jets pass on Sewell? 🤨 even if Darnold isn’t the guy which i think he’s a good QB you’ll have Becton and Sewell on the same line. That’s scary

Tennessee will still never be elite. They better be grateful if they get to 8-4

will never? They have been though.

They are going to talk Positive. But the fact is Huepel took over a team that was undefeated. Last 2 Years his teams record has gone down. He was winning with Scott Frost Players. Tennessee will be looking to make a change in 3 Years.

Remember, this is TENNESSEE!

Will he help Tennessee because they have talent

WELCOME BACK SAGE! HI MEL KIPER!

It is weird how year in and year out this guy comes out of left field with these qb's that for the most part don't pan out. It is equally weird that is generally only happens when the higher QB is darker.

First let me start by saying, i think zach wilson will be better then fields & lawrence but mcshay really needs 2 lay off on the high praise on an individual player cuz mcshay is the same nfl analyst (which 95% were) that said charlie tuna i mean charlie tua was this can’t miss “generational talent” that was MILES & MILES better then herbert (which i NEVER believed & said herbert had every physical tool & mental tool & a higher ceiling then tua & miami would regret their decision)....i am convinced miami caved 2 the peer pressure that tua was a can’t miss star....mark my words tua will be out of miami by the end of year 3.....bama made tua...btw, how did a guy by the name of mac jones do in replacing tua in his first season as a starter at bama....somebody remind me...oh yeah he won the national championship & was a finalist as a heisman & won top college qb this past season so was it really tua as a “generational talent” or is it just the bama system....a generational talent make guys around them better, they don’t need excuses....i have NEVER seen a player get soooo many excuses as 2 why he was terrible as i’ve seen with tua & that will end next year after the dolphins enjoy a losing season after coming off their surprising season this year

Zach Wilson is Trubisky. One good yr, small school, no competition

Wilson is way better on film than Trubisky was.

@William Santiago he has the best O-line in that weak conference with terrible defenses throwing to open receivers. And his other previous years he was terrible 2020 is his only good year.

I think he will be a bit better but still overrated not better than Fields. People talk about how advanced his passing is because he looks off safeties and goes through progressions well but that’s not really the case his big play are usually busted plays where the other team just leaves someone open and it’s not like he’s looking off good safeties

Fax he overrated

Why do they keep asking this dumb BS about why he picked Zach Wilson over Justin?...they keep forcing this guy down our throats to make us believe he's that good. Justin will be a star....just watch..

Oh yeah he will be a star just like all those other Ohio state qbs. 😂😂😂😂😂

@Kendrick McMichael I agree he's a play maker

@Jay Brown 😂😂😂😂

If Justin fields can go to a team like the falcons or panthers he will most definitely succeed

@Motivated T ..he should be working at K-mart...him and Todd Mcshaybutter🤣🤣

Mac jones is not a first round quarterback. Please remind me which early first round pick qb has had success lately besides Mahomes? Wentz, trubisky, Goff, etc not really sure about this many QBs

Herbert if he didn’t have a defense play like trash and Josh Allen and Mayfield were both top 10 picks and improved a lot but they both need to play more consistently for me to be sold on them

Peyton Manning Dan marino Andrew Luck

Fields will be a bust.

But fields will be like winston,bridgewater, haskins,cam they're not good enough for ten yrs why waste money

Mel’s trippin smh. There’s no way those wr’s go 2-3.

How is Elijah Moore not in the 1st round?

Mel Kiper had Trubisky over Mahomes and Watson And even Worst Kizer over Mahomes 😂😂

It's wild that they're even considering Wilson over Justin Field. Blasphemous

STOP drafting QBs in first Rd

This aint fantasy football

bad take

Well they are cheaper than signing FAs and sure there are tons of misses but you still got players like Watson and Mahomes from 2017 only Trubisky was trash and in 2018 Lamar was great pick at 32 and Allen and Mayfield look like they are both going to be good for a while

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I think Zach Wilson will be the most successful QB out of this draft just bcoz of his off platform throws which reminds me of Mahomes and Rodgers

I want him in ATL so bad

Baltimore needs to trade up inna draft and take one😭

Every year they try to destroy a BLACK player to lower his value. Been going on a long time. The media need to STFU. Has he McShay played QB? No only a scout-team quarterback.

No one does less with more than Texas.