Hokies released the following depth chart
#Hokies Week 14 Depth Chart vs. Virginia pic.twitter.com/llXWg6oFSC— Kolby Crawford (@kolby_crawford) November 26, 2024
Shows Drones and Schlee as QB1/QB2
But then we get this from Andy Bitter
Quarterbacks Kyron Drones and Collin Schlee are both questionable for UVa this week.Pop Watson is getting first-team snaps today, and freshman Davi Belfort is being prepped just in case.That and more from today's #Hokies presser: https://t.co/HWkfdrmTvS— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) November 26, 2024
No Kyron Drones, Collin Schlee or Malachi Thomas at the periods of #Hokies practice open to media today. Not surprising, necessarily, given their injuries.Da'Quan Felton wasn't in blue, but he wasn't going through individual drills either. Still padded up for practice, though.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) November 26, 2024
These two things definitely don't jive.
One thing is for sure, I wish we had 21 more starters like Tuten
RB Bhayshul Tuten on his ankle and motivation to keep pushing to play this year: "I've got time to heal after the season." #Hokies— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) November 26, 2024
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I hope the off-season starts later than this weekend.
Sad part is Felton has dropped or missed more balls than caught this season.
"Butterfingers"
Happy to revise if he catches more than he drops vs UVa.
Yea, I don't see Schlee or Drones playing this weekend. We'll see if Pop has what it takes.
It's been such a weird and disappointing year in which there are so many different issues resulted in a 5-6 season. The injuries have also played a sizeable role in the outcome of the games. I don't know how many games people would project VT winning with Drones on the sidelines; Tuten on the sidelines; or both.
I think we're more likely to see Drones than Schlee based on how Schlee looked even before his likely
concussionshoulder injury. Pop and Tuten should be able to beat UVA. I think the game boils down to getting after colander. Hopefully the DBs can play up to UVAs meager receiving corps.Even without the injuries we are looking at 7-4 right now at best, but I'm not convinced we wouldn't have dropped a game to either 'Cuse or Duke with a healthy roster. I think the regression or stagnation from the returning players make this a disappointing season no matter the record. Let the young guys and the Tuten's play and if they aren't enough to beat UVA then I think it becomes clear to even the casual fans that a major change needs to happen.
I don't believe Schlee was being treated for a concussion. Everything I have seen says it was for his shoulder that he landed on. As he was heading to the tunnel you could tell that shoulder was heavily wrapped.
That's better for him long-term. The way I remember his head hitting the ground on that play didn't look pretty. I saw him covering his head with the sideline jacket on the way back to the locker room and figured he was having concussion symptoms, I didn't notice the shoulder wrap.
That's what I thought that it appeared his one shoulder was humped up like it was wrapped in an ice pack.
Glad I'm not the only one that thought this.
I think without injuries, 7-4 was the floor.
The six losses were by an average of 5.66 points.
Vandy: We don't give them an extra 5 yards on the FG attempt in the 3rd, he might not have made it or they would have punted, that would be a W
Rutgers: We hold Rutgers to a FG instead of a TD in the 3rd, that's a W
Miami: Charlotte doesn't call in the result, that's a W
Syracuse: Defense makes a stand on the 3rd and 1 in the 4th. that's a W
Duke: Hold on the 3rd and 13, that's a W
Defense makes 5 more stops and we are, at worst, 9-2 (6-1) right now sitting at 3rd in the ACC, with a chance to go to 2nd if Cal could upend SMU.
Agreed
That paints a pretty good picture of this team's deficiencies.
Double zero's.
I wish we had more dudes like Tuten, period.
Next man up. Teach pop how to adjust the line as uva will blitz early and often. Roll him out with the ball and stop dropping him straight back in the pocket. If Felton can't go, put someone in that can catch the damn ball and get separation. Offensive line needs a shakeup, grade them out and move someone else in. It isn't working, so mix it up.
Coaching, maybe we get someone who can call a fucking game. Tell pry to go up in the booth and doodle on his notepad
Pop already seems pretty fast at getting rid of the ball.
It's pretty clear he's been briefed on the reality of being a VT QB this year. Hanging on to the ball too long = sack.
That GT game cost us so much...
IMHO this staff really missed a chance not preparing Watson to be the starter for Duke. 2 weeks to install him in and tailor the offense for his play. I told a few people that I wished this was going to happen but I want holding my breathe. This isn't a big league staff and that'd be a big league staff move.
By all accounts drones is either gone or done. Schlee is gone no matter what. Should've ran with Pop and seen what he had. If he blew it big time you put Schlee in to limp through the rest of that game.
Even if drones comes back next year. He needs some serious competition because he regressed significantly this year.
Drones needs to spend less time around the Sanders and more time actually working on being a QB.
In Pry's press conference, he said "we are prepping four quarterbacks this week". That statement is probably technically truthful, but you can read between the lines. Drones is not taking reps at all. Schlee is likely not either - Pry did say no concussion, but also said he has been fighting multiple injuries for several weeks. Nobody can give meaningful reps to 4 QBs. And you don't rep 4 if #1 and #2 are planning on going. I think this is Pop's show and Davi is backup with Schlee or maybe even Jaylin Lane as emergency QB.
What did Madden say about having 4 QBs?
Boom! Tough actin' Tinactin!
My favorite John Madden call - maybe my favorite anybody call - was about Bill Parcells when the Giants went for it on 4th down in the playoffs, Phil Simms was hurt and Hostetler throws a pass to Bob Mrosko for the first. Vague memory of something like this:
Let me tell you something, as a former coach, I know. Any time you go for it on 4th down in the National Football League, as a head coach, it takes guts. But when you decide to go for it on 4th and 4 in the NFC Divisional Playoffs and you call a play that has your backup quarterback throwing the ball to a guy name Mrosko, man, that's just a whole heap of guts.
I love how Madden and Summerall pranked on themselves in the movie The Replacements.