Florida-Tennesee Reaction

by Dave Gardner on Sep 21, 2008 12:35 PM EDT

The Gators continued their four-year dominance over Tennessee Saturday. The Gators have outscored the Volunteers 89-26 in their last two contests, and the road to the SEC East Championship seems a little clearer now.

Here's the top and bottom prospect from each team:

Eric Berry, CB, Tennesee -- Top

The junior corner will have to consider entering the NFL Draft if he continues to play like he did Saturday. A physical corner, Berry was the only player on Tennesee who consistently demonstrated form tackling. He also showed good speed and awareness, keeping up with Florida's quick wide receivers.

Jon Crompton, QB, Tennesee -- Bottom

There was quite a bit of enthusiasm surrounding Crompton this offseason because he has a much stronger arm than his predecessor, Erik Ainge. However, that's about as far as his skills extend. Crompton looked terrible against a fairly vanilla Gators' defense on Saturday. He luckily escaped with just one interception. His arm is great, but his head isn't. He throws into coverage constantly and doesn't seem to understand how to read the position of the safeties especially.

Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida -- Top

Spikes is a speedy and disciplined mike linebacker. He sees the play develop before the rest of the defense, and he is always around the ball carrier at the end of the play. He shows good ability and coverage, and he is even better at collapsing the pocket on blitzes. He is looking more and more like a first day pick.

Tim Tebow, QB, Florida -- Bottom

The Heisman Trophy winner wasn't terrible on Saturday, he just wasn't, well, Tebow. His touch on the deep ball is legendary, but his intermediate passing game still needs quite a bit of work. He was inaccurate on almost any short throw that wasn't directly in front of him today. On the other side of the coin, Tebow is learning how to read a defense, and that makes him more dangerous than he was last year. He'll need to put up better numbers in the future if he wants to defend his trophy against the likes of Moreno and Daniel.

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Brandon James?!

Wih the value of dynamic kick returners on the rise, shouldn’t he get more love? He can be Darren Sproles and we’ve all seen how valuable that can be in the NFL.

P.S.: Remember back when I said Cutler would be a Top 5 QB this year and no one cared? That was fun…

Here we go again: http://thefulldeck.blogspot.com/

by ejruiz on Sep 22, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions

James

Brandon James is a dynamic player, but not the top prospect from Florida. It’s not even close.

www.newerascouting.com www.mockingthedraft.com

by MattMiller on Sep 23, 2008 12:32 PM EDT reply actions

You're Right.

I’m an idiot. I guess I was just asking for a third category, kinda like a Sleeper Pick or something like that.

Here we go again: http://thefulldeck.blogspot.com/

by ejruiz on Sep 23, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Berry

is not a Junior. He’s only a Sophomore and will be the best defensive back to go in the draft if he declares after the 2010 season. He has mentioned in the past that he wants to stay all 4 years though. He has the potential to be the Peyton of the defense.

by BlueVol03 on Sep 23, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions