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ESPN Wrter's take on Joshua Dobbs and the Vols' slow starts

dagley07

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Joshua Dobbs' biggest asset is also his biggest problem. That'd be his brain. The much-lauded engineering ace is so smart he appears to be a victim of paralysis by analysis, particularly in the first half when the game is moving slower. He goes through progressions slowly and there's a methodical speed in his throws, even just throwing it out of bounds, that creates trouble. But the clock gets tighter and the game speeds up, he's forced to make those decisions faster and makes them better. See: those four double-digit second-half comebacks.

"There's no reason why he can't be as dynamic as the guys you are going to see later tonight," former Georgia coach Vince Dooley told me at halftime, speaking of Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson. "But I don't think we've ever seen him do that for four straight quarters. If he could be as good as he is late in games for 60 minutes it would really be scary." Moments after the game ended on the Dobbs Hail Mary to Jauan Jennings I was sprinting to my truck so I could bolt for Clemson before the stunned UGA fans started trudging toward their vehicles. I ran into Dooley in the concourse. "See?" said the man who has seen it all. "Scary."

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