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Originally Posted by ActiveShooter
Do you realize Bray was held back by inferior coaching? Bray succeeded despite a horrible coaching staff. His phone started ringing off the hook the second the draft was over. Miami and Kc both were bidding for him. He was projected as a 2nd or 3rd round pick by most all draft "experts". Bray was knocked hard for coming out after his true junior year and Gruden gave him a hard time about it in a horrible interview (Bray's Fault) that destroyed his stock. With Tennessee running the read option under new coach Butch Jones and having a considerable lack of talent for an SEC team, his decision to bail was understandable. However at draft time it was still being viewed as a mistake.
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His offensive coordinator throughout his college career was Jim Chaney, who is highly regarded both in college and the NFL both as a playcaller and developer of QBs/offense. Chaney was one of the leaders in the spread offense invasion of the college ranks, working at Purdue with Joe Tiller and coaching Drew Brees throughout his college career.
Chaney was highly sought after following the hiring of Jones/his release from Tennessee and eventually signed a huge deal with Arkansas.
The head coaching at Tennessee might have been shitty when Bray was there, but Bray's offense was coordinated by one of the best.
Bray is tall and has a big arm. He has some potential. But he has a LOT of work to do to come close to reaching it.