Pruitts Monday Presser Notes

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>Florida is playing as good as anyone offensively. Trask has done a phenomenal job. We're familiar with him. They have probably the best TE in the country in Kyle Pitts. Nobody has been able to slow him down. He's done a tremendous job blocking as well as receiving.

>It will be a huge challenge for us and our guys are excited about playing this game. We've not had any new covid positives from our last testing. We do have some guys in quarantine that won't be able to practice this week but will be available on Saturday.

>There's more points being scored more now than ever, especially in this league. It used to be a defensive focused league but you can see it changing the last few years. You have to be able to score points. With a 10 game SEC schedule, the teams that are more explosive on offense have created advantages for themselves.

>I can assure you, we want to score every possession. It's not our plan to go out there and score 17 points.

>Dan Mullen has always done a really good job as a play caller. Right now they're efficient running and throwing the football. He's always mixed it up well. Now they're throwing it more than they probably ever have because he has a good quarterback. He's playing to his strengths.

>We've had three off weeks in the last five weeks so it's been an opportunity for younger guys to take reps. Also a lot of guys have been in an out of the lineup. It's important to create some consistency. This past week has been different than the last couple because we've had a lot of guys out of practice.

>We've had two guys test positive dating back to after Auburn, but with contract tracing that number has grown quite a bit. They'll start coming back toward the end of this week. We're probably at about 16 guys out right now, where it was 40-50 during camp.

>We do COVID tests on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.

>Trask has more experience this year and has done a nice job getting the ball to his playmakers. He's made good decisions and can extend plays.

>One quarterback has been affected by covid/contract tracing. We can't say exactly who.

>We had a walk through on Saturday and didn't practice Sunday.

>Our freshman class, we have a lot of really good football players. As the season has gone you've seen more and more of them play.

>We're excited to be back in Neyland. It's a huge advantage for us to be back at home

>Pitts is the most talented guy we've played against in my years of coaching. He's a complete football player, who is playing as well as anyone in the conference.

>The issue with Bailey isn't the playbook. It's more about opportunities and getting live opportunities. He's had more and more of that as the season has progressed. He works hard every single day and is developing more leadership around his teammates. He continues to do what we ask him to do.

>The secondary, we have guys that have pushed through the entire year. Some of it has been from the start and stop. Whoever we've got Saturday, they'll go out and play to the best of their ability.

>During these practices with no game, we've been able to create some depth. We've treated them like fall camps and it's been good for a lot of young players.

>Cimaglia had an injury in June and he's been working his way through it. When he's healthy he's one of the best players in the country at that position.

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