The post made its way onto the University of Tennessee's 247Sports.com website around 4:49 p.m. Saturday, just after junior quarterback Quinten Dormady tossed his second touchdown pass of the Orange and White game.
Wrote the fan concerning the tall Texan: "Dude can throw the football. Amazing what accuracy does for our receivers."
Maybe that observation was a cheap shot aimed at 2016 quarterback Josh Dobbs, and maybe it wasn't. And even if it was meant to disparage a young man who did far more for Volunteers football than it did for him, that doesn't mean there wasn't some truth in the fan's words.
On accuracy and, pardon the word, catchability, Dobbs never was going to make anyone forget Peyton Manning. Dobbs was a Swiss Army knife kind of quarterback. He had 100 different tools - most noticeably his brain and legs - to get the job done.
But one also could argue that Team 121's biggest strength this coming season may be its receivers, everyone from the potential All-American Jauan Jennings to the glue-fingered Josh Smith to Tyler Byrd to the tight end brothers Wolf (Eli and Ethan). Throw in wideouts Marquez Callaway and Brandon Johnson and this could be what makes Tennessee a contender rather than a pretender in the Southeastern Conference's East Division.
But as with all receivers, they're only a threat if they have a quarterback to get them the ball both on time and where they prefer to catch it.
For example, in the much-hyped halftime Quarterback Challenge on Saturday, the Vols' five quarterbacks - Dormady, Jarrett Guarantano, Sheriron Jones, Zac Jancek and Will McBride - were asked to mimic the 43-yard Hail Mary that Dobbs completed to Jennings last season at Georgia that made UT a 34-31 winner instead of the 31-28 loser it seemed certain to become.
(Side note to 247 poster: Dobbs showed some pretty fair accuracy on that throw, didn't he?)
Anyway, the Vols brass spared no expense on this one. They had a printing company create a life-sized cutout of Jennings going up to make the grab. Standing where Dobbs stood that day, 43 yards from victory, all five QBs took their shot to hit the two-dimensional Jennings in the end zone.
Full disclosure: Dormady admitted afterward to having at least a slight advantage over the others.
"I'm doing my internship at the print shop where they made that (cutout)," he said. "It actually got done yesterday (Friday)."
Maybe that gave him an edge or maybe not, but of the five quarterbacks, only Dormady and McBride struck the target and only Dormady put the ball high, where Jennings could easily have come down with it. Of course, Jennings being Jennings, he probably could have caught it with his knees, if necessary, which seemed to be about where McBride's pass struck the cutout.
This doesn't mean Guarantano, whose live arm and fleet feet eerily remind one of Dobbs' underrated skill set, automatically should be relegated to backup. Moreover, as befitting someone from New Jersey, there is an East Coast swagger about Guarantano that shrieks of the kind of swashbuckling leader a football team so often rallies around.
A single example of that confidence: Asked about the quarterback competition, Jersey Boy replied, "I just smile. I know it's just a joke, just a game."
There is no question that the real games will in no way resemble the joke that took place atop Neyland Stadium's beautiful grass field Saturday. Beginning with Georgia Tech on Sept. 4 inside Atlanta's new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the action will come fast and furious. What appears to be a quite solid Vols offensive line will be tested early and often.
But the very fact that the opener comes against run-oriented Tech is reason to start Dormady unless Guarantano proves noticeably better throughout preseason drills. When all you do is practice against the run, which is the Yellow Jackets' calling card, you're bound to be at least a little soft against the pass. Especially in the opener.
So given Dormady's experience, as well as his 10-for-10 showing for 120 yards and two TDs in two quarters of Orange and White action, it makes sense to start him in Game 1.
The better news for the Big Orange Nation is that both Dormady and Guarantano looked more than capable of holding their own against SEC defenses if the offensive line does its job.
That said, Dormady also was quick to note, "Obviously, following Josh is a huge thing to live up to."
His 10 completions in 10 attempts notwithstanding, that was the most accurate statement made on or off the field last Saturday at Neyland.
Contact Mark Wiedmer at mwiedmer@timesfreepress.com.