KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee believes its passing game is good enough to complement an exceptional running game.Now its just a matter of proving it.We have to do a better job of catching the ball as an entire offensive unit and putting the ball where it needs to be as well, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. I do see progress. Weve worked very hard on it all summer, and we worked hard on it in this stage of the game in training camp through five practices.Tennessee should be able to run the ball against just about anyone. Jalen Hurd, Alvin Kamara and quarterback Joshua Dobbs are all back after combining for 2,657 yards rushing and 30 touchdowns last season. But the Volunteers must pass effectively to keep defenses honest.Dobbs has 22 career starts to lead all active Southeastern Conference quarterbacks, and many of his receivers were highly touted recruits.But that hasnt translated to a consistently potent passing game. Tennessee ranked 64th among Football Bowl Subdivision teams last season in passing efficiency. Dobbs completed 59.6 percent of his passes, down from 63.3 percent in 2014.Dobbs said improving his accuracy has been a major point of emphasis as he prepares for his senior season.You look at statistics and everything, and a great completion percentage in the SEC is 65 percent and an extraordinary one is 70 percent, so thats what were aiming for, Dobbs said. Every ball you throw, you throw with a purpose. At the end of the day, you want to take care of the football and get the ball in the playmakers hands.First the Vols need to identify the playmakers on offense aside from Dobbs, Hurd and Kamara. The receiving corps still has plenty of questions after being decimated by injuries last season.Tennessees top returning wideout is junior Josh Malone, who caught 31 passes for 405 yards and two touchdowns last season. The Vols also return junior Josh Smith, who had 23 catches for 307 yards and two scores.The Vols ought to get more production from sophomores Preston Williams and Jauan Jennings. Williams, a former five-star recruit, wasnt declared eligible last year until late August and spent the rest of the season playing catchup. Jennings started six games at receiver last season even though the former high school quarterback was learning a new position.Jason Croom moved over from wide receiver to tight end and has seemed to adapt well to the switch. Croom, who redshirted last season with a knee injury, should team up with returning starter Ethan Wolf to provide multiple options at the tight end spot.This years group, weve got more veterans and weve got guys whove been here, so we can show the younger guys and bring them along faster than we could in the past, Malone said. Im pretty sure back a couple of years ago you all were still calling us a young wide receiver corps, and the next year we were still a young wide receiving corps. So this year I guess you can say were a veteran receiving corps.Not necessarily. Although Smith and Malone give the Vols a couple of experienced wideouts, Tennessee also has plenty of newcomers. The group includes junior-college transfer Jeff George plus freshmen Tyler Byrd, Marquez Callaway, Brandon Johnson and Latrell Williams.Tennessee may need some of them to contribute immediately.You can see they love football and they want to make an impact now, Dobbs said. Thats exactly what we need from them. Theyre going to have to step up and make some plays this year for us.---AP college football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Cameron-Heyward-Jersey/ . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. 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But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. http://www.steelersrookiestore.com/Steelers-Rocky-Bleier-Jersey/ . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. MINNEAPOLIS -- The whole point was to create conversation. In that regard, the Minnesota Lynx succeeded.In the six days since Lynx players donned black warm-up shirts memorializing Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the five slain Dallas police officers while asking for dialogue and healing, their message has been applauded, denounced, misconstrued and debated from coast to coast.Subsequent news that four Minneapolis police officers on security detail Saturday night at the Target Center left the building in protest gave national legs to a story that might have fizzled by Monday afternoon.Minneapolis police chief Janee Harteau criticized the officers for walking off the job, and Mayor Betsy Hodges lambasted Lt. Bob Kroll, head of the Minneapolis police union, on Facebook for jackass remarks about the Lynx, including a condescending, inaccurate putdown of their attendance.The silver lining in that is, it got people talking, Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson said of the police walkout. Thats the most important thing right now. It maybe kept a conversation going that may have gotten stunted.Regardless of how we feel about that, the important thing is, were talking about it. And by talking about it, we have an opportunity to create change.Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he supported the players speaking out. Then Wednesday night at the ESPYS, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade opened the show by calling for an end to racial profiling and retaliation -- exactly the message Brunson and Maya Moore conveyed in their news conference before Saturdays game with Dallas.So Thursday, Brunson and Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve beamed over the way the discussion took off.Their expressions on Saturday were very thoughtful, very measured, in hopes of creating change, having conversation, having dialogue, said Reeve, whose Lynx (17-4) have the second-best record in the WNBA and have won their last two games by a combined 61 points. Im really, really proud were moving this thing forward, shining the light on a problem, and creating the dialogue.The Lynx play the New York Liberty here Friday night, and Kroll told the Minneapolis Star Tribune his officers might refuse to work future games if the players wore the shirts again. The Lynx donned standard team warm-up tops Tuesday afternoon in San Antonio, and Brunson hinted the players have moved on.The shirts are where we started, where we began to speak and use our voice, Brunson said. Now were trying to figure out whats next. How can we do things that are going to be more impactful beyond the shirts to help throughout this time?Last Sunday the Liberty wore their own black warm-up shirts supporting the Lynx , with #BlackLivesMatter and #Dallas5 on the front. Thursday, the Liberty announced plans to switch to plain black warm-up tops.The biggest loser in all this appeared to be Kroll. He told several Twin Cities media outlets he was unaware of what Brunson and Moore said Saturday before commenting about the walkout and the Lynx.And Krolls claimm that he needed only four detail officers at Target Center because the Lynx were a pathetic draw was especially off base.dddddddddddd The Lynx finished second in the WNBA in attendance the past four years, drew more than 13,000 to a game three weeks ago and 18,933 to Game 5 of last years WNBA Finals.Kroll later blamed that comment on a pushy reporter he was trying to get off the phone. Randy Furst, the Star Tribune reporter in question, is known for his doggedness and tenacity; Kroll isnt the first public official to turn snarky under Fursts questioning.Reeve and Brunson declined to criticize Kroll, though Reeve teetered around the edges. We draw well ... biting tongue here, said Reeve, who praised Harteau and Hodges for their leadership.Its not clear what the four Minneapolis officers, who have never been identified, objected to, or whether they heard Brunsons and Moores pregame remarks. Brunson cited racial profiling and senseless violence as problems, and Moore noted the tragic irony of the killings in Dallas, a city where de-escalation training dramatically reduced shootings by and complaints against police.This is a human issue, and we need to speak out for change together, Moore said that night.The shirts, ubiquitous now, featured the phrases Change Starts With Us -- Justice and Accountability on the front, and four elements on the back: The names of Castile and Sterling; the Dallas Police Department shield; and, at the bottom, Black Lives Matter. The shield was particularly hard to identify in some photos circulating on social media. The officers left quietly more than 45 minutes after the news conference and less than an hour before the opening tip.Some critics of the Lynx accused them of siding with Black Lives Matter against the police, which Reeve said wasnt the case at all.More than anything, the inclusionary aspect of this is so important, Reeve said. Its really important that you dont fall into pick a side. Were not trying to create sides. Were trying to create dialogue. You cant have dialogue unless you listen.Our players have done a great job of handling all thats gone with this. Its courageous. And you cant have change without challenge, and our players have been exemplary examples of how to lead through times like these.Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter Minneapolis is organizing a group outing to Minnesotas July 22 game against Seattle, the last before the Olympic break, in gratitude for the teams support. On the groups Facebook page, more than 280 people indicated they planned to go out of almost 1,500 interested.Before this, weve always been a team and an organization that wants to get out in the community that were involved in and do the best that we can to leave them better than before we got there, Brunson said. So this is no different. Were happy that we have this opportunity and platform to try to start some change on something thats positive. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Hockey Jerseys Nike NFL Jerseys China Cheap Nike MLB Jerseys China Wholesale Baseball Jerseys China Wholesale College Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys Near Me Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Authentic Cheap Soccer Jerseys China Cheap NCAA Jerseys Authentic Cheap Nike NBA Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic MLB Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Throwback Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China ' ' '