The Tennessee Vols' offense on Saturday during the Orange and White spring game didn't look like the offense that fans saw in 2022. 

There weren't many deep shots, the running game struggled at times to get going, and the best performance of the day might have come from Gaston Moore, the No. 3 quarterback on the depth chart. 

Despite the seemingly lackluster spring game, there's no reason for Tennessee fans to worry about the Vols in 2023. 

The Tennessee football team that fans saw on Saturday is not the Tennessee football team that fans will see in the fall. 

For starters, the Vols held numerous key players out. None of Tennessee's top-four wide receivers (Bru McCoy, Ramel Keyton, Squirrel White, and Dont'e Thornton) played. Tennessee's top two running backs (Jabari Small and Jaylen Wright) were also held out. 

But that's not the main reason that fans shouldn't be concerned about the offense. 

The Vols weren't out there trying to put up a bunch of points. The offense was extremely vanilla. That's not how we'll see Tennessee attack defenses in 2023.

We didn't see any switch releases (at least that I noticed) to create mismatches. There were also very few "bunch formations" with the wide receivers. It was mostly just short passes to the flat and some slants mixed in with some running plays. There were a couple of deep shots, but nothing like what we saw in 2022.

And that was to be expected. There was no way that Vols head coach Josh Heupel and offensive coordinator Joey Halzle were going to give opponents anything of substance to study on film. 

(Halzle, by the way, called plays on Saturday according to Heupel.)

Saturday's spring game was a great event for fans, but for the team, it was simply the 15th and final practice of spring. And practices obviously aren't games. There are things that are worked on specifically depending on that day's plan (a lot of fundamental stuff this time of year, such as whether or not the quarterback's eyes are in the right place…small details that are important to the coaching staff). 

If you're writing the Vols off in 2023 because of a non-exciting offensive spring practice, you're making a mistake. The ingredients that make Tennessee's offense explosive are all present. Sure, there are some questions the Vols have to answer (can the offensive line play at a high level without Jerome Carvin and Darnell Wright), but fans should feel confident that Tennessee will once again have one of the most potent offenses in the nation. 

There were 14 other practices this spring and there will be countless practices before the Vols kick off the 2023 season against Virginia. I wouldn't let one April spring practice alter how you view Tennessee football in 2023.