New angle of Vols WR Ramel Keyton's TD against Clemson destroys false narrative about Tennessee's offense
Tennessee Vols wide receiver Ramel Keyton had maybe the most casual 46-yard touchdown reception of all time in the Orange Bowl against the Clemson Tigers. Keyton caught a bomb from quarterback Joe Milton and just casually strolled into the end zone. You can't make it look any easier. Here's the sky cast view of the […]
Tennessee Vols wide receiver Ramel Keyton had maybe the most casual 46-yard touchdown reception of all time in the Orange Bowl against the Clemson Tigers.
Keyton caught a bomb from quarterback Joe Milton and just casually strolled into the end zone.
You can't make it look any easier.
Here's the sky cast view of the touchdown that shows what Milton saw from his vantage point.
Unfortunately, neither of those views shows how Keyton got so wide open.
On Sunday, though, we got a view that shows exactly what happened.
Keyton tweeted a video of the view from the press box and it shows that he put a ridiculous move on the Clemson cornerback which caused the defender to fall.
Check it out:
There popular narrative from the national media and detractors of Tennessee football is that Josh Heupel's offensive scheme is responsible for UT wide receivers getting open. Essentially, they're suggesting that Tennessee's wide receivers aren't as good as wide receivers who play in other schemes (silly, I know).
It's true that Heupel schemes players open often, but that's not always the case. And this play from Keyton was nothing more than a wide receiver putting a terrific move on a cornerback and scoring.
Nothing more, nothing less.
It's the combination of Heupel's scheme with extremely talented wide receivers that makes this offense so explosive.
Maybe that false narrative about Tennessee's wide receivers will stop after this view of Keyton's big play in the Vols' Orange Bowl win.
Featured image via Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports
