{"id":16341,"date":"2023-09-11T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=16341"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:30:00","slug":"joe-miltons-message-to-his-wide-receivers-theyre-the-best-receivers-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/joe-miltons-message-to-his-wide-receivers-theyre-the-best-receivers-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Milton\u2019s message to his wide receivers: \u2018They\u2019re the best receivers in the country\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Milton III<\/a><\/strong> had a message for his receivers Saturday night after Tennessee\u2019s slow start against Austin Peay, as the Vols struggled to find their rhythm despite the FCS opposition: Just keep playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI let them know that they\u2019re the best receivers in the country,\u201d Milton said during his press conference<\/a> after Tennessee\u2019s 30-13 win<\/a>. \u201cSo keep being y\u2019all, keep doing what y\u2019all do and just go execute man.\u201d<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t much execution in the first half at Neyland Stadium.<\/p>\n

Austin Peay led 3-0 in the first quarter and 6-3 with five minutes left in the second. The Vols were stuck in natural on offense early, going three-and-out on the first three possessions while Milton started 1-for-6 for 11 yards over those drives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The fix? According to Milton it\u2019s practice. And execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo hard every day,\u201d he said, \u201cno matter if you\u2019re tired or not, just go out there and execute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s a lot of things that we can control and do at our level\u2019<\/h2>\n

Tennessee coach Josh Heupel<\/a><\/strong> said the woes weren\u2019t all on Milton, who missed some throws in the first half. It wasn\u2019t all on the receivers, either, who had drops of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a combination,\u201d Heupel said. \u201cThere\u2019s times where we were pushing it down the field. We were a little bit off in particular early in the football game. There\u2019s some things, situationally, where we were off. Joe, wide receiver combination of both things where we\u2019re just not in sync in some critical situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heupel pointed to third down, where Tennessee was 3-for-12. And turnovers, with the Vols losing a fumble. And a field fourth-down conversion, too, going 0-for-1 there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there\u2019s a lot of things that we can control and do at our level,\u201d Heupel said.<\/p>\n

Up Next: No. 11 Tennessee at Florida, Saturday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN<\/h2>\n

Milton stayed in control despite the early frustrations.<\/p>\n

He finished 21-for-33 passing for 228 yards and two touchdowns. He accounted for another score on the ground, carrying three times for seven yards on the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he was calm,\u201d Heupel said. \u201cI thought our sidelines in general were calm.\u201d<\/p>\n

But moving forward, Tennessee will need much more and will need it much more quickly. The Vols open SEC play at Florida on Saturday (7 p.m. Eastern Time, ESPN) at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gotta get into the flow of the football game,\u201d Heupel said. \u201cAnd that can be Joe driving some of those (throws on) big drops, it can be us going up and making a difficult catch. It can be great ball security out on the perimeter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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