Tennessee football: 10 funniest tweets comparing Vols QB Joe Milton to Uncle Rico
Tennessee football fans are frustrated with quarterback Joe Milton’s downfield accuracy after he kept overthrowing wide open receivers against Pitt.
Joe Milton can throw a pigskin a quarter-mile. Unfortunately for Tennessee, his receivers aren’t a quarter-mile away.
The Volunteers quarterback was roasted on Twitter during Tennessee’s game against Pitt because of multiple extreme overthrows that Uncle Rico would be proud of.
Tennessee football QB Joe Milton can throw it further than Uncle Rico
The Tennessee offense has really channeled its inner Uncle Rico. pic.twitter.com/e2TKjAMqx5
— Anish Shroff (@ShroffPxP) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton trying to Uncle Rico every pass over them mountains. https://t.co/g8kZx6TzVu
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 11, 2021
Joe “Uncle Rico” Milton
— Nathan, Chiefs Enjoyer (@NathanGerdts) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton has an uncle Rico arm
— Dylan (@iDyllison) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton is going full Uncle Rico in the first quarter against Pitt. pic.twitter.com/AivYtL4gLL
— Zachary Krueger (@ZK_FFB) September 11, 2021
The jokes are apt because there were undoubtedly plenty of Tennessee fans also saying “What the heck are you doing?” watching Milton throw those passes.
Joe Milton is gonna throw for 7000 yards. The ball will only be caught for about 2000 of those yards, but he’s gonna throw for a lot.
— John Monroe (@MinisterofD) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton might have the worst deep ball since the introduction of the forward pass https://t.co/nTSkMsmNio
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton drops back…. pic.twitter.com/an9u6maV1B
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 11, 2021
Buddy, Joe Milton has overthrown everyone today including you.
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) September 11, 2021
Joe Milton has to stop overthrowing the WRs. You HAVE to give the WR a chance.
— Greg McElroy (@GregMcElroy) September 11, 2021
An underthrown ball is fine, nobody can catch an overthrow.
Milton transferred to Tennessee from Michigan where he played for three years. He won the starting job for the Volunteers as expected, but his rocket arm is unreliable.
There’s undeniable arm talent there. It’s just useless if the ball isn’t anywhere near the receiver. Frustratingly for Milton, when he did put a deep pass right on target, it was dropped.
Milton didn’t have a chance to come good later on in the first half. He went out injured and left for the locker room after hitting 7-of-12 passes for 50 yards. He did more damage on the ground with 54 yards on five carries. The Volunteeers replaced him with backup Hendon Hooker.
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