We knew a few things about Joshua Dobbs exiting Tennessee: he was going to work hard; he wouldn’t be a rookie cancer in the locker room, and he was going to study the playbook until his beautiful mind could recite it all.

All of those things are proving true right now for the Steelers, but what we didn’t know is just how fast of a transition it would be coming from Tennessee’s offense to the Steelers’ offense, and right now, it’s smooth sailing for Dobbs with Pittsburgh.

While the Vols’ offense looks different than your typical NFL offense, Dobbs said what he learned in Butch Jones’ system helped prepare him for what he’s facing now, via Penn Live.

“Well coming to this setting they actually showed me that we ran a lot of traditional offense in college,” Dobbs said. “We ran the same play, same scheme, same progressions, the same runs that I’ve run in college, whether it’s red zone or in the field so it’s a little different, of course, in a huddle rather than getting signals from the sideline.

“But outside of that it’s still the same plays, still the same scheme, still the same type of verbiage I was running at the college level to help me translate over to the NFL level.”

Of course, understanding the offense is one thing and executing it against some of the best athletes in the world is another, but Dobbs doesn’t have to get there, yet. Playing behind Ben Roethlisberger and Landry Jones, it’s unlikely Dobbs will see much playing time as a rookie outside of the preseason. But that’s also what everyone thought about Dak Prescott, too, and now, he’s the starting signal caller for America’s most popular team because of an injury to Tony Romo.

Steelers’ quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner was also impressed with what Dobbs already knew.

“Well he’s obviously been exposed to a handful of things. He’s seen things,” Fichtner said. “Whatever new concepts, he’s sharp enough to figure out.”

Still, Dobbs’ comments about the Vols’ offense and how it prepared him for the NFL should excite current quarterbacks on Tennessee’s roster, commits and up-and-coming high school prospects.