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Batted balls are about the most negative thing a QB can do. They are incompletions and drive killers. Batted balls, more often than not, turn into INTs. SBIV mitigates this problem by throwing wide or over the top. The middle third of the field has been underutilized. Being unable to use part of the field and certain routes is a big advantage to the defense.
Ball batted a the lone of scrimmage are rarely intercepted. Case in point, of all the balls batted down or deflected at the line of scrimmage, Saturday, zero were intercepted.
Watch the game again. A big part of Bennett's passing game was in the middle 3rd of the field. One of the best passes of the game was to Jackson over the middle.
He had several drops there and on the sideline. Milton accounted for 1 drop over the middle and McIntosh dropped a walk-in TD over the middle, with 3 seconds left in the half. I'm not gonna list em all, but, there were enough to make note of it.
@BigDawg61 Didn't get a big enough sample size of Kendall running the ball -- he looked great on his catch and run -- but he's going to be the bread-and-butter between the tackles guy and I want to see how this leaner version of him looks grinding the tough yards. He has looked poised for a break out last two seasons.
I agree. Small sample size and Smart said they weren't planning to crank up the running game Saturday.
Milton had several grinder runs and actually looked very strong on one that went for 8 or 9 yards. That was a Zeus type run...but, for the most part, he didn't have much room to run between the tackles.
I was basing my thoughts on that 1 TD and the run up the middle where he carried 3 or 4 players for an 8-9 yd run. I guess we've seen that flash from him before, so it was a "Stock Even". IMO...He will have a breakout year in 2022. We already know what McInosh is going to be...Cook Plus.
I would say, those 2 guys are going to be the backfield next year, but, how can you leave Edwards out. UGA is going to be sick with great skill players next year, from sideline to sideline and goalpost to goalpost.
Batted /deflected passes are intercepted at a much higher % than non batted /deflected passes. You obviously haven't been watching football very long to not know that. It is almost 50/50. So Bennett beat the odds on his 4 deflections at G day. He also batted a deflection to the ground himself possibly saving an INT.
The Bennett pass to Jackson was a thing of beauty. And a rarity. I do not remember another pass completion by Bennett over the middle in the game. I did miss the last 6 mins of the game. I do remember SBIV's 1st completion of the game. About a 8 yard in to ? that was a 50/50 ball that the WR wrestled away from the DB. His "several" drops would've gotten him close to 50% completion %.
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As for Griffith's excitement about a leaner KMilton, I hope leaner means more elusive. Milton's running style is to fight for every yard. Commendable but exposes the now smaller/leaner RB to more hits. KMilton's style of running has not worked that well for him as a less mature RB. Milton's running style is perfect for UGA's RB by committee. So far at UGA Milton has not been able to hold up as a "workhorse" style of back. The good thing is that he doesn't need to be a workhorse back at UGA.