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I hope our Dawgs chalk a W on Auburn and later Vandy and just get to the Bye week. Oh Yeah I’d absolutely Love if our Dawgs utterly decimated Both. But honestly right now I’ll settle for W’s on both. Get to the Bye week hopefully get some guys healed up from injuries. Coaches watch a ton of tape, get out there with the players and iron out as much as they can before playing the mud lizards in Jax. Our Dawgs are Still undefeated right now. So just get the W’s vs Auburn and Vandy and then maybe freshen up some, iron out the wrinkles. Catch a second wind and keep on chopping !! We’ve got Allot of very talented players on both sides of the ball. And even though these last games have been bad wins they are wins, And each game gives the younger guys more experience. Go Dawgs !!
Who would bet the dogs & those points after the last 2 games?
Not as simple as "throwing it more to X and Y." Or I should say that it doesn't accomplish anything. The issue is that the passing game is only making plays in limited situations and areas of the field. So long as only a limited number of plays and routes are going to be called - except for what amounts to trick plays called a few times a game to hopefully keep the defense honest - there is nothing gained by running the same plays with different guys beyond merely (superficially) claiming to get everybody involved. Instead, what is needed is for Darnell, Dom and Kearis to be used to make plays in the passing game that McConkey and Bowers aren't ideal for. Like do a better job of utilizing Darnell's height, leaping ability and ability to take big hits over the middle. Or - as Dom was considered the prototypical slot WR prospect out of high school - throw him slants and comebacks.
The question: can Bennett get the velocity on the ball in order to use Washington the way the Saints used Jimmy Graham? To use Blaylock the way the Patriots used Wes Welker? (Yes, I am using examples from awhile back but sorry: haven't paid much attention to the NFL since they adopted flag football. The run-and-shoot used to be an interesting diversion back in the day, but now the whole NFL does it. Were Warren Moon playing today his numbers would be unreal.) That is going to be necessary for UGA to use all their talent on offense, including getting defenders out of the box so UGA can run the ball (scapegoating Stacey Searals makes no sense ... he was the OL coach when Knowshon Moreno was was running all over the place ... the difference was back then Matt Stafford could make plays all over the field as a passer which forced defenses out of the box).
The Georgia offense has become way to predictable. We throw a short pass to the left, a short pass to the right, a run up the middle. If we get a first down, then repeat the same plays. This worked the first three games against lesser opponent's. Kent St. saw this and really slowed us down, Missouri saw what KST did and did the same only better. All they did was play the outside, put pressure up the middle and play man over the middle. When you do not call any play for more than ten yards all they have to do is sit and wait. If you are only playing a ten yard field, it makes it really easy for the defense to cover. It looked like Monken was calling great games until other teams caught on to what we are doing, it is time now for him to show how good he really is.
You may want to go back and re-watch the game. 1st half we went away from our offense and tried to play a brand of ball the 2022 Dawgs are not offensively. 2nd half we come out play with the short swimg passes and Bennett’s efficiency and confidence went up. By making those passes it pulled the backers out wider and softened the middle for some good passes to the middle. You might know it is coming but if our TE’s and recievers keep blocking well it will get the yardage. Not the pretty deep balls (which I wish we could stretch the field, but can’t right now), but it is effective at making defenses cover the entire width of the field.
Lotta ya’ll need to step away from the ledge.
Interestingly enough that was my knee jerk reaction, I told my wife “last years leaders woulda never allowed that pregame foolishness and things wouldn’t have been so nasty out there”.
I know Kirby is a fan of player led teams but if things don’t shape up the next week or two then he may need to step up and take the reigns.
. the difference was back then Matt Stafford could make plays all over the field as a passer which forced defenses out of the box).
I certainly won't argue that Stafford doesn't have the most talented arm, but that's irrelevant. I seriously doubt Stafford would have been able to withstand such an onslaught that SB saw Saturday night without being sacked 5-6 times. WHen theres no time to look down field it doesn't matter if you pass geta there in 1.5 seconds or 2.0 seconds.
Even the announcers were saying that SB should just scrap the play-fake part because it was costing him another fraction of a second to throw it!