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Georgia G-Day quick takes: Top Two QBs look the part, defense shaky

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  • CClayC88CClayC88 Posts: 135 ✭✭✭ Junior

    What's your deal? It was a scrimmage. It's not like the defense was stunting and throwing exotic blitzes at the offense. I thought the defense proved a point in the second half after giving up some chunk plays in the first. The offense always looks better than the D in the spring

  • BigDawg61BigDawg61 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited April 2023

    I think we all have to remember...for all intents and purposes...this is BVG's 1st year. Beck is obviously a year ahead of him after serving as Bennett's backup for 1 year. While Beck was "the backup" last year, he was also, considered "a backup" in his 2nd year (2021), when Daniels went down.

    IMO, Beck has a ton of experience in comparison to BVG. Give Vandergriff a few months to study & critique this Springs film and make corrective actions. Come Fall...the REAL competition begins.

    I think it will be a lot easier...or more likely...for BVG to close the distance between him and Beck, in the passing game. However...i don't think it's possible for Beck to overtake BVG in the scramble/run. With respect to running the ball, I gotta give it to BVG.

    That being said...it's all based on a limited display of both player's skills.

    If I'm Bobo.......the QB that knows the plays, displays good leadership skills, makes decisions that don't hurt the team's chances of winning, throws the ball accurately...to the right location, can run with the ball when required and doesn't turn it over...is my "starter".

    But, before I make that decision, there are 2 characteristics that need to be defined. Which QB is most consistent?...and...which QB has the support of the team around him (chemistry)?

    Personally...I haven't seen enough of any of the QBs to rule one out. The 1st month of the '23 season is going to be one of the most interesting, since Herschel Walker's 1st Season...or "The COVID Year". Lol...imagine how interesting the '24 Season is going to be.

    UGA Fans & The Dawgs are being well rewarded for their 40 year walk in the desert. Great time to be a Dawg...ain't that right?...Bear Alexander. Lol

  • BigDawg61BigDawg61 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    It's not even "a game". It may look like a game, smell like a game, sound like a game and feel like "a game"...but, not a game. As far as the guys on the field are concerned...it's a scrimmage. 'Cause that's how it's run by the coaches.

    In "a game"...Winning is the objective. In a scrimmage, controlled by the coaches (always)...the objective is a little muddier than most Fans would know. Plays and player assignments are manipulated to get previously identified (by staff & players) and unidentified "weak areas" on film.

    You don't need a scrimmage, to find out if a DL or DB can tackle or shed a block. There are other practice events, that do that just fine...and, have, for a hundred years.

    This glorified scrimmage (G-Day, A-Day, etc.) is more, a display for Fans that foot-the-bill, than for competition. That "competition" occurs everytime they put on the pads.

    For the QB position, there are other subtle competitions that determine the "starter". For example...Performance in meetings (football IQ), Leadership & consistency, punctuality, classroom performance, community involvement (leadership). Leadership is a not more, or less important...but, harder to define than skillset and athleticism. Only Bobo, is in position to make that call in the end.

    That being said...I think Beck and Stockton are more, Bobo's style of QB. I'll be slightly surprised, if he goes with Vandergriff on the 1st snap of the 1st game; however, like I said...BVG can make up a lot of ground, between now and September. So...we'll see. Lol

  • BigDawg888BigDawg888 Posts: 1,626 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    First off, I think all 3 qbs are likely SEC starting qbs somewhere. Only 1 Ball.

    Carson is the best right now and it wasn't close imo. Gunner and Beck were both good. I actually thought Gunner looked better in some respects (composure). Is it possible to like a player but be honest enough to admit that your guy is not the best in the competition? I was rooting for BVG to have the best day because I just generally like him and his family who are class people. Not that the others are not but I don't know them.

    Regardless, BVG has a real decision to make and waiting behind Beck for 2 years would only leave him a year of eligibility with no guarantee of winning the job.

    Seems like a no brainer decision to me if he has NFL aspirations. Injuries can happen so there is always that.

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