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A few years of having NFL players across the DL will spoil a fan. I think these players are good, but the coaches and teammates don't seem to have that confidence and are crashing down inside to help the DL stop the run. Teams have figured this fake the inside handoff or bounce that inside run to the outside where UGA edge players have lost containment by crashing inside. Stop this or Kentucky, Ole Miss and Tennessee will all run for 300 yards. Bobo really needs a healthy running game for his offense to work early in games, I like the toss sweep, that makes every old UGA fan comfortable.
@shamymax
You guys keep forgetting that Monken was the OC and SB IV the QB in 2020 when UGA got humiliated by Alabama and Florida and only beat Kentucky despite the offense, not because of it. Monken and SB IV ran a good offense in 2021 and a very good offense in 2022 - people shouldn't overrate that offense as it wasn't Alabama 2020, LSU 2019 or Clemson 2018 as all those teams had multiple future NFL starters at WR/RB/TE - because those teams had the players to do so. This UGA offense, by contrast, has Brock Bowers, Daijuan Edwards and a bunch of guys. Mostly it is because Ladd McConkey, Kendall Milton and a bunch of other guys are injured. But the other guys? If you noticed they weren't consistently getting separation yesterday and were all effectively covered by one guy, which allowed Auburn to get away with giving Bowers extra attention all day long. Beck had to make a ton of throws yesterday with velocity and accuracy in tight spots because of it. Monken's gameplan with SB IV was to use roll outs and a spread it around philosophy to avoid throws like that as much as possible. But with UGA's current personnel that philosophy wouldn't work. The roll out thing would get blown up. The edge blocking isn't as good as it was in 2021 and 2022, so SB IV would have rolled out right into a blitzer or pass rusher. And the spread-it-around thing wouldn't work either because Washington, Blaylock, McIntosh, Milton, McConkey, Jackson etc. are gone or injured.
Because the personnel is different, the gameplan this year has to be waiting in the pocket until you can get the ball to someone who is "open" (more or less) or can make a play on it. Beck can do that. He just needs to get better at it, and he needs at least a couple more guys to get healthier and step up.
@shamymax
UGA is a better team when MRJS is in the game. He is a willing and capable blocker, he is clutch on 3rd downs and cares more about wins than stats. Sure, maybe he could have made a better play on the interception, however, give credit where due, the Auburn DB is leading the SEC in picks and he made a great play.
As far as Bobo and RPO's, Carson is not the same runner as Stetson. I am sure Bobo has BPO's in the game plan for Brock V or Gunner. Carson is a pure drop back QB and where he needs to grow is in his progression reads as pointed out by Kirby in post game comments. He said that in the 2nd half Carson finally looked to the backside in Auburn's coverage and he thought Bobo was about to kill Carson until he did. Bobo can only call the plays and the players have to execute.
As far as the OC being an idiot, I doubt anyone Kirby hires is an idiot. Sure Monken looked good the last 2 seasons, but he had a stronger OL and healthier running back and receiver room.
One might think UGA was 0-5 and not 5-0. Will UGA win every game? Who knows, but if they don't, it won't be on Bobo or Carson.
I think the pass BEck threw out to the right that got batted down was a blessing in disguise because our receiver had two defenders all over him and one of them would have jumped the route and cake walked in for a pick 6. It's good to be lucky.