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Georgia football WR room looks to have immediate upgrade at spring practice
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Georgia football WR room looks to have immediate upgrade at spring practice
But Georgia made plenty of additions to offset and improve upon those departures. It added Noah Thomas and Zachariah Branch from the transfer portal. It signed Talyn Taylor, CJ Wiley, Tyler Williams and Landon Roldan.
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Best WR and TE groups in years for the Dawgs. Need to make sure the RB room is capable to apply an overall balanced attack to allow for Gunner (or whomever) to spread the ball around effectively. A lot of pieces are going to need to come together to make the offense hum consistently, including of course, the O-line - unlike last season.
I would like an HONEST answer on the number of drops last year because when you're the worst at something like that while being one of the top teams in the Nation, it really deserves a response. Was it coaching? Concentration by players? Lack of skill?
I worry that whatever the REAL issue is that it hasn't been addressed and will still be a problem in 2025. Remember that we have NEVER really had WRs that shone as A GROUP. Oh sure, we had standout players but anytime the ball was thrown long, there was always a pretty high chance of the pass not being completed. I don't have the stats to back this up, but it's been a pattern as far as I can remember. Part of it (which I harped on for long) was just lack of the top talent that Bama always seemed to secure… but maybe that is because those recruits knew something wasn't right at Georgia.
CKS- We can’t wait until halfway through the season and get them going.
THat's what I'm talking about!
Great questions and comments on your part. I agree. Though I’ll be watching the players my Most critical eye will be on Coaches. In particular O Line and Receivers.
With the depth they have now these coaches Should be able to coach these kids up. If not to me it’s an utter fail on the coaches. We all know there are misses in talent evaluation in the recruiting process but they can’t be ALL bad !!
It is the total responsibility of Coaches to have these kids ready and prepared to play. Coaches need to do their job. If not then Kirby as HC needs to show them the door. The players take responsibility many times in public when They fail so the Coaches need to do the same.
Now in spite of the negative tone of my comments for Now I remain Hopeful to see significant improvement. I need to see the first few Real games to get a True sense of where the Dawgs are at in terms of improvement or lack of. Go Dawgs !!
Why have we ever waited until half the season is over to develope freshman WRs? I think it's been proven enough through cfb over the last decade+... that the freshman receivers coming in can easily become the best in cfb in their 1st year.
Win or lose, it will always be
GO DAWGS 🔴🐾⚫️
Dropped passes has ZERO to do with coaching. In fact a pass is not counted as "dropped" unless a receiver gets his hand or hands on the ball. So that lets the QB off the hook as well.
Yes CBeck did not have a good long ball. Not enough air under his long ball. But we have all seen ASmith and DBell drop passes right in their hands. Long and short.
ASSUMING guys are working with the Jugs machine and practicing, dropping passes boils down to 3 things. 1) concentration 2) "making a career decision" (DLovett comes to mind here) and 3) guys just don't have good hands. NONE of that is on coaching. DBell was a 3* in HS. He has similar size and speed of 5* Luther Burden. The difference? Burden was a more reliable receiver. ASmith was only a low 4* with all that speed. Why? Because he didn't have elite hands.
"we have NEVER really had WRs that shone as A GROUP." I disagree. UGA once had LMcC, JBurton, AMitchell and Bowers all on the same team. So there has been talent that performed in a WR by committee scheme. That is CKS's way to keep multiple guys happy. CKS has also "slow rolled" freshmen players to reward the older players that have worked hard and waited their turn.
In '24, guys who were WR3's were forced to be WR1. They just weren't at that level to reliably catch the ball consistently. We also saw some concentration and alligator arms situations.
Those guys are mostly gone. I hear Thomas was an inconsistent catcher last season at aTm. Branch was also an inconsistent catcher at USC. He is an unbelievable returner. Makes you wonder, with the depth of the room, if that should be his primary role and not risk injury playing too much slot. Never good to count on freshmen as big contributors.
UGA has a new group this year. We will find out about their hands, concentration and courage. But if you run a route, the QB puts the ball on you and you fail to catch it well that ain't coaching or QB'ing.
If you watched the SEC Championship (I'm guessing you did!), I'd say that game showed that part of the reason for the drops is now in Miami. It really befuddled me that the same guys who were dropping in the first half seemed to be better in the second. Throwing motion? Velocity? I have no clue, but there was something different... probably not majority of the issue, but some.
I won't let coaching off the hook completely. When I was a (mediocre) tight end, the best advice I ever got (which was not from my coach, who was not that great either 🤣, but my Dad) was this: the surest way to be able to ensure you're focused on the ball is to ensure you can see the rotation of the laces. If you lose focus on those laces for a second, your drops increase dramatically. Worked for me!
There's probably no single factor, but the good news is I sense the Dawgs will solve this come start of the '25 season 🤠
I'm hopeful but not excited.
Our Dawgs will sport what will be basically a new WR room + a new QB. Both could be very good. Our passing game is unlikely to be the same as 2024. (And, we must remember that we won the SEC in 2024.)
Other factors in the passing game include coaching, play calling, and the offensive line's play.
We'll see.
Go, Dawgs!