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How about Eric Stokes!!!
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Enough grousing. Eric Stokes stepped in and had one heck of a game. He came to UGA as a project. No one knew if he would pan out. He made a great play on the blocked punt. He came in for Campbell, Lock went after him, and he was solid at CB. How about some props for young Eric.
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Pleasant surprise for sure. Great for depth for him to get some game reps too
He got a lucky break with the blocked punt. Mizzou completely screwed up that play and ?Stokes ran in unblocked as were several other Georgia players. Still, he took advantage of the break and made an excellent play.
I was even more impressed watching him cover receivers. Kirby will make the right decision. But I wouldn’t mind seeing Stokes starting.
Pretty stoked for the young man!
I was at the G-day game and had to look up “who’s #27?” Because he was making plays against our 1’s that day. He has continued to improve and was capable and prepared when his number was called! Congrats to him for working hard and showing out!
My only critique is that he needs to get his head around.
He was in excellent position each time, covered the wideout like a glove, but on big stages, some refs over referee. (Ie natty last year)
Maybe so, but that's the thing: every team makes mistakes throughout the game, some large, others minuscule, but the ability to recognize them in your opponent as they happen and be able to capitalize off them is a large part of what makes players/teams great:
Stokes stepped up & played a good game helping us win but Stokes better start getting his head turned around when covering those WR or he is going to start getting a lot of pass interference calls. A good team have players to step up & find ways to win
Yeah, I noticed how coverage on their receivers seemed like our backs were to the ball. Close coverage and liberal use of hands, but nothing worthy of a penalty. Pretty effective strategy. But yes, if he can turn his head around, even better. Seems like the rare player that can actually do both.
Although, positioning matters too I suppose. Running side by side a receiver would enable a defender to turn his head more easily, but when your running for your life just trying to blanket the player from behind, like Stokes did, it's hard to turn your head around in that particular scenario.
Exactly. Be an opportunist. Whatever it takes.
He had 3 official defended passes and that perfect blocked punt and recovery for a td. He was huge for us.
Some DBs are very good at reading receivers and getting their hands in the way without seeing the ball. You don't get the ints that way, but it can be effective in preventing completions.
Agreed, very pleased to see his track speed has converted well over to game speed. From what I can remeber, not only was he in the receivers hip pocket every play, but on at least a couple catches he still got his arm up and between the receivers. Just some really good catches by that big TE that I’m not sure a lot of other guys come down with. I think Stokes played even better than his stats show.
But they called kindley and Ledbetter for very little.
Ledbetter has to be called since it was on a qb (like it or not). I just don’t like to leave it up to the refs.
That’s exactly what I was doing. I couldn’t figure out who #27 was. He had a nice passbreakup in the end zone. Kid deserves more pt.
Stokes and Campbell will b a terrific duo in 2019. Would love to see Webb and Ameer Speed step up to provide the level of competition needed to keep those guys motivated. Chris Smith could b a factor as well as he gets more comfortable in the defense but I understand he's also been getting reps at Safety. Hopefully, the light comes on at Safety for Brini, Reese and Bishop and I think between Poole and Gibbs Star is well spoken for. The future looks extremely bright for Georgia's secondary. And I didn't even mention LeCounte.
Divaad Wilson will push for playing time somewhere in the secondary next year. Looked like McGhee was playing star most of the time against Missouri.
Georgia teaches them not to turn and look for the ball if they are out of phase. If they are out of phase, they put their hands up and through the receiver's hands when the receiver puts his hands up.
He seemed to be blanketing the wr perfect each play, just turning his head slightly eliminates almost any chance of a pi call.
It is always pleasant and encouraging when the "next man up" is actually able to step up and get the job done. I have to admit that I am still a little nervous when the next man has to step up; just too many years without this level of quality depth. (I look forward to how we look after another couple of years of Kirby and Company reeling in the big fish.) I was glad to see how Stokes handled the situation. Now we can really look forward to more from him in the future. BIG WOOF!!!
Extremely impressed with him. Also the simple toughness of Cambell. Guy played through a stomach bug, reports of him throwing up during the game. I don't know about you guys, but I'm a sniveling baby when I get a stomach bug.