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I somewhat disagree. First off, nobody's saying or selling Arch on a " pass-happy Monken offense." With Smart at UGA that's not going to happen, unless the offense loses so many RB that there is no choice left. It will never be a Lane Kiffin- todays Bama pass first offense. Kirby wants a 50-50 balance through 3-quarters and then run it down their throat during the final 15. Play great defense and score 35-45 points per game and you have a championship contender.
Manning and Co. know this, and you have to think they like the concepts - especially after recent results. Otherwise, Georgia's making Arch's final 4-5.
Like the article states "The two highest-rated passers and yards-per-attempt leaders in Georgia football history with more than 200 career attempts played in Monken’s system: JT Daniels (168.1, 9.7) and Bennett (160.6, 9.5)."
Arch wants a great college experience - a great supporting cast with a great OC and to win Championships. Georgia provides all of that. There are many NFL offenses that run the ball. Arch may well be drafted by one of them. When it comes to Arch Manning and Georgia, there are no negatives. If Daniels and Bennett can both set GA passing records in a year with so many receiver injuries just think what a more talented QB can do with 2-3 injury free years and a healthy receiving corp...
After the NCG, Bennett went to Young put his arm around him and said some encouraging words, which was a class move. What I noticed is Bennett actually looked slightly taller than Young. Maybe it was because of the camera angle? Either way, they are essentially the same height. If Bennett can bring up his 3rd down passing, he could have the greatest year in UGA history. Big if I know, but he has that chance...
@SmartsTheMan....understand your point, but I still think that our offense MUST progress forward with a better and more consistent passing attack. That doesn't mean RBU won't be very important to have a more balanced offense. But, I contend the reason Monken was hired was to stretch the field and get us a more aggressive passing offense. Monken couldn't even run his complete offensive set of plays with Stet at QB. We didn't progress much this year in the passing attack with the amount of injuries and inconsistent play. I'm looking forward to seeing that change next season. And Georgia has never been a pass-heavy offense, so having Bennett and Daniels as the highest rated passers is not some grand achievement when you compare it to other teams pass-heavy offenses. But, yes, when you compare it to the typical RBU run-heavy stuff-it-down-their-throats Georgia offense it is a big achievement. So, it's all relative. And again, I believe our defense was the main reason we won the Natty - not the offense.
So, let's say we have a bunch of healthy good receivers next season and aren't plagued by injuries, my question is can Bennett become a better and more consistent accurate downfield passer? I don't know. He's had a lot of time to improve. I'm not counting him as the automatic starter next season. I hope Kirby will let the competition decide who is our starting QB.
Manning can get a great college experience at all the schools he is considering. Georgia or Bama would obviously be the best choices from the realistic ability to win a Natty.
@SmartsTheMan wrote: "If Bennett can bring up his 3rd down passing, he could have the greatest year in UGA history. Big if I know, but he has that chance..."'
I'd just add that this year is likely to tilt toward passing. RBs will be solid but not the go-to guys. Returning receivers bring more experience, and four who couldn't contribute last year (Blalock, Arian Smith, Delp and maybe Arik) may end up doing more for us than Pickens and Burton did last year (though I doubt any of them could make the catch that Pickens may in the NCG). And OL's gonna be monsters galore.
@MontanaDawg wrote: "Manning can get a great college experience at all the schools he is considering."
Manning won't be afraid to compete for the job, but he and his may still be concerned that Arch wouldn't get stuck in line behind somebody who firmly has the job (a la Fromm and Fields). That could be a point in our favor, because -- with Stetson returning -- one of our three underclassmen isn't like to be The Guy at the end of next season. On the other hand, that's also true at Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee!
OK I guess the only way Stet will get respect from Some people is win the Super Bowl lol. Anyway Which ever of our QBs that earn the starting slot will have a Very potent Offense to work with. I Believe actually Better than the 2021 version. The O line has the potential, I did say Potential to make the Offense Much better than the 2021 version. Not gonna try to argue for or defend Stets anymore. Those fans who like and Believe in him will probably continue to do so, those that Don’t like him or believe in him will probably continue to feel that way. It is what it is. I think there Will be some degree of drop off on the Defense, pretty significant drop off BUT not nearly as much as some might think. And I think the D will just get better and better as the season goes on. I think the Offense will come out the gate some what better than last year and barring allot of injuries will get Much better as the season goes on. All in all this is a Very solid team and will only get better as a team as the season progresses. Go Dawgs !!
Manning's deep throws must be on another high light reel.
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. Solid analysis
. No obvious dogging of current UGA players or coaches
. A focus on the future
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Agreed. So disappointed that people can't fathom that teams, companies, countries, etc. (especially those with great leaders) morph based on the talent available inside, new blood they can attract, and the relative strengths of likely competitors over time. The UGA staff, not just CKS, will roll with the realities and continuously reconfigure to win, win, win... and recover from the inevitable loss that will occasionally (hopefully, not more than that) pop up.
All that said, I'm much more disappointed that a small number of supposed UGA fans would actually post, in a public forum for anyone in the world to read, comments that would not only be discouraging to a young player (and their friends/family/advisors) considering the Dawgs for their next step, but would outright tell top national prospects "don't come here." Incredibly hard to digest that, as much as I enjoy and respect the (virtual) company of those on the DawgNation boards... 🤔😒🤨
I totally agree. Georgia Scoring Offense = 38.6. Georgia had receiver injuries all season. Georgia blew-out everybody during the regular season and in their playoff game. The point - The lack of receivers took points off the board all season. Having a big lead going into the 4th quarter - running it 90% also took points off the board.
Alabama Scoring Offense = 39.9. Bama had the opposite problem - They endured multiple RB injuries - leading to even more passing, especially during every 4th quarter. This helped inflate their Scoring.
Some of the statics actually show that Georgia had the more explosive Offense.
Bennett 10 Yards per Attempt. 64.5% Passer. Less efficient but more explosive.
Young 8.9 Yards per Attempt. 66.9% Passer. Less explosive but more efficient.
Taking all of this this into account, it can clearly be argued that Georgia actually had a more explosive offense.
Isn't that what Kirby said they were striving for at the start of the season. My only complaint with Bennett was 3rd down passing. That did seem to improve somewhat. Think about this - this will be the first off-season that Bennett has ever been the presumed starter. He will get the most 1st team reps. He'll be leading the offense in the off-season. That may make a big difference in Bennett's timing with his receivers. The kid has overcome so much, especially considering how few 1st team reps he's received during his career. I'm a Stetson believer, and I think he will play even better in 2022.
Most likely ain’t gonna happen.
SB could set passing records at UGA if Kirby just let him go(for that matter so could JT, but that's over with now) but we all know that's not Kirby's MO. He has a philosophy that he wants great defense, get turn overs and short fields, and then run the ball as much as you can and strike with the pass when you have them looking run and take a few shots per game.
Look at what the offense did against Michigan and their big,bad defense. We came out and passed it like we were the Rams of Kurt Warner days. You youngins wll have to look that up. THey didn't know what hit them. WE got up big and then everything got shut down on offense pretty much. We could have averaged 48 points a game last year but KIrby called the Dawgs off in the games where we got up by 14 in the 3rd quarter. I don't even think SB threw a pass in the 4th quarter of regular season, did he?