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Determined Georgia QB Carson Beck accepts competition, soldiers on
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Determined Georgia QB Carson Beck accepts competition, soldiers on
ATHENS — Carson Beck has no illusions when it comes to winning the Georgia quarterback job.
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I think the media and everyone is trying to make something out of nothing. Beck WILL be the starter. Kirby just likes to get in the media's mind along with his opponents. I truly believe we can 3-peat.
@MikeGriffith thanks for embedding your archived article about Bennett starting over Beck.
in the comments you received mostly negative reviews as “Bennett is not the future”. I guess most of those who left comments like that had to change their screen name. 😳
this just proves you excel at your job even though us keyboard warriors need something to complain about.
@MikeGriffith
"and the value of QB mobility"
Being an exceptionally mobile QB didn't do squat for Justin Fields, who only got one meaningful snap his entire time in Athens. Being mobile didn't do anything for Jamie Newman or D'Wan Mathis either. In that era everyone downplayed mobility in favor of "the ability to run a complex pro-style offense" and other Jake Fromm merits. Also, I still say that people who believe that Bennett's 530 rushing yards at 3.8 ypc in 41 games with an OL stacked with future NFL draft picks makes him "a dual threat" should have watched more Tim Tebow and Lamar Jackson games.
"The importance of managing the offense, decision-making"
Again, during the Fromm era "managing the offense and decision-making" meant completing 10 or fewer passes in 7 of 15 appearances in 2017, including going 4-7 for 101 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT against Florida. And SB IV's decision-making was horrible in 2020. Wasn't particularly great in 2021 either, but with that defense he didn't have to do much until the playoffs. In 2022 they worked around the issue by creating an offense around him ... something that had never been done for any other Smart QB.
Bottom line: Smart plays who he likes best. That is why the starting QB rationale keeps changing, the guy that he plays not actually even meeting the professed rationale, and why some guys get chance after chance while others are one-and-done if they get a shot at all. Why some have short leashes while others keep the jobs - and aren't even benched for a half or even a series - despite long stretches of bad play.
So this is all a dog-and-pony show to hold onto both Beck and BVG through this season, and to keep Kirby's guy motivated and working hard through the offseason. My bet is that Kirby cares a lot more about the latter than the former.
"and the Georgia head coach indicated the competition could spill into the season with both players seeing game reps."
Yeah ... Smart has promised this nearly every season. The next time that it happens will be the first. It won't this year either because game 3 begins a stretch of winning and/or conference opponents, meaning that the starter for the South Carolina game is going to need 3 quarters of work against Ball State. There's no cushion of a historically great defense like 2021 or the running game of 2017 (or even 2018) either. If Smart never did a platoon with Fromm and Eason in 2017 to take advantage of the latter's arm strength, or with Fromm and Fields in 2018 to take advantage of the latter's arm strength AND running ability, or in 2021/2022 with Daniels and Beck to take deep shots down the field to Brock Bowers and over the middle to Darnell Washington then it won't happen this year either.
I have said this many times on here but everyone looks great in practice(as it pertains to the QB position) when the defense can't hit you. It's called practice for a reason. Some people excel in practice, the're world beaters in practice, but when the lights go on and the real game starts they turn average. Others are the opposite, they look perhaps OK or pretty good in practice but nothing to write home about until the lights come on and they just know how instinctively to handle the adrenaline in the situation.
Case in point is SB. Two time NC winner who must have(unless CKS and CTM are bafoons) just looked OK or decent during practice. D'Wan looked the part and was highly mobile(gifted athlete) and no doubt completed his share of passes in "practice" but when the lights came on he shrank back, has anyone heard of him sense? I just checked, he's now practicing as a WR for Temple. He's not even QB material, even at Temple and yet he started a game for UGA. LOL!
So, D'Wan was never going to start again after Arkansas(barring an injury to anyone else at QB) and what Bennet did to bail us out. Bennet had to prove himself in a dire situation in a real game to finally get a starting nod. Beck is similar in respect to Bennet in that he has continually been leap frogged by others. JUst maybe he has that same type chip on his shoulder as SB.
I know! Mike knows more than all of us put together on what is going on with UGA football due to his connections and diligence.
And you are so right, of all of the comments on the article, where Mike said Bennett could possibly start the UAB game over Beck, that trashed Mike big time or called it click-bait, etc, you DO NOT SEE any of those screen names anymore except a couple! And of those couple that are still on here with the same name, they are well known and would likely be highly embarrassed and eating a lot of crow if they had to answer for the tone and tenor and for what they said.
Because not only were they wrong as wrong could be on Bennett, they attacked Mike pretty harshly. Particularly ShootTheHooch. I hope he has since long ago apologized to Mike.
So with that being said, we might want to learn from STH's post and not attack the messenger for PROVIDING US with intel, that ultimately turns out to be accurate and THE TRUTH! Just dislike or disagree with the message.
Mike you are usually correct with your predictions, for lack of a better word, and for the people who haven't realized that, they need to now and post accordingly and restrain themselves from going after you.
I would imagine that you take some pride in providing us with an accurate prognostication, especially the ones that are way ahead of the curve and then seeing them come to fruition, even if it is months later and those are probably some of the best ones! I really appreciate your intel and how you stick your neck out at times making a very bold prediction, i.e. Dan Mullen.
All that being said, based on all of your past credibility, you have my respect, sir.