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Georgia loves what itâs seeing from Elyiss Williams: âHeâs a weaponâ
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Georgia loves what itâs seeing from Elyiss Williams: âHeâs a weaponâ
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Duh...stating the obvious. And he can actually catch the ball too. He's a vastly underutilized weapon.
If ever CKS and CMB are going to open up the UGA passing O it is this year. Three 5* receivers (Williams, Taylor, Prothro) and an experienced QB.
Pressure is on the QB to be able to utilize all these receivers before they rethink their decision to come to the UGA offense.
Pressure is on CMB to throw to the TE's and to throw over the middle.
@UGADad20 @MontanaDawg Hey question guys is Williams quite a bit faster than DW was or just a smidgen faster or not faster at all ? Just curious Y’all’s thoughts.
And like everyone else or at least most have been saying Bobo should give Gunner much more plays to the TEs over the middle and down the field. And yes Gunner needs to execute those plays.
On Gunner’s part I believe he is and will work hard to get better and by start of season I have faith in him that he Will get better. As for Bobo he’s been in football in some capacity the majority of his life. Surely he has to realize the value of the TEs he has and will use them more. I Hope he does and until other wise I’m gonna have faith in him to.
I’d dearly Love if this years OLine could give Gunner two to three More ticks of clean protection than last year’s. Which as the season went on last year’s O Line was pretty good. In my view some what better than the year before them. Which was sort of strange because allot of those guys went to the NFL.
That tells me that even though there’s allot of New on this year’s O Line it doesn’t mean they can’t get better than the 2025 group. Hoping the youth, enthusiasm and above all NFL experience of Rauscher will translate quickly into success !! Thx in advance for your opinions !! Go Dawgs !!
As big and athletic as EW is, there is no way he shouldn't be a dominant force in the run and pass game for UGA. He just needs the opportunities. He's a matchup nightmare for D coordinators in the passing game, and he's a really good blocker in the run game, which will help with explosive runs. In 21' and '22, I would tell people to watch where number 0 (Darnell Washington went, and that's where the ball was going, because why wouldn't you run behind that guy? I'm sure defenses knew it too, but they couldn't stop it. I believe EW has an opportunity to be a more of a pass-catching threat than Washington.
so he defended the defensive player after embarrassing him in front of all Athens and his fellow players?
Theres a bunch that need to be embarrassed.
I agree Williams can be a weapon, but how many times will we see Bobo run the ball up the middle from the "one". Why would he think to run a 6' 10" TE across the back of the end zone?
You're right, that's Georgia football and it will be as long as KS is in charge. While I love the mentality that the Dawgs are going to be the most physical team on the field, I understand that they can't take advantage of their playmakers without doing it in games and not just practice. You can't have the confidence to run a fade pattern to your 6'7" TE from the 5 yard line against Alabama, Ole Miss, etc when you haven't run that play against Marshall, Miss State and other teams where you had better talent and a physical advantage. Practicing a play during Fall camp is one thing, but executing it in a close game is another and is something the players have to do to develop confidence.
Williams is faster than Washington was. He played wide receiver, as well as TE in High School. He may be an inch shorter, but who could notice the difference. The touchdown catch for the Dawgs showed his ability to catch the ball. He blocks at the same level.
Hope he and Gunner can connect well.
I went back and looked…the touchdown was a 23 yd catch and run from Puglisi. The side line catch on the 4 was an athletic feat, not many good receivers could make that catch!
Go Dawgs!!!
@navydawg…I concur with Chief. I trust Bobo will use the TE room more consistently and more often than he has in the past. At least, one can only hope. Again, it's simply FALSE that the TE's can't get open or that Gunner cannot connect with them. Gunner connected on (9) completed passes and just shy of 100 yards to several TEs against Ole Miss in the regular season. The best offensive performance of last season. And we won. I keep harping on this game, but it is all true!
@Chief @MontanaDawg Hey thanks for the feedback guys !! I to am excited about the potential of Williams !! He could be that “special” weapon we’ve been hoping for !! We’ll see how things go but this O is loaded with potential !! Now to transfer it to reality and against good rival competition. And the biggest word Consistently.