ATLANTA — Kirby Smart knows Georgia left some plays on the field offensively.
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I appreciate my fellow Dawg fans beginning to look at our team with a critical (NOT CRITICISM) eye. We are a very good team but with enough weaknesses to keep us from being the championship team that we can be. I got dogged out (pardon the pun) earlier this year for not saying Gunner Stockton was the greatest QB in college football. He's a good quarterback and, apparently, an even better human being. And he obviously loves UGA. But he has some shortcomings that you just hope he'll overcome. He's short. He often doesn't see open receivers downfield. His deep balls — even the completed passes — are often underthrown. That said, I agree with many of you that we're running him too much. I know he's tough as nails and will run what's called, but gee ****, we have pretty good running backs. Why aren't they getting the ball more? That kid at Tennessee carries it 30 times a game. I don't see why our QB has to run it 12 times a game when we've got strong 4-star RB in our backfield. But Kirby seems OK with it, so I doubt it will change. Our receivers, they're good but yesterday they played like we thought they would play all season. And both of the balls that Humphries dropped were just that — drops. Both balls got into his hands. Then again, when the receivers do get open, sometimes Stockton just doesn't throw to them. I, too, am at a loss for why our tight ends aren't catching five (or more) passes a game. Especially in third and short situations. And what is with all the wide passes to the line of scrimmage? Everyone knows that's all we do now, and they're stopping it. We've got to develop a stronger vertical passing game. Also, we did OK with our running game but there were a few times when we got stopped on third and short (like at the very end of the game) where I was thinking, "we can't run consistently for one yard?" Anyway, apologize for the long rant. I'm still big on the Dawgs. They really can win it all, I think. But we've just got to be more explosive and innovative on offense. Oxford, Mississippi seems like a good place to start. Go Dawgs!
We weren't very imaginative on offense. With Fla defensive backs rated as bad as they were, we really didn't try to attack their weakness. How many QB draws do we need to run? We still have TE's don't we? Defense was outstanding!!
I'm going to double dip. Is it me, or does Gunner look a little lost the past couple of weeks?
