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DDT: Indicators of Future Success for Georgia Offense

Georgia running back James Cook (4) during the Bulldogs’ game with Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (Photo by Skylar Lien)

According to the reaction of many in the Georgia faithful, and the litany of stories surrounding controversies that don’t actually exist, the sky is falling. I’m here to tell say, after carefully reviewing the game, that is simply not the case. Georgia did a lot of encouraging things offensively against Alabama, and there are plenty indicators of future success.

The first indicator of future success is the play of the Georgia offensive line. Not including sack yards, Georgia generated 159 yards on 28 carries for an average of 5.7 yards per carry. Ignore the fact that for some reason Georgia got away from the running back in the second half. If UGA is able to muster even close to the 5.7 yards per carry mark going forward, then their offense will be extremely difficult to stop. The offensive line is gelling and even more depth is growing behind the current starters. Expect to see a full blown emergence of RBU in the next 6 games will Kendall Milton receiving more carries as well.

The second factor that Georgia fans should be encouraged by is play design. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen receivers running wide open the way that Georgia receivers were on Saturday versus Alabama. Admittedly, Stetson Bennett IV missed some in critical times, but he also hit quite a few. There were some dropped balls also. The difference between Georgia and Alabama on offense at the moment is the fact that when a 50/50 ball goes up, Alabama comes down with it. Georgia has to continue to take their shots down the field and it’s important for Bennett IV to improve on some of the decisions he made Saturday, but the scheme itself is putting strain on defenses and that combined with an opportunity to clean things up on a bye week and increased execution going forward equals even more offensive production.

 

 

 

 

Georgia’s 414 yards of offense versus Alabama was better than 8 of Georgia’s games in 2019. Even in a performance that included 3 turnovers, Georgia’s 24 points were as good as if not better than 7 of their games from a year ago. So yes, there is a room for improvement for sure. Execution and play design have to mesh simultaneously, but make no mistake the elements are there unlike the offenses of the past 2 seasons. Stetson Bennett IV’s experience he just gained in Tuscaloosa will prove invaluable going forward as he is the guy at UGA, regardless of the opinions of some, for the Kentucky game and going forward from what I’m gathering. Look for a concerned effort to have more balance and for Stetson Bennett IV to stress defenses with his legs both by sprint/roll outs and also improv.

Balance and Monken’s creative play design, with the natural playmaking ability and added learning experiences of Stetson Bennett IV, will produce an efficient and explosive offense going forward. Pro Football Focus grades every play from every team throughout the season. PFF has Stetson Bennett IV as the highest graded QB versus man coverage in 2020 in all of college football. Also, Kendall Milton is averaging the most yards per carry after contact of any running back in the SEC. Georgia will not finish another game this year with 28 carries or less by ball carriers. They are going to commit to running the ball behind an offensive line that is playing well and create those one on one, man coverage looks, on the outside that Stetson Bennett IV succeeds against.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    2. Joe Kennedy

      Yep I’m definitely feeling gloom and despair about UGA football right now. I think our ceiling for this team is winning the East. Now I’ll be happy if we beat fla and sc , but I just wish we could figure out how to beat bama .

  7. Gawdsport

    I’m getting use to new format, but gotta say Garner Webb and Ear Wax cleaner ppl still need to improve their algorithms. I ain’t buying.

  8. DawgLeg

    I apologize for asking the same question I asked yesterday, but have at least waited until things slowed down. How do I send a private message to another member. Greg – you answered this yesterday, but I couldn’t figure it out.

  10. Joe Kennedy

    Logan and Dave had two guest on that talked baseball . Baseball season is basically over!!!!!! I’m gonna find me another morning show to listen too

    3. Bob Miller

      See the attached image on how to see new posts @199 . There is a green icon with a white text bubble. An smaller orange circle will appear with a number inside indicating how many new comments there are. You click on that to see new comments.

  12. TripleDawg

    Feel like with the extra long season, with no cupcakes, that injuries are going to play a big part down the stretch. I remember last year at the SECG that UGA was pretty beat up with Swift, Cager hurt and Blaylock getting hurt in the game. If UGA can stay healthy, I like their chances against anybody.

      1. Bob Miller

        Depending on if there is any post-season play and even if there are College Football Playoffs, Georgia may not play Clemson this season depending on the seeding.

        As far as Alabama, it is difficult to beat a team twice in one season. If Georgia eliminates the mistakes they made last Saturday, they have the ability and talent to beat the Tide.

        1. Joe Kennedy

          I can’t agree buddy. I agree with what Boykin said, he didn’t we could stop their explosive WRs in a rematch. We do have talent but their talent on offense is just better

          1. Bob Miller

            The talent on Georgia’s offense and Alabama’s offense are comparable. The big difference is Alabama’s experience on offense. They have more juniors and seniors on that side of the ball along with guys that have played in and started more games than a number of other teams, including Georgia.

            Alabama’s QB Mac Jones is a redshirt junior who has played in 30 games in the SEC. Compare that to Bennett who has 9 under his belt, and Mathis whose first game was versus Arkansas to start the season.

            At RB, Bama’s Najee Harris is a senior with 46 games. Georgia’s most experience RB, Zamir White, is a redshirt sophomore with 17.

            At WR, Bama’s DeVonta Smith is a senior with 45 games and Jaylen Waddle has 32 games as a junior. Compared to George Pickens and Kearis Jackson, a sophomore and redshirt sophomore respectively, have 18 and 19 games. To put that in perspective, Bama’s No. 3 WR, sophomore John Metchie, has 17.

            Bama is also more experienced on the o-line with 2 seniors and a graduate.

            1. Joe Kennedy

              Yep. That’s part of the reason I think they would win in a rematch because of experience also. But we still gotta to beat fla first

            2. Bob Miller

              Aye. Not saying it would be easy in a rematch versus Bama. The gap in the experience will still be there. It will all depend on the growth over of Dawgs on that side of the ball over the next number of weeks and remaining 6 games.

              And yeah. Got to worry about the opponents remaining on the schedule before being concerned about a rematch with Bama.

  15. Greg Poole

    Here is the link to the gravatar site. Load your image here and it will appear on any site that uses gravatar – which is all WordPress sites.

            5. DawgDaddy

              Actually when I went to the site it logged me in with my BI login using autofill. I just had to upload the pic.

            1. Bob Miller

              Refreshed page, and now, it is not showing @203 . You now just have the generic BI logo as your avatar, but it was showing up earlier for you.

    1. 1mandawgpack

      Like a bunch of beauty contestants worried about getting their photos posted all up in here ###

    3. DawgDaddy

      You da man, I think I will just take a break from trying to get mine until you figure this thing out. Thanks Greg and Bob for the help so far.

  21. Bob Miller

    Another thing with this new commenting system that is different from Disqus is how one is notified of new comments. There is a green icon with a text bubble. It will show you how many new comments there are and you click on it to show those new comments. See attached image. Click on image to enlarge.

    1. 1mandawgpack

      Yep, I think it was experiencing some hiccups yesterday but seems to be working fairly well, at least for me, today.

  23. Biggity Ben

    I know this has likely been discussed and I just missed it, but there IS someone committing today?

    2. 1mandawgpack

      Yes – see the top of yesterday’s DDT for details. It’s the DB from Tuscaloosa (originally from Savannah).

    3. Bob Miller

      Defensive back Kamar Lassiter is supposed to announce his commitment decision this evening around 8 p.m. EST @199

  24. Bob Miller

    If you want to get email notifications, you have to click “Subscribe” and then choose whether or not to get notifications for any new comments or just replies to your comments. See attached image.

  25. ZippyMorocco

    I’m an old fart, so I’m not into change, especially IT. However, the new disqus sucks canal water.

    1. 1mandawgpack

      Give it a little time. I think there were a lot of features that had to be customized and Greg is tinkering with those. To me, it looks and works a lot like Disqus so I don’t see a whole lot of differences from the old system. I probably won’t use the private commenting function once Greg gets it working, but I think some people will enjoy that feature.

      1. Bob Miller

        It should be approved @ @183 @guest_49989… if the admin and mod features are working correctly.

        1. Bob Miller

          @178 and @170 are you guys logging in with your Disqus or just putting in your name and email?

    2. 1mandawgpack

      Still showing the sideways G.

      I never could figure out what your avatar was a photo of over on the Disqus site because it was so small. I religiously watched the Little Rascals growing up and the photo looked like it was Buckwheat from the LR but that was the closest thing I could guess.

  29. Bob Miller

    @175 and @190 (and anyone else having trouble logging in with their Disqus account) Don’t click on the “login” but click on the blue Disqus button to login with your Disqus account… see attached image. It is a little misleading as I also clicked on the blue login text instead of the button at first.

      1. 1mandawgpack

        I’ve logged in with Disqus on several different occasions. My username and avatar show up in the top right hand corner of the page where it says ‘Howdy, 1mandawgpack’ but my avatar doesn’t show when posting comments. I’ve gone into my profile to see if it might be a setting issue and didn’t see any issues. Accordingly, I’ve given up on the avatar matter.

  31. Bob Miller

    Just FYI, there are two ways you can have an avatar. Either login using your Disqus username and password or login with WordPress and use Gravatar. Option one is the “easiest” and less hassle free for those that do not have a WordPress account, which is free BTW, or are not familiar using Gravatar.

    4. DawgByte

      At the top of this page it says “Howdy, DawgByte’. When I click on it I can see my old graphic in the Gravatar area, but for some reason this new one keeps showing up.

      1. Bob Miller

        Not sure why the system isn’t displaying your avatar because it is showing in your profile when I click on it.

          1. Bob Miller

            Have you tried signing in with your Disqus account @174? I posted up top how to do so. It is the blue Disqus button and not the “login” text.

            1. Asheville_Dawg

              Yep. It shows my picture in the top right but when I post the sideways G appears. I have logged out and logged back in a couple of times too.

      1. Bob Miller

        Going OK. Enjoying the weather up here in Northeast Georgia around the lake. Hope you and yours are doing well.

        TBH, I haven’t kept up with recruiting in several months like I used to. @166 is way more in the know than I am at the moment, but it does appear to be heating up, which is not unexpected. Even if we were not dealing with the coronavirus, this is about the time of year that things really start to kick into gear for the upcoming recruiting class.

    1. 1mandawgpack

      I haven’t tried, but I think you click the paper clip down in the bottom right hand corner of the comment box and then select your image from where it’s stored on your device. It appears to me that there’s no limitation on the type of file that can be attached and if that’s indeed the case, this commenting feature is much more flexible than Disqus as it only allowed very limited types of files to be downloaded.

    2. Bob Miller

      Hey @196 , see attached image, but @178 is correct. You click on the paper clip icon that is on the bottom right corner of the comment box.

  37. Rob Dawg

    Greg why do some have “Member” beside their name and others have “Guest”? I looks to me like guests have avatar and member does not?

      1. Rob Dawg

        It’s holdover from previous Disqus system. I didn’t do anything other that put my screen name and email in the two boxes here when commenting and it recognized me I guess

        1. Converted 1981

          Did the same and signed in and out and in and out and in again. Still get the sideways G!!!!!!

      1. Converted 1981

        I see a red background with a red Bulldog Helmet with the black G! Looks good. What do you see from mine?

    2. Converted 1981

      It looks like when one is typing then the BI Bulldog shows up. However once one hits enter it changes over the the sideways G.

  40. DawgLeg

    Went out for a run and came back with some thoughts (opinions).
    We have missed on multiple elite RB in the last 3 years that we were going to get if weird crap hadn’t happened. J Fields was supposed to be our QB this year. We didn’t get the RBs and Fields is in an environment where he doesn’t feel threatened. It is what it is.
    I am impressed with Monken as an OC so far.
    I am pretty sure Monken is a better evaluator of QBs than any of us on this board.
    Just some of my opinions.

      1. DawgLeg

        Neither of us really know because we weren’t there, but I have learned in life that when circumstances change you have to change your opinion.

    2. Bob Miller

      On the RBs, I’m not sure UGA really missed out on signing elite prospects, except for 2019, although Kenny McIntosh is flashing that he is likely better than his evaluation by the recruiting services.

      2020 signee and true freshman Kendall Milton was rated a four-star and one of the top-10 running backs in the country by 247 along with ESPN and a five-star and the No. 3 RB in the nation by Rivals.

      Zamir White was considered one of the top RBs and prospects in the country in 2018.

      1. DawgLeg

        I was referring to Emery, the 2 (?) we think we missed on when Holyfield changed his mind about declaring, and last year the guy from Texas whose name I refuse to speak or type.

        1. 1mandawgpack

          I think the BI logo appears as your avatar when you initiate a new comment but the sideways G appears as your avatar when you reply to a comment, at least that appears to be the case to me.

            3. 1mandawgpack

              I just made a new comment (not responding to a previous comment) and got the sideways G. So much for my theory.

            5. Rob Dawg

              Greg told me that only people with 10,000 accrued Yolo points will have visible avatars. Maybe he didn’t but thats what I’m going with

      2. Bob Miller

        That average starting field position is a testament to the defense and good special teams play for Georgia. They just weren’t able to capitalize on it in the Alabama game due to mistakes they made.

        1. 1mandawgpack

          I think that stat is heavily skewed by the first 3 games whereby our D dominated and we were able to get a lot of 3 and out possessions that resulted in punts from deep in the opponents territory. Since the D couldn’t get off the field against Bama, our starting field position was awful for the few punts we were able to force.

  45. DawgDaddy

    When I click on the wheel icon above to check “My Content and Settings” I get a pop-up asking if I want to “Delete all my comments” I can’t get to settings at all. 

  48. TeeHDawg

    Has anyone heard any updates on Adonai Mitchell and Jackson Meeks?

    I think Mitchell will be ready to contribute earlier than his ranking indicates since he is already graduated and already working out. And I know Meeks may have been dinged up recently.

    on another note, just watched some film on 22 recruit Darris Smith from Appling County. He’s a potential Jermaine Johnson type player and should be a high priority for us.

  50. TeeHDawg

    Morning everyone. Not sure of what to make on the new format. It’s going to take some getting use to.

    In a recruiting related question, I see that Ishmael Sopsher, a big time NT recruit from Louisiana is in the transfer portal. With the new transfer rules being in place next year, he’s probably LSU bound. That has to better our chances at Maason Smith.

    2. 1mandawgpack

      I think the bigger issue with all LSU recruits is whether or not the NCAA imposes a post-season ban(s). With what appears to be major recruiting violations (pay to play schemes) in both football and basketball, it wouldn’t surprise me if LSU didn’t receive a ‘failure to monitor’ penalty for both programs, which is one of the most severe penalties that the NCAA can issue. As kids like to play for titles, a post-season ban will hurt their recruiting more than competition at any particular position.

      1. TeeHDawg

        I didn’t think of that. That is a major factor when kids decide where to go to school. I also saw one of the smaller schools in Louisiana sign his older brother.