“What we’ve been really good at is spreading the ball around,” Smart said. Another hint Smart is giving about this being a passing team. He mentioned tailbacks Daijun Edwards and Kendall Milton not being as healthy as they were at the start of spring. What you have in the offseason may not be what you have in the season, which is what we’re learning right now.” When I asked Smart about the “I” word after the game, I prefaced it by asking if it was more what the coaches decided it would be in the offseason or how the team developed when the season started. Ladd McConkey, a key receiver on two national championship teams, has yet to play because of a back issue. The nature of Georgia’s schedule is such that Bobo (consulting with Smart) is gradually unveiling the playbook while spreading the touches around to see what they have.īrock Bowers, a possible Heisman Trophy contender, had all of one touch Saturday. Perhaps unimportant, or perhaps it’s a nice time to whip out more of the playbook. Samuel played college ball at South Carolina, which plays at Georgia next week. It’s almost like a Deebo Samuel deal with how the 49ers used him is what we’re trying to do.” It also gives us an opportunity, which we didn’t really do today, to match him up on a linebacker or on a safety, where otherwise he might be on a corner where he’s spread out wide. “He runs hard, he’s really good with the ball in his hands. “He brings a different element,” Beck said. “I hadn’t started in four years, and this week, I really learned from last week, as far as how I approach Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, every day of the week, and then how do I actually prepare for the game when it comes to Saturday, and how do I feel once I get in the game?”īut what we saw from Bell on Saturday was only a sliver of what the team has planned for him, according to Beck. “I mean, the first week I was just trying to feel it out,” he said with a chuckle. By that standard, the offense is coming along fine, scoring 40-plus points the first two weeks with 8.0 yards per play in the opener and 6.3 yards per play in the second week against what should be a tougher opponent.īeck, in particular, looked much more confident Saturday. That offense has since lost its offensive coordinator, quarterback, leading rusher and left tackle, so a few bumps early this season may be expected. But when the defense struggled against Ohio State last year, the offense overcame it. Georgia’s offense was more inconsistent that year and couldn’t overcome it.
It wasn’t the first time the Bulldogs played Alabama two years ago. But there’s no guarantee the defense will be great every game. Of course, if the defense is great, the offense doesn’t necessarily have to be great, too. But whether it can be great or merely good - or even average - remains on the table. It has been apparent for a while that Georgia will be more of a passing team. To some, it could just be whether you’re going to score a lot of points or not. To some, it could be whether you’re a passing or running team. But it wasn’t the season opener in 2021.įull disclosure part II: Identity is a subjective thing. It was definitely the season opener last year. Hopefully, we’ll just continue to improve.”įull disclosure: My memory bank doesn’t have mentions of when exactly in past seasons Georgia knew its offensive identity.
We’re trying to get to that point in the season where we’re able to go out there, no mess-ups, no mistakes on plays and execute at a high level like we used to do.”Ĭarson Beck, the quarterback who looked much more comfortable in his second career start, also used the “I” word in the future tense when he mentioned “my overall confidence in the offense as we continue to evolve and find our identity. “But each day at practice, every day we go out there we’re getting better. “I feel like the offense is still coming together, still trying to form an identity,” senior receiver Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint said. If you’re not quite sure what to make of this Georgia offense so far, you have company in the people who play in it. Georgia, even after Todd Monken left and Mike Bobo replaced him, is now a full-fledged passing team that … At least as we football neophytes define running it. So to review: Yes, that’s Kirby Smart, accused not long ago of being old school, too wedded to the run game, now downplaying the need to run the ball. Roderick Robinson II scored Georgia’s final touchdown Saturday against Ball State.
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