Georgia Football: Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney plans on opening up the offense

In response to the offensive performance last year and with spring practices beginning, Georgia football offensive coordinator Jim Chaney is implementing several changes and additions to the playbook.

It seems as though the Bulldog Nation had spoken and offensive coordinator Jim Chaney listened. Earlier this month, Chaney mentioned “freshening” the Georgia offense and Monday he began telling players about the changes he plans on making.

According to senior tight end Jeb Blazevich, this includes more run-pass options as well as tweaks to existing plays that will open new possibilities.

Georgia football needed to make changes since their offense ranked 87th in the nation in total offense in 2016. The changes that are being made also seem like a no-brainer. In 2014, Georgia ran a much more complex offense with more formations, and the use of RPO’s. That year, Georgia was 30th in the country in yards per game and eighth in points per game.

The over-simplification of the Bulldogs offense began in 2015 with Brian Schottenheimer. The bulldogs dropped to 84th in total offense that year. Despite Chaney’s record as an innovator of the spread offense at Purdue and someone whose evolved to develop strong run games since then, it was surprising to see more of the same in 2016.

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In December however, Chaney did take credit for Georgia’s offense failing and it certainly seems as though he’s seen the error in his ways.

Now the question is how the players will react. More run-pass options means more responsibility for quarterbacks Jacob Eason and Jake Fromm before the snap. And everyone on the field around them must all be on the same page when they make audibles.

But the Bulldogs should definitely handle the changes. Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Jeb Blazevich and several linemen were all apart of the 2014 offense that featured many of the same aspects that Chaney plans on implementing. They’ll make the transition smoother for the rest of the offense.

This will be one more thing for Eason and Fromm to compete over as well. Whichever quarterback adapts faster will have the advantage going into the pre-season.

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For now, Georgia has all spring to begin executing these changes and fans will get their first look at them on April 22nd during the GDay Game in Sanford Stadium.

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