Georgia Football: Wide Receivers need to cut out the drops

Georgia Football got some good performances on G-day, but several of their receivers had issues with catching the football.

Having gone back and rewatched G-day a few times, something stood out to me. There were a lot of people complaining about Jake Fromm’s play on Saturday. There were a lot of reasons that the Sophomore had a disappointing game, but one, in particular, stood out. His receivers have got to catch the football.

Jason Stanley dropped a clear touchdown on what should have been a 50-yard bomb. Riley Ridley also had a similar mistake where he let Tyreke McGee rip a TD pass out of his hands in the end zone. Both were picture perfect throws from Fromm that were dropped. If just one of those gets caught, his stats actually look pretty good. If both are, he’s had a great day.

The drops didn’t just affect the red team. Tyler Simmons dropped a couple of easily catchable balls from Justin Fields. Both QB’s had lower completion percentages than they should have done because of drops.

When you rewatch the film, one thing really stands out. Both Fields and Fromm are good at putting the ball in an easy to catch place for their receivers. They aren’t expecting their playmakers to do circus catches very often. But far too often, the receivers dropped the ball. That’s something that can’t happen when we get to the regular season if this team is going to go to the Playoff.

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Look, this is not the end of the world. It’s worth noting that the QB’s threw to receivers who need to get better to test them out. Terry Godwin didn’t see many passes, nor did Mecole Hardman or Issac Nauta. But this is something the receivers need to improve on over the summer. If UGA is going to be more balanced on offense, it can’t afford for its pass catchers to keep dropping the ball.