Georgia Football: Five takeaways from the win over Kentucky

Plenty to clean up on both sides of the ball:

Despite the big victory, the Dawgs were not perfect this week. As Kirby Smart himself said in his press conference, they remain a work in progress and need to keep improving. After the game, I know that many of us watched Alabama pound LSU like they were Louisiana Tech. This Georgia team is not in their class right now. They’re not the Death Star by any stretch of the imagination.

There were several mistakes on offense that this team can’t afford to make against Alabama. The two fumbles on simple offense plays need to be learning experiences. Trey Hill is a true freshman and he’s still learning how to be a center. But we can’t have any more high snaps like that against better teams. Same goes for Jake Fromm and D’Andre Swift when they bumbled a routine handoff. Both of those mistakes cost the team points and against the likes of Alabama, you can’t afford to do that.

The failure to once again punch the ball in from the goal line is also worrying. It’s hard to get that final yard when the entire defense knows what you’re doing but Georgia does need to get more creative or execute better. That being said, I’m not as worried about that as some others are. Last year against Alabama, I remember Jim Chaney calling a Mecole Hardman Wildcat play that led to a TD in that very same situation. I know that he’s got plans up his sleeves that he is and should be saving for that game.

The defense also needs to continue to work on it’s tackling. That’s particularly true in the secondary who struggled this week. Most of those mistakes came when Georgia was absolutely in control but still, they shouldn’t be happening. Going against better teams, players have got to be able to make those tackles and close out games. This should have been a total blowout and the Dawgs let the Wildcats off the hook at times.