Three areas Georgia football can improve on before Notre Dame

Georgia football is currently 2-0 and has handily beaten both opponents. However, no team is perfect; here are three things the Dawgs could improve on as we get deeper into the season.

While both of Georgia football’s wins were easy ones, no team is perfect.

There are three things I’ve noticed, and while I may be nitpicking, it’s something to note and hope the Dawgs can improve on before Notre Dame, and other tough opponents get here.

Currently, Georgia’s averaging 296 yards on the ground and 224 through the air. The Dawgs averaged 520 total offensive yards a game and average 8.1 yards a play.

Those offensive numbers are pretty impressive, and a good sign at what’s to come. As for the defense, the Dawgs are only giving up 11.5 points a game, 69.5 yards on the ground, 185 through the air, and 254.5 total yards on average a game.

On paper, Georgia looks like a pretty dominate team. Well, the Dawgs have played Vanderbilt and Murray State so the stats should look good for a reason.

Even though the Dawgs are on the right start, here are three things Georgia could be doing better as it heads deeper into the year.

1: Power when it matters, especially on third down

The Dawgs have a ton of power in the trenches, especially from its offensive line.

However, when the offense only gets 1-of-7 third-down conversions, it raises eyebrows. Georgia improved drastically against Murray State as the Dawgs converted 8-of-10, which is something we expect against someone like the Racers.

Georgia fans saw this against Florida last year; you know the time we couldn’t get into the endzone after seven tries. While the Dawgs have this impressive offensive line, the one thing they can work on is those power blocking situations.

Right now Georgia completes 52.94 percent of third downs, and while that’s a little over half, it’s still not good enough.

When you have an offensive line that average weight is 328.6 pounds, in the NFL the average offensive linemen weigh 314.8 pounds. So there is no reason any defensive line should be able to get the advantage on these guys.

However, there are a lot of talented defensive line’s in college football, and Georgia’s got to figure out how to get advantage on those third down plays and in power blocking situations.

There is honestly no reason for Georgia to lose seven times in a row to a defensive line. Vanderbilt did a great job on third down, and we should give credit to them, but if the Dawgs are going to have the best offensive line in the country, then they need to work on the power blocking and the power football aspect.

With the talent Georgia has, there is no reason they cannot march down the field each time they have the ball. Alabama and Clemson find ways to do it, and Georgia’s got the better offensive line of the two. It’s only a matter of time before the Dawgs get the power aspect right.

2: Tackling

Tackling is something that Georgia’s defense has seemed to struggle with the last couple of seasons.

Now I may be nitpicking a bit here because the tackling has improved tremendously in these first two games, but it can still improve.

However, after watching both games back a couple of times now, there are still times where players get loose when they shouldn’t. There is no room for weak arm tackles, not even against Murray State.

Mark Webb leads the Dawgs right now with 13 tackles, 10 of which are solo, five more solo tackles than the No. 2 tackler on the team Monty Rice.

Head coach Kirby Smart’s repeated time and time that a secondary player shouldn’t lead the team in tackles. For the second year, a defensive back is, so is it the first two layers missing tackles or the defensive backs just being there at the right time? I believe its a combination of the two.

Georgia’s got to do a better job of tackling, which they already are, I’m just nitpicking and making it known that while it’s improved, it’s not where it needs to be.

3: Turnovers for both sides

Georgia’s turnover margin through two games is zero right now because the Dawgs have gained three and lost three turnovers.

While the Dawgs have done a better job at putting pressure on the quarterback, they’re not forcing too many mistakes yet. Georgia needs to turn the ball over less on offense and push more on defense.

Granted, it isn’t always easy to force a team to fumble or to pick off a ball; the Dawgs have the talent to make it happen. If Georgia wants to stay in the championship talk, then it’s going to have to bring out those savage pads more often because that’s one of the critical areas to winning a title.

This defense has plenty of guys who can force a fumble or pick off a ball; it’s time to do it as well. Georgia’s got a good chance to work on the turnover margin this week against Arkansas State, and I’m expecting the defense to at least get two takeaways.

Yes, we’re nitpicking on what the Dawgs need to get better doing. However, if Georgia wants to reach the national title game again, it’ll have to improve on these three things.

There is one more warmup game before the big one against Notre Dame, and I have a feeling we will see even more progress.