Georgia football gets straight A’s against the Red Wolves
By Eric Taylor
Quarterback:
Georgia‘s field general, Jake Fromm, had some trouble with the deep ball again, missing a few opportunities with overthrows.
Outside of that Fromm was his usual accurate self completing 77 percent of his throws as he went 17-of-22 for 279 yards and threw for three touchdowns.
Stetson Bennett got into the game for mop-up duty. He completed 9-of-10 passing attempts for 109 yards. Similar to last week against the Racers, he got to really get some work in with the offense in live game situations.
Bennett is special to this program and a pivtol part of it in his own way, and Georgia’s very lucky to have him.
Fromm was on the cusp of his first 300-yard game of the season and had he hit a few of those big plays he missed he would have reached it.
It was an excellent game for Fromm; now he just has to get that deep ball dialed in and on point. The biggest thing is that once he gets the connection with his young wideouts, then it’ll click like clockwork.
Grade: A
Runningback:
Georgia’s running backs once again led the way for the offense. In all Georgia’s running backs totaled 268 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
D’Andre Swift led the way with 76 yards on nine carries. He also had two catches for 64 yards and a touchdown. Once again showing that he is a weapon in the ground and air game.
James Cook had another good game totaling 68 yards on five touches.
Kenny McIntosh made the first splash of his young career tearing off a 62-yard touchdown.
When all five of your scholarship running backs get in the endzone, it’s a good day.
Georgia’s got some dangerous weapons in this group, and the staff’s finding a way to get them all the ball. Now that’s something we like seeing.
Grade: A+
Receivers and Tight ends:
This group of receivers looks deeper and more dynamic every game. If there is any aspect of their game that may go overlooked, it is how well they block.
Georgia wouldn’t have nearly as many big runs without their wide receivers and tight ends blocking.
In all Georgia totaled 388 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Dominick Blaylock had his first 100-yard game totaling 112 yards and a touchdown on four catches.
George Pickens also continued to impress making the catch of the day on the sideline while having just his tiptoes on the turf. He ended the day with five catches for 84 yards.
Tyler Simmons also had three touches for 28 yards, he is a weapon that goes mostly unnoticed, but he averaged nine yards a touch.
Despite him going down with an injury, you wouldn’t know it.
The Dawgs didn’t skip a beat with Simmons out, and that’s a good sign. This group got a lot of work on Saturday against Arkansas State, and it should give them some confidence heading into the game against the Irish.
Grade: A+
Offensive Line:
The Great Wall of Georgia stood tall in this game. The Red Wolves did not sack nor hurry Jake Fromm, and they had just one tackle for loss all game.
Georiga’s offensive line continues to do great things and at this rate will end up winning the best offensive line in the country at the end of the year.
The Dawgs were without big Isaiah Wilson, but it really went unnoticed. This group is incredible and continue to get better each week.
When you have almost three full rotations of offensive linemen, you know that you’re doing something right. Cade Mays continues to be a bright spot on this line as does Andrew Thomas.
Even though most of these guys have high draft grades, the amount of rotating we’ve seen the last two weeks, I believe Georgia will be just fine on the offensive line.