Georgia Football: Tale of the ugly offensive tape for Bulldogs

The Georgia football program has tied the all-time series with Texas A&M as the offense struggled again in a heavy downpour at Sanford Stadium.

Georgia football beat Texas A&M to move to 10-1 on the season, 7-1 in the SEC. While the Bulldogs once again held their opponent under 20 points, the offense put up their second-lowest point total of the season. The win evened the overall series between the two teams and was the final piece of the puzzle in having every SEC team face each other in regular-season play.

Let’s face it, the second monsoon-game of the year at Sanford Stadium didn’t help matters, but just as in the Kentucky game, Georgia’s perseverance won the day.

Jake Fromm is going to shoulder a lot of the blame. He once again didn’t complete 50 percent of his passes, going 11 for 23 (47.8%) for 163 yards and one touchdown.

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However, does he deserve all of the blame for how the offense is performing?

Fromm was missing receivers, but even when he was hitting guys in their numbers they were dropping the ball. Kearis Jackson dropped a perfectly thrown ball on a slant in the first half and Georgia dialed up a flea-flicker just to miss it on a lack of effort by the receiver. People want to pile on Fromm, but he cannot both throw and catch the ball.

Fromm also missed Demetris Robertson twice, once on a crossing route that Fromm put too far in front of him, and another throw down the sideline that Fromm placed perfectly, but Robertson only put up one hand rather than two. Robertson has been one of the most disappointing pieces in this offense.

D’Andre Swift did have his second 100-yard game in a row, rushing for 103 yards against the Aggies.

Speaking of Swift, there has been a lot said about a heated exchange between him and Fromm, who was pointing to where he expected Swift to run, but Swift went where the play was designed. Swift then came back to the line of scrimmage screaming at Fromm for running him into the blitz.

However, Fromm had changed the protection and it was Swift who was in the wrong. Swift was just frustrated and let the moment get to him. Either way, both Fromm and Swift were fine after the game and have moved on.

This was one of the biggest problems with the offense though, not one player or the other, but the execution in general. Kirby has been talking about this for weeks.

Georgia’s offense, in the last two games, has gone three and out in five of its 12 second-half drives. That is 42% of their drives. The offense’s inability to move the ball is causing the defense to stay on the field and get tired.

Georgia’s defense played 86 snaps against Texas A&M, 83 snaps against Auburn, and 73 against South Carolina.

Georgia’s offense is converting 43 percent on 3rd down, they were converting at 48 percent last year. This has been an issue from the very first game of the season when Georgia converted less than 15 percent of their 3rd downs against Vanderbilt.

Even though the defense is spending so much time on the field they are still one of the most dominant units in the nation. Once again they allowed less than 20 points, giving up just 13 to A&M who average 32 points per game.

Georgia’s rushing defense suffocated the Aggies, holding them without even a single yard. Texas A&M actually totaled -1 yard rushing on 20 carries. One big reason for that is the monster Jordan Davis in the middle of Georgia’s defensive line. This guy is playing out of his mind this year.

The pass rush got multiple sacks for the fourth game in a row, sacking Aggies quarterback Kellen Mond twice.

For the sixth game in a row, Georgia held its opponent below 30 percent on 3rd down conversions. The Aggies were four for 15 on 3rd down, converting just 27 percent.

Once again the tale of the tape shows a struggling Georgia offense and a dominating Georgia defense. This was another ugly win, but it was still a win. Which is all that matters in the end.