8. Georgia’s biggest question remains the offensive line
Georgia football doesn’t have many weaknesses or questions surrounding its team, but there is one that stands out, and that is the offensive line.
The Dawgs lost Tate Ratledge earlier this season, and most recently, Jamaree Salyer went down with an ankle injury. So Georgia is trying to figure out its offensive line and who plays best where.
For the last two weeks, the Dawgs have struggled to get a push up front, and while it seems silly to complain about them when Georgia rushed for almost 300 yards, it is the area that presents the most concern.
The offensive line found more success as the game went on, but that won’t work against a better defense like Alabama. The Dawgs need to play around with different offensive line scenarios and find the best one to get used to playing with each other.
However, at the beginning of this Tennessee game, the Vols could slow down the run, and it became extremely frustrating.
Warren Erickson went out due to being one of the players affected by the stomach flu, and once they put Xavier Truss in, things started flowing a bit better. Erickson is an excellent asset on the offensive line, so hopefully, once he feels better, he will be a bigger help.
It’s past time to figure out how to be better as an offensive line, and it’s time for Matt Luke to figure that out. Georgia wore down Tennessee, and that is great. The Dawgs need better offensive line production.