Kirby Smart has not lost confidence in his receivers after issues with drops

Georgia football quarterback Carson Beck has been receiving a lot of negative feedback from the fanbase recently. And that negativity has been somewhat warranted.

Beck has had issues with turning the ball over, there’s no denying that, but a lot of the issues people are having with his game really aren’t his fault entirely. He is making a lot of good throws, throws that you see on Sundays in the NFL. He also is showing great command of the offense, especially when Georgia’s back is against the wall.

But still, as the leader and quarterback of this team, he is receiving a lot of the blame regarding Georgia’s somewhat struggling offense. However, the wide receivers deserve some of this blame as well.

At the end of the day, all Beck can do in the passing game is put his receivers in a position to make a play. And overall he has done a pretty good job at doing that. But his receivers have recently been having issues with catching the ball, and that is something a lot of the fanbase has noticed too.

Kirby Smart has noticed this as well, and on Tuesday he discussed this and how they can improve as a group.

"You want to create an environment of learning and teaching," Smart said via dawgnation.com. "I thought Coley did a good job talking to them and explaining to them that I think we’re second in the SEC in passes per game so we must have hellified confidence in them if we’re second in passing attempts per game in the league."

"So we do have tremendous confidence in them, the backs, and the tight ends, and we’re going to continue to do that."

Smart can have his receivers go through as many drills as possible to improve in the passing game (which is something I’m sure they are doing), but at the end of the day the thing this group may need more of is confidence. They are all great athletes, would they even be at Georgia if they were not? So they are more than capable of improving and not having as many drops.

So confidence is the thing this group probably needs more of. And as Smart pointed out, Georgia is second in the SEC in passing attempts per game this season. Nothing says “I have confidence in you” more than that.

Now I do wish Georgia would start running the ball a little more, but that is a conversation for another day. But for now, it is clear that Smart and his staff trust their receivers, so hopefully this bye week will be a good opportunity for them to reset, work on some technique, and find some confidence in themselves as Georgia enters the home stretch of their regular season.