Biggest surprise from yesterday...their secondary.

[NEWDAYVOL]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

 

[posivol]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

hook has to trust his arm to hit tight windows.hes looking for 5/10 yard seperation routes and ga gave up only a couple of those and he missed them.

 

[MEDVOL]

They had the horses to play man with our receivers. And told their DL to pin their ears back.

 

[volmainia2]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

the long routes were open sometimes but it takes more time to develop, hooker didnt have the time needed

 

[WhenUrVolUrVFL]

scheming for this will be possible—we just need Hooker on perimeter roll outs that make the secondary commit to stopping perimeter runs.

This is essential for us to be ready for Georgia if we get another crack at then.

 

[peachtreecornersVOL81]

It sure seemed like both of our lines were a big part of the problem

 

[Sarms58]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

I felt coming in it would be the best secondary we faced, and I'm definitely convinced it was. They have guys who can press cover man to man and never let the receiver get open. And as an added plus, they tackle guys immediately when they make catches. Yards are hard to come by against those guys. And yes, most of those sacks (and times Hooker held the ball) were due to their blanket coverage.

 

[TopDog4TN]

hook has to trust his arm to hit tight windows.hes looking for 5/10 yard seperation routes and ga gave up only a couple of those and he missed them.

This right here. I love Hooker and everything he has done for us, but of all the positions that played bad (secondary, both lines) Hooker played the worst. He has to get rid of the football one way or another, even if its throwing it away, not once yesterday did he throw the ball away and not take the sack. I would have liked to see a few roll out plays, I imagine Huepel has got to put some rollout plays into the scheme for when we potentially see Georgia again. There were several instances where WRs got a little separation and Hooker pumped the ball and decided not to throw it. He's got to trust his arm to make those throws as you said.

 

[turbovol]

They had the horses to play man with our receivers. And told their DL to pin their ears back.

We're supposed to have a top receiving group. That means beating single coverage sufficiently to catch some, say, 15-20 yard passes. And yet we didn't--all game. Hyatt can do it. What about Tillman--what are his receiving strengths? I really don't know. Speed, quickness off of breaks? He caught 7 for 68 yards--but most of those, I think, were 5-7 yard catches and a few yards run after catch. McCoy is tough and has good hands, but how quick and elusive is he? I'm surprised that Keyton has not played for 2 games. We don't sub receivers at all? I find that rather bizarre--even with our hurry-up. In the first half, in fact, we had trouble running our hurry-up because the officials seemed to always be slowing things down to set the ball, etc. Plenty of time to run another receiver in--if you think he might help. I don't know--but I was very surprised that Hooker was suddenly throwing so many 5-yard passes and that our guys could not get open. Heupel suggested after the game that Hooker missed some opportunities, which I'm sure is the case. We're a big-play team and we had no big plays.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

UGAs pass defense is ranked 13th nationally. What made you think their secondary was their weakness?

 

[Orange931]

It was more about the blitzing. Kirby knew he would have to disrupt the timing and did just that. Hooker should’ve taken more chances downfield instead of sitting there like a deer in headlights and taking sacks. I’m glad he likes to take care of the ball, but trust our receivers more in those one on ones.

 

[turbovol]

This right here. I love Hooker and everything he has done for us, but of all the positions that played bad (secondary, both lines) Hooker played the worst. He has to get rid of the football one way or another, even if its throwing it away, not once yesterday did he throw the ball away and not take the sack. I would have liked to see a few roll out plays, I imagine Huepel has got to put some rollout plays into the scheme for when we potentially see Georgia again. There were several instances where WRs got a little separation and Hooker pumped the ball and decided not to throw it. He's got to trust his arm to make those throws as you said.

One way that you beat teams that cover well is for the QB to extend plays by breaking out of the pocket, giving your receivers a chance to break routes and just find space and the QB to spot them--in the way that a lot of NFL and college QBs do--Bryce Young, for sure, Mahomes with the Chiefs, Rogers, many others. That's how coverages get busted. Hooker rarely if ever does that. He will run--and effectively--but he doesn't really break out of the pocket, stop, look downfield and throw. We simply did not put enough pressure on Georgia in any way with out offense beyond completing a bunch of short passes--and they weren't very helpful given the many procedure penalties we had.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Smart and Muschamp coach the DBs. This won’t be a weakness.

Statistically, their pass rush was the weakness. But maybe because thru didn’t show those blitzes all year….until yesterday.

 

[CascadeVolunteer]

Hooker may need to to do rollouts or stand 5+ yards behind center. I bet Mizzou tries to copy this as will everyone that plays us from here out. The blueprint has been made. We must adjust to it.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Hooker may need to to do rollouts or stand 5+ yards behind center. I bet Mizzou tries to copy this as will everyone that plays us from here out. The blueprint has been made. We must adjust to it.

I have seen this the blueprint to stop us is out there. No it’s not. Well I take that back. All you need is a defense full of first and second rounders at every level coached by the best defensive staff in the nation. So Missouri, SC and Vandy have that right? They have that but Bama and LSU don’t?

 

[bpalmer28]

Biggest surprise for me was how slow Hooker was in getting rid of the ball or deciding to run. He just wasn’t himself

 

[WhenUrVolUrVFL]

One way that you beat teams that cover well is for the QB to extend plays by breaking out of the pocket, giving your receivers a chance to break routes and just find space and the QB to spot them--in the way that a lot of NFL and college QBs do--Bryce Young, for sure, Mahomes with the Chiefs, Rogers, many others. That's how coverages get busted. Hooker rarely if ever does that. He will run--and effectively--but he doesn't really break out of the pocket, stop, look downfield and throw. We simply did not put enough pressure on Georgia in any way with out offense beyond completing a bunch of short passes--and they weren't very helpful given the many procedure penalties we had.

Precisely and perfectly said. This is my point. I want Hooker to extend plays and take pressure off the offensive line. The Georgia defensive line knew EXACTLY where hooker was going to be on every snap. Standing like a statue 2 yards behind center.

Heupel is obviously a great coach, but we were not prepared for any type of pressure and that’s very disappointing.

Hooker can single handedly extend plays with his legs. And he didn’t do that.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Hooker may need to to do rollouts or stand 5+ yards behind center. I bet Mizzou tries to copy this as will everyone that plays us from here out. The blueprint has been made. We must adjust to it.

LOL! The "blueprint" is to stack top five recruiting classes for 5 years or more and then coach them up. None of our remaining opponents have the talent to do what Georgia did yesterday.

 

[CAVPUT]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

I wasn't surprised at all. Said last week that UGA had the talent to play up in our grill and be physical with us. I also knew they had the hosses up front to really get after Hooker. A lot of our fans felt like our offense was PlayStation unstoppable but we know better now... hopefully.

 

[IndianaVol]

The one play where the light bulb went out for me and I knew we probably weren't winning yesterday was the interception in the end zone.

That DB had Tillman beat all the way down the field. That was impressive.

Do we have great receivers? Undoubtedly.
This game just showed we need to keep up recruiting those top WR to overtake UGAs guys. The next few years in the SEC East are going to be legendary and will decide NC...almost like it was in the mid to late 90s with UT and Fla.

 

[Carolinavols]

Hooker may need to to do rollouts or stand 5+ yards behind center. I bet Mizzou tries to copy this as will everyone that plays us from here out. The blueprint has been made. We must adjust to it.

Should Hooker drop back deeper in the pocket on pass play? He seems to only take 1 step back from where he takes the snap. If the defense has any push it looks like it is affecting his throwing motion and possible causing a sack.

 

[CascadeVolunteer]

Should Hooker drop back deeper in the pocket on pass play? He seems to only take 1 step back from where he takes the snap. If the defense has any push it looks like it is affecting his throwing motion and possible causing a sack.

I think they should try it. Ca t do the same thing with poor results

 

[Vanhalo]

I thought that was their weakness. That was the difference in the game IMO. I thought the offensive line did great and most (not all, but most) of the sacks were coverage sacks. Hooker seemed unable to find open guys all night. I have to believe, for the most part, that was because no one was open.

I agree. Their secondary was billed to us as inferior.

Clearly they are not and could handle man to man.

 

[Allvols98]

Don't have to be perfect in the secondary when you generate the pressure they did.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

Smart and Muschamp coach the DBs. This won’t be a weakness.

Statistically, their pass rush was the weakness. But maybe because thru didn’t show those blitzes all year….until yesterday.

Corner blitz was open all night. Hell Fant and Small didn't even look to block the corner, they looked to help with the down linemen.