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</center>Found this fairly interesting from the article linked. Read into it whatever you'd like:
https://theathletic.com/2215521/202...-daniels-mississippi-state/?source=dailyemail
Here’s a list of the passing yards on every Mississippi State pass, broken into how many players rushed. Bolded plays are second half:
• Rush 3: 6, 7, 2*, 5, 7, 8, 4, 6, Inc., 2, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, Inc. (Devonte Wyatt batted ball), 3, 17, 5, 5, 51 (TD), 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, Inc., 8, 3, 2, 7, 11, 3, 3.
• Rush 4: 20, 3, 8, Inc., 8, 14, 12, 16, 15, Inc., Inc., 7, Inc., 10, Sack, Inc., Sack.
• Rush 5: Inc, Inc., 6, Inc.**
* Forward hand-off
** Drop on what would’ve been TD
There wasn’t an immediate adjustment at halftime. In the first half, Georgia rushed three 21 of 28 dropbacks. On the first defensive drive of the second half, Georgia again rushed three most of the time. But when that again didn’t work you started to see more four-man rushes.
But the rush-three approach wasn’t what burned Georgia. It was the way its linebackers and defensive backs sat back, and just generally didn’t play good pass defense. That’s discouraging for the defense, and reiterates the concern that the unit was overrated, that the LSU game last year, and Alabama and Florida this year, were not just the result of facing great offenses.
</center>Found this fairly interesting from the article linked. Read into it whatever you'd like:
https://theathletic.com/2215521/202...-daniels-mississippi-state/?source=dailyemail
Here’s a list of the passing yards on every Mississippi State pass, broken into how many players rushed. Bolded plays are second half:
• Rush 3: 6, 7, 2*, 5, 7, 8, 4, 6, Inc., 2, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, Inc. (Devonte Wyatt batted ball), 3, 17, 5, 5, 51 (TD), 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, Inc., 8, 3, 2, 7, 11, 3, 3.
• Rush 4: 20, 3, 8, Inc., 8, 14, 12, 16, 15, Inc., Inc., 7, Inc., 10, Sack, Inc., Sack.
• Rush 5: Inc, Inc., 6, Inc.**
* Forward hand-off
** Drop on what would’ve been TD
There wasn’t an immediate adjustment at halftime. In the first half, Georgia rushed three 21 of 28 dropbacks. On the first defensive drive of the second half, Georgia again rushed three most of the time. But when that again didn’t work you started to see more four-man rushes.
But the rush-three approach wasn’t what burned Georgia. It was the way its linebackers and defensive backs sat back, and just generally didn’t play good pass defense. That’s discouraging for the defense, and reiterates the concern that the unit was overrated, that the LSU game last year, and Alabama and Florida this year, were not just the result of facing great offenses.
