Our secondary definitely had several bad moments on deep balls, but after watching again, JT Daniels and their receivers had a lot to do with that. We busted coverage some, but on some of these throws, they are just perfectly placed balls.
On their first TD at 1:08, he rolls right and made a perfect throw. Forbes had decent coverage but not much he could do.
At 1:30, we jump and give them a free play. Burton burned our safety, so that was bad coverage.
At 2:03, coverage was really not that bad. Guidry was there and contested, but it was just a great throw.
At 2:44, our safety let a receiver run free behind him. Bad coverage.
At 3:38, Burton did have a step on Forbes, but it was also a perfect deep ball. Not good coverage but he wasn’t really wide open either.
At 4:54, just a big time throw. Coverage was actually really good, but there’s nothing we really could have done.
At 5:08 and 5:22, Emerson makes a couple of good plays on the ball in the end zone. In the second play, Daniels does a great job avoiding our rush. Good throws, but we had better coverage.
Then at 5:58 we just get burned.
Looking back, I would not say we played well, but you have to give Daniels, Pickens, and Burton a lot of credit. Daniels was the top QB in the country coming out, Pickens was a five star, and Burton was a top 100 player. Those guys are good, and it’s dumb to compare their passing game with Bennett to their passing game with Daniels. UGA isn’t as dangerous as OM through the air, but it’s closer than I originally thought.
One positive I will say is we do not give up much YAC. Our DBs tackle really well. We just let people get behind us some.
On their first TD at 1:08, he rolls right and made a perfect throw. Forbes had decent coverage but not much he could do.
At 1:30, we jump and give them a free play. Burton burned our safety, so that was bad coverage.
At 2:03, coverage was really not that bad. Guidry was there and contested, but it was just a great throw.
At 2:44, our safety let a receiver run free behind him. Bad coverage.
At 3:38, Burton did have a step on Forbes, but it was also a perfect deep ball. Not good coverage but he wasn’t really wide open either.
At 4:54, just a big time throw. Coverage was actually really good, but there’s nothing we really could have done.
At 5:08 and 5:22, Emerson makes a couple of good plays on the ball in the end zone. In the second play, Daniels does a great job avoiding our rush. Good throws, but we had better coverage.
Then at 5:58 we just get burned.
Looking back, I would not say we played well, but you have to give Daniels, Pickens, and Burton a lot of credit. Daniels was the top QB in the country coming out, Pickens was a five star, and Burton was a top 100 player. Those guys are good, and it’s dumb to compare their passing game with Bennett to their passing game with Daniels. UGA isn’t as dangerous as OM through the air, but it’s closer than I originally thought.
One positive I will say is we do not give up much YAC. Our DBs tackle really well. We just let people get behind us some.
