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Posted on 10/10/13 at 7:51 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 10/10/13 at 7:51 pm to deeprig9
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Defensive line and outside linebackers...
UGA plays a 3-4 with the recent linemen being returning starter senior Garrison Smith, originally DE but now playing nose, junior Sterling Bailey who was never a starter until the SC game, also originally listed as a DE but now more of a tackle, and junior Ray Drew, also not a starter until this year. Drew was a 5 star recruit coming in, and just now, this year, starting as a junior. Firstly, it's harder to crack the rotation as a lineman in a 3-4, because there are only 3 starters. Secondly, Drew's own recent self-analysis to the paper was something like "We live in a microwave oven world, where everybody expects everything right now. The best food comes out of the crock pot. I've just been stewing in the crock pot." Drew is a deep-south African American that listens to country music. He also has sacks against LSU and Tenn.
Sterling Bailey is a bit of a surprise, at least to me. He originally came in as a 4 star linebacker, but the kid kept getting bigger. He was moved to DE, and couldn't crack into the starting rotation. He kept getting bigger, so now he's more of a tackle, playing an end position in the 3 man front. He had 10 tackles vs SC, and a couple half-sacks, playing the interior.
Garrison Smith is one of our defensive stars returning from last year. He didn't get alot of publicity because he played on the same side as Jarvis Jones; Garrison's disruptions were responsible for a lot of Jarvis' success.
Speaking of Jarvis Jones, his heir is Jordan Jenkins. He's a redshirt sophomore that was yet another 5 star recruit. There are great photographs of him doing acrobatic things in practice and in game play, sick stuff that makes a dawg fan think "Oh My God, this guy is a freak.." but so far, he has no sacks. He is the outside linebacker on the weak side with pass rush duty on pretty much every pass play.
The other outside linebacker on the strong side is true freshman early enrollee Leonard Floyd. He was a 4 star kid that graduated early and immediately started knocking older, higher rated guys out of the way in Spring practice to make an immediate impact this season. He leads the linebackers in sacks. At this time, I will take the time to note that just because there are alot of young players on the defense doesn't mean UGA just didn't have anyone else to play... these young kids on defense won their spots against older and in many cases higher rated guys.
The two middle linebackers are Amarlo Herrera and Ramik Wilson. I'll talk about them next.
Defensive line and outside linebackers...
UGA plays a 3-4 with the recent linemen being returning starter senior Garrison Smith, originally DE but now playing nose, junior Sterling Bailey who was never a starter until the SC game, also originally listed as a DE but now more of a tackle, and junior Ray Drew, also not a starter until this year. Drew was a 5 star recruit coming in, and just now, this year, starting as a junior. Firstly, it's harder to crack the rotation as a lineman in a 3-4, because there are only 3 starters. Secondly, Drew's own recent self-analysis to the paper was something like "We live in a microwave oven world, where everybody expects everything right now. The best food comes out of the crock pot. I've just been stewing in the crock pot." Drew is a deep-south African American that listens to country music. He also has sacks against LSU and Tenn.
Sterling Bailey is a bit of a surprise, at least to me. He originally came in as a 4 star linebacker, but the kid kept getting bigger. He was moved to DE, and couldn't crack into the starting rotation. He kept getting bigger, so now he's more of a tackle, playing an end position in the 3 man front. He had 10 tackles vs SC, and a couple half-sacks, playing the interior.
Garrison Smith is one of our defensive stars returning from last year. He didn't get alot of publicity because he played on the same side as Jarvis Jones; Garrison's disruptions were responsible for a lot of Jarvis' success.
Speaking of Jarvis Jones, his heir is Jordan Jenkins. He's a redshirt sophomore that was yet another 5 star recruit. There are great photographs of him doing acrobatic things in practice and in game play, sick stuff that makes a dawg fan think "Oh My God, this guy is a freak.." but so far, he has no sacks. He is the outside linebacker on the weak side with pass rush duty on pretty much every pass play.
The other outside linebacker on the strong side is true freshman early enrollee Leonard Floyd. He was a 4 star kid that graduated early and immediately started knocking older, higher rated guys out of the way in Spring practice to make an immediate impact this season. He leads the linebackers in sacks. At this time, I will take the time to note that just because there are alot of young players on the defense doesn't mean UGA just didn't have anyone else to play... these young kids on defense won their spots against older and in many cases higher rated guys.
The two middle linebackers are Amarlo Herrera and Ramik Wilson. I'll talk about them next.
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Posted on 10/10/13 at 8:19 pm to deeprig9
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Middle Linebackers
Amarlo Hererra is a junior and defensive leader of sorts, the press coming out on him is that he's the guy that drives everyone harder in the film room, the weight room, the drills, and the scrimmages. He was a starter last year as well, and was also a 5 star recruit originally. There aren't alot of fireworks for him because he basically plugs holes and makes tackles, but he can chase the outside play as well as anyone. He also gets ball-punch happy, and popped one out vs Clemson. He's not just trying to bring your running back down, he's trying to get that ball. If another lineman or linebacker can help hold you up, he's by damn going to try to get that ball out of your hands.
Ramik Wilson is the other middle linebacker. He's the other middle linebacker.
Too much is made of UGA's secondary. They aren't that shitty. Their opponents have included Zach Mettenberger who leads the league in QB rating and has two top shelf receivers... Tajh Boyd who is a projected first round draft pick, senior, dual threat, with another future NFL receiver Sammy Watkins, and believe it or not, the QB for North Texas, I forget his name, had thrown for an average of 400 + yards in all his games leading up to the UGA game, and as Richt said, it doesn't matter who your competition is (in regard to N Tex qb), you don't put up those kind of numbers unless you are executing.
Yes, UGA's secondary is young. But Damien Swann is a junior and returning starter from last year, led the team in interceptions last year. None this year.
True Freshman phenom safety Tray "The Truth" Matthews will probably be out again, was out vs Tenn, hamstring. Hamstring has been hurting him since the summer. Multiple guys have rotated to replace him, so far none have done particularly well.
The other safety, slash nickel, is Josh Harvey-Clemons. He was yet another 5 star recruit 3 years ago, and is just now starting full time. He was recruited as a linebacker at 6-5 but wasn't able to put on the weight we hoped for, so at around 220 he is just a big safety. Our defensive coordinator said they had to create a position for him because he is too athletic to sit on the bench, so he is a safety nickel thing that Grantham calls "Star". He is probably the best guy in the secondary right now.
The other corner spot is unknown. Several guys have played it this year, there has been rotation. Noone has locked that position down yet. Mettenberger and Worley and Connor Shaw and Tajh Boyd have pretty much made everyone look bad.
So how does mizzou capitalize on this?
There are Five Ways.
Five Alive.....
To be continued... again...
Middle Linebackers
Amarlo Hererra is a junior and defensive leader of sorts, the press coming out on him is that he's the guy that drives everyone harder in the film room, the weight room, the drills, and the scrimmages. He was a starter last year as well, and was also a 5 star recruit originally. There aren't alot of fireworks for him because he basically plugs holes and makes tackles, but he can chase the outside play as well as anyone. He also gets ball-punch happy, and popped one out vs Clemson. He's not just trying to bring your running back down, he's trying to get that ball. If another lineman or linebacker can help hold you up, he's by damn going to try to get that ball out of your hands.
Ramik Wilson is the other middle linebacker. He's the other middle linebacker.
Too much is made of UGA's secondary. They aren't that shitty. Their opponents have included Zach Mettenberger who leads the league in QB rating and has two top shelf receivers... Tajh Boyd who is a projected first round draft pick, senior, dual threat, with another future NFL receiver Sammy Watkins, and believe it or not, the QB for North Texas, I forget his name, had thrown for an average of 400 + yards in all his games leading up to the UGA game, and as Richt said, it doesn't matter who your competition is (in regard to N Tex qb), you don't put up those kind of numbers unless you are executing.
Yes, UGA's secondary is young. But Damien Swann is a junior and returning starter from last year, led the team in interceptions last year. None this year.
True Freshman phenom safety Tray "The Truth" Matthews will probably be out again, was out vs Tenn, hamstring. Hamstring has been hurting him since the summer. Multiple guys have rotated to replace him, so far none have done particularly well.
The other safety, slash nickel, is Josh Harvey-Clemons. He was yet another 5 star recruit 3 years ago, and is just now starting full time. He was recruited as a linebacker at 6-5 but wasn't able to put on the weight we hoped for, so at around 220 he is just a big safety. Our defensive coordinator said they had to create a position for him because he is too athletic to sit on the bench, so he is a safety nickel thing that Grantham calls "Star". He is probably the best guy in the secondary right now.
The other corner spot is unknown. Several guys have played it this year, there has been rotation. Noone has locked that position down yet. Mettenberger and Worley and Connor Shaw and Tajh Boyd have pretty much made everyone look bad.
So how does mizzou capitalize on this?
There are Five Ways.
Five Alive.....
To be continued... again...
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