I’m not the biggest Stepson Bennett fan, but……

he isn’t the reason Georgia lost.

This was a trickle down effect and it all started with the piss poor play of the position it was least expected from, the defensive line. By allowing themselves to be dominated by a patchwork oline and no one getting pressure on Bryce, he had all day to throw. This was poor scheme and poor play. The secondary played poorly as well, but it’s easier for WR’s to get open when the QB has all day to throw. That’s why the defensive line is primarily to blame.

Georgia has an identity on offense and it’s not the type that does well in shootouts. In fact, the only team that’s even built to have a shot at keeping up with Bama in a high scoring shootout is Ohio State. Georgia is built to play defense, go play action, and run the ball. When the defense plays poorly, you end up playing out of your element and having to get into shootouts, which means you cannot establish the run and therefore have an ineffective play action game. When the opposing defense knows that you’re going to pass, they blanket your receivers and give your QB tight windows to throw into that he isn’t used to.

Stepson actually did pretty well considering what he was being asked to do. If you go back and look at the film, none of our WRs were open the majority of the time because we weren’t able to stay in our element. Aaron Murray even said the WRs were not open when he watched the coaches film.

Stepson did have a pick 6 that was his fault and threw one time when he should have ran. I honestly think that a lot of people would be praising him right now had the defense done their job and the coaches gave them a better game plan.

Having said all that, I do believe that unless there’s something we are being kept in the dark about, JT should have a legitimate chance to win his job back. If for whatever reason he’s not the better passer, then we can win with Stetson IF everyone else does their job. I think it should be based solely on passing though, because the running ability just isn’t enough to make much of a difference as long as the offensive line plays good.