This year may be Kirbys best coaching job yet,

This edition was supposed to be better than last year.

Last year, he/his coaches/young men, really fricked up. Georgia would have wrecked Michigan. They (Michigan) know it (I know/talk with some of them).

Coming into the season the consensus was that this might be Kirby's best roster and most talented team yet, so I'd probably have to disagree with you on that one. Every starter on offense has to be at least 21 and the D line is older guys too.

How many NFL players did we graduate/leave for the draft last year?

DETROIT - Georgia football saw eight players drafted across the three days that the NFL Draft covered this past weekend. The program continued its streak of seven straight years with a first-round pick with tight end Brock Bowers and tackle Amarius Mims drafted on night one. The selection of Bowers continued a nation-leading sixth straight year that a Georgia tight end has been selected in the NFL Draft.

The Bulldogs finished tied for with two other schools for fourth most players drafted this year with eight.

Bowers was selected 13th overall by the Las Vegas Raiders, followed by Mims going 18th overall to the Cincinnati Bengals. Bowers was the first Georgia tight end selected in the first round since Ben Watson went 32nd overall to the New England Patriots in 2004. Mims became the fifth Georgie offensive lineman drafted in the first round in the Kirby Smart era, following up Broderick Jones (14th overall – Pittsburgh Steelers) last season.

On night two Georgia saw four more players selected, with three of the four players coming from the defensive backfield.

Junior wide receiver Ladd McConkey was selected by the L.A. Chargers as the 34th overall pick (second pick of the second round), marking the top Georgia receiver taken since A.J. Green in 2011 (fourth overall pick, Cincinnati Bengals). Next up was junior defensive back Kamari Lassiter, who went 42nd overall to the Houston Texans as the first Georgia defender to be selected, marking the Texans' first Bulldog selected since 2012. Lassiter's backfield teammate, junior Javon Bullard, went to the Green Bay Packers with the 58th pick later in the second round.

Senior defensive back Tykee Smith was next off the board for the Bulldogs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Smith 89th overall in the third round.

With the three defensive backs being selected on Friday night, Georgia has now had multiple defensive backs drafted in four consecutive drafts.
Two more former Bulldogs were selected on the third and final day of the NFL Draft beginning with junior center Sedrick Van Pran, who was selected by the Buffalo Bills as the 141st overall pick (sixth pick of the fifth round). In the following round, senior defensive lineman Zion Logue was selected by the Atlanta Falcons as the 197th overall pick (21st pick of the sixth round).

cool. any progress on providing any proof of this yet?

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the consensus was that this might be Kirby's best roster and most talented team yet,

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I don't believe one single person would have made that claim heading into the season, especially considering the rosters we fielded just a few short years ago in 21/22.

The current team is a very talented roster. The team, however had to replace 8 NFL players who started last year. The team also has had some of these key players hurt or dismissed. Everett sucks according to the Braintrust as well as Beck, so they can’t use them as proof sources in this matter.

I think that unless something drastic changes a lot of those guys come back.

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You are probably the biggest know-it-all that I've encountered yet. You just come across as bizarre and a strange dude!

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WG is one of the most legit OG members on this site. You gain inspiration from him that you will not get anywhere else, and for that, I'm grateful.

I was a bitter fool going through a nasty divorce and honestly made an arse of myself in here before my 7-year ban that just ended.

Seriously having to lurk forever made me rethink how I interact with fellow fans and those who graduated from UGA and for the reasons we all work on this site.

You seem to bring good info, but the room is going to blacklist you for crap post cheapshots...

My 02c

VHS still doesn't understand.

Excellent comparison post.
I pretty much agree with your assessment but the QB position is debatable.
Beck is definitely the better passer and has the stronger arm and height advantage but having a dual-threat QB in Bennett is one of the reasons we won 2 NCs with Stetson at the helm.
I would rather have Bennett with the ability to run zone reads and run/pass option plays to be honest.