Passes from the 5-yard line or closer: Georgia is 8-of-12 with six touchdowns, tied for the 13th most in that situation, with no interceptions and no sacks. Runs from the 5-yard line or closer: Georgia has rushed it 41 times, scoring on 19 of those rushes, an average (2.16) that ranks 40th out of 77 teams with at least 20 such attempts. Looking deeper at the metrics, however, offers some mixed evidence: The lack of enough speed on the perimeter may be showing there.īut how does an offense good enough to average 5.4 yards per rush and is blessed with two dominant tight ends often get stagnated near the goal line? The predictability of the calls up the middle at Kentucky may have something to do with it. Part of it may be not bypassing the red zone enough: Though the Bulldogs rank in the top 15 nationally in plays of 10 and 20 yards, they drop to 54th in plays of at least 30 yards and 104th in plays of at least 40 yards. Still, this team is entering a postseason during which leaving points off the board could be fatal. Where are their best players, where are our best players?” “You have to sit and think, ‘Are we in the best personnel grouping to do it? Are we giving it to the right side? Are we attacking the weakness of the defense?’ There’s all kinds of things that go into it. He wasn’t going to tell future opponents any changes the coaches might make but went into the thought process. On Monday, he was asked more specifically how they can do it. Smart said emphatically after the game that the Bulldogs should be able to get that short yardage. But a run up the middle behind Jalen Carter - probably a better defensive tackle than he is a fullback - was stopped well short. It settled for Podlesny field goals three times, and by the last time Smart was so fed up, he decided to go for it on fourth-and-goal from the 1. Out of five red zone trips, Georgia reached the end zone … once. “We started out really slow in that area offensively, and we’ve moved into the 20s, and we were creeping up, and it was getting really good,” Smart said Monday. That’s the number Smart and his staff seem to track closely. But including only touchdowns, Georgia falls all the way to 52nd.
Consistent,” Georgia has the best red zone percentage in the nation - counting field goals.
Thanks to Podlesny, whom Kirby Smart called “Mr.
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