If you have questions or concerns about how much of a positive impact Georgia’s receiving corps will have this season, you’ll be interested in this David Ching piece that looks at five SEC position groups, including Georgia’s pass catchers, that have something to prove.
The good thing, if you want to call it that, is that of the five he analyzes, the only one that appears to be on less shaky ground than Georgia’s wideouts is the LSU running backs group. On paper, anyway, Tennessee’s offensive line is a mess (true freshmen at both starting tackles), Auburn is about to start a quarterback with no previous college experience and, between the evaporation of a once-talented receiving corps and Rich Rod at the helm as the new OC, Ole Miss’ passing game is likely to disintegrate.
I don’t feel so bad now.
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Maybe I’m being delusional, but I’m not really worried about the receiving corps. I just figure Fromm’s good and will have time to throw, and there’s enough talent in the group that they’ll get production from the position.
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Same here. For as little as we throw it, we have plenty of talent to cover that. I also think our defense will be pretty salty this year, with something to prove. My only worry is injury to Fromm, but that’s the same with most teams.
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Receiving Corps will be fine. But that will be the game plan. Load the box -try and stop Georgia from running and force them to throw. I like this group and believe they will come around quickly
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I know they’ll have to develop chemistry, but to me it helps that Simmons & Robertson have been in the program and that Cager is a. experienced and b. experienced with James Coley. Unproven, yes, but not totally unfamiliar with Fromm and/or Coley.
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I expect Fromm to keep improving. Its not going out on a limb to believe he can increase his completion percentage to 70%, particularly with this OL in front of him. We’ve got a stable of top receivers, including two 5-stars and at least four 6’3″+ WRs – and that’s NOT counting TEs. Coley and Hankton are good coaches. Overall, I don’t expect our passing game to skip a beat.
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Seems as though someone always steps up, especially at the skill positions. Too much talent, it may take a game or two….but we will be fine there imo.
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Agree with all the positive comments above about our receivers and passing game for 2019. Much ado about very little, everyone seems to find a need to “discover” an Achilles Heel. We have talented receivers, we have a smart, talented QB to deliver it to them, an an OL that provide adequate time. Add to that our running game will not only take the pressure off the passing game but open up the play action which usually means open receivers.
The receivers will not likely put up All SEC numbers (we rarely do anyway), and they may not be the blockers we usually have, but this isn’t a hard position to get young players to excel at. We just added two 5 star receivers to what we already had on board. No need to lose sleep over this, imo.
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Why discount Rich Rod? He put up numbers at W Va. I think people immediately assume a coach can’t coach if he’s been fired as a head coach.
Yes I used coach three times in the same sentence both as a noun and a verb.
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When did he become a passing game guru? I’ll hang up and listen to your answer.
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Stranger things have occurred…,the mizzou oc out performed himself in 2018 (former hc turned oc), not a rich rod fan either
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I think some of y’all are missing the point. It’s not that RR is a bad OC; it’s that he’s an OC who usually emphasizes the running game. That’s the point Ching is making — it’s probably a good thing, since most of Ole Miss’ receiving production is gone.
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When did having an OC who is not a passing game guru automatically result in a passing game disintigrating? Can’t an OC who is not necessarily known as a passing “guru” coach a passing attack that is at least decent?
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Should have been under the Senator’s reply to Huntindawg…
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Arizona passing yardage conference rankings under RR:
2017: 12th
2016: 10th
2015: 5th
2014: 6th
2013: 12th
2012: 3rd
Ole Miss passing yardage conference rankings for same period:
2017: 1st
2016: 1st
2015: 1st
2014: 5th
2013: 3rd
2012: 5th
You’re probably right. We won’t even notice any difference.
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Where did I say there’d be no difference? I didn’t.
It’s just that I make a distinction between “not as good” and “disintegrated.” YMMV.
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From the linked piece:
Just curious: at season’s end, where do you think Ole Miss will rank in passing yardage in the conference?
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No clue. I’m more of an “Ask me in December” kind of guy than I am a “Let me give you my – uninformed – opinion” sort of fella. And any opinion I could give would most certainly be uninformed, let me assure you.
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Does this mean you won’t comment for 6 more months?!? Seriously, it’s a long offseason. If you can’t speculate through the summer what good is it?
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Actually, I’ll probably never speculate about Ole Miss’s passing production at all. But don’t let me deter you, if you are so inclined. I was merely commenting about the Senator’s speculation. I, unlike our esteemed host, can’t make the leap from one season’s excellence to the next season’s disintegration. December may well prove the Senator right, but I have no way of knowing now.
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They also lost Van Jefferson to a transfer to Florida. The bottom of the bell curve is always right after you come off probation. Their AD and former coach (obviously) only made their problems worse–they allowed themselves to be in the crosshairs for like 2 yrs (de facto probation) before going on actual probation. They would have stemmed off a lot of problems if they hadn’t been so arrogant in their fight with Mars. The would have kept a good on-field coach and recruiter (even if sleazy) and the NCAA hammer probably would have dropped about 15 months earlier.
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Not that it matters, but what’s the consensus on whether Ridley made the right move after going in the 4th round ? (aside from being the right move at the right time for him and his family).
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I think next year’s receiver group is projected to be deeper. Maybe he could have played his way up the list, but he was probably looking at roughly the same deal either way.
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Question who has a better O-line for Chaney’s first year? UGA 2016 or UT 2019?
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I think our dismal 2016 line may be better than what they’re trotting out, which is scary for them. I’m looking forward to seeing what Chaney does. The variable is how much Pruitt micromanages. If he leaves Chaney well enough alone, we’ll be able to see exactly how short Kirby’s leash was by what Chaney does with the offense. (not that we don’t already have a pretty good guess)
If Chaney tries to run Georgia’s 2018 offense with 2019 Tennessee, it’s going to get ugly.
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UT is supposed to have a better passing game this year than we did in 2016, they definitely don’t have as good of a run game as UGA had in 2016. I think 6-6 or 7-5 is about as good as it gets for them. Wins in the SEC over UK, Vandy, and who else? That assumes they beat BYU and UAB to get to 6-6. It could get ugly in Knoxville this year.
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