Ian Boyd’s second dive into Florida’s offense is worth a read. Boyd says Mullen is embracing an NFL-style spread, pass first offense, mainly because that’s what his roster dictates.
In an era where the game is moving towards being able to just blow your opponents away by chucking the ball to matchup problems in space, the Florida teams are theoretically at a major advantage. Because finding and fielding skill athletes from their recruiting turf isn’t terribly difficult.
The catch? Well, there’s always a trade off, isn’t there…
What you lose with the pro-spread, pass-first approach is the ability to protect the quarterback easily with the run game and to pick up short-yardage.
One reason I feel good about Georgia’s chances against Florida this season (again) is because of the favorable defensive match-up of the Gators’ passing attack against what should be a very strong Dawgs back seven, made even better by the relative lack of a threat from the Florida running game. All of which makes me wonder if we’ll see more Emory Jones in this year’s meeting than we did in 2019.