Did anyone see our receivers separating from defenders?

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With no running game and a vicious pass rush, obviously receivers MUST get open on short routes, or create separation within 6 yards on longer routes in man-to-man. Going into the game, I thought that would be our worst matchup--our receivers against their secondary.

To the few fans who watch for such things, did that happen very often?

I only "saw" the game on radio. The announcers commented on it a few times, and it sounded like our long completions were simply "jump balls" where an otherwise covered Palmer just took it away from the defender(s).
 
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There was enough to be thrown to. Our receivers did a serviceable job on the whole. Georgia’s secondary is elite so a quarterback is going to have to be able to throw the ball in tight spaces. I thought our route design was poor today
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
VQ guys said outside of Palmer, our WRs were a big disappointment. Had a lot of man on man opportunities but couldn’t create separation and there was no where to throw.
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Well, with no run game, UGA rushing 4, can drop 7 into pass coverage...Makes it tough even when you have time to throw...
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
VQ guys said UGA was stacking the box on run downs. That’s when WR should have got separation but couldn’t
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Palmer is good. Brandon Johnson is average. Keyton might be good in time. Pretty much all the rest are freshmen. That’s not going to win a lot of battles against a group with so many future pros.
 
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Knew before the game our WRs would struggle. Running game was our only hope but when the wide receivers get shut down so completely, you can stack the box more. Our pass attack is just not respected and our running game suffered for it.

That was hands down the best defense I’ve seen in years. I knew we would struggle second half with how much our defense was on the field first half. Offense gave us no help.

The talent gap/depth was obvious last night
 
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There was no time to get down the field. He could of just threw up 50/50 balls (worked once) and hoped they ran under them. Bottom line is you would think with a 5th year senior QB and a OC as experienced as Jim Chaney, they could of come up with a way to at least sustain one drive the whole day. Never happened. Piss poor on a lot of levels..
 
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BruisedOrange said:
With no running game and a vicious pass rush, obviously receivers MUST get open on short routes, or create separation within 6 yards on longer routes in man-to-man. Going into the game, I thought that would be our worst matchup--our receivers against their secondary.

To the few fans who watch for such things, did that happen very often?

I only "saw" the game on radio. The announcers commented on it a few times, and it sounded like our long completions were simply "jump balls" where an otherwise covered Palmer just took it away from the defender(s).
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The answer is JG never goes through his progressions. If his first read isn't their he craps the bed every time. He's terrible at reading the field. He is the issue and limits this team from getting past 6 wins.
 
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Going through your progressions isn’t really the issue when the defender is in the backfield when you receive the snap.

That’s been a problem he’s had in the past. He had no time to screw up his progressions yesterday.
 
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De La Cloobs said:
Knew before the game our WRs would struggle. Running game was our only hope but when the wide receivers get shut down so completely, you can stack the box more. Our pass attack is just not respected and our running game suffered for it.

That was hands down the best defense I’ve seen in years. I knew we would struggle second half with how much our defense was on the field first half. Offense gave us no help.

The talent gap/depth was obvious last night
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At this point other message boards even specifically point to how unafraid of our QB play they are. I watched the Ole Miss vs. Bama game last night, and seeing both of their QBs consistently thread the needle and make accurate passes just blows my mind. Why can't we have that? It's maddening. We are a QB away from being a very, very good team. We have a defense finally, but we need a trigger man to run the offense effectively.
 
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lukeneyland said:
There was enough to be thrown to. Our receivers did a serviceable job on the whole. Georgia’s secondary is elite so a quarterback is going to have to be able to throw the ball in tight spaces. I thought our route design was poor today
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Agreed it's not like Georgia receivers were out running our DB's except for blown coverages. Alonte Taylor on line 5.
 
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They weren't getting open consistently. The second TD to Palmer was a perfect throw. I may be wrong, but it seemed like the receivers were running too many long developing routes in the second half even with all the pressure. No positives to point to on offense from the second half at any position or the playcalling. They were thoroughly out-played, out-talented, and out-coached. The defense hung in there as long as they could and were the only bright spot.
 
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The problem is JG, most times, waits for the receiver to get completely open. There were a few plays where I thought that he could have released it and by the time the ball got there the receiver would have been open, these are typically timed pass plays that appear JG hasn't developed yet. I honestly think he doesn't have the confidence in his arm or the receiver to make the play. I saw games yesterday where QB's were putting it in tights space, Mond was doing it against UF all day.
 
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utvols83 said:
They weren't getting open consistently. The second TD to Palmer was a perfect throw. I may be wrong, but it seemed like the receivers were running too many long developing routes in the second half even with all the pressure. No positives to point to on offense from the second half at any position or the playcalling. They were thoroughly out-played, out-talented, and out-coached. The defense hung in there as long as they could and were the only bright spot.
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Playcalling is to blame for that. You can’t expect to hit WRs in long developing routes when the defense is literally in the backfield after 2 seconds
 
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BruisedOrange said:
With no running game and a vicious pass rush, obviously receivers MUST get open on short routes, or create separation within 6 yards on longer routes in man-to-man. Going into the game, I thought that would be our worst matchup--our receivers against their secondary.

To the few fans who watch for such things, did that happen very often?

I only "saw" the game on radio. The announcers commented on it a few times, and it sounded like our long completions were simply "jump balls" where an otherwise covered Palmer just took it away from the defender(s).
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Even on those Palmer TD catches, he was covered pretty well.

The only one I recall getting open was Gray out of the backfield.
 
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Cartervol said:
There was no time to get down the field. He could of just threw up 50/50 balls (worked once) and hoped they ran under them. Bottom line is you would think with a 5th year senior QB and a OC as experienced as Jim Chaney, they could of come up with a way to at least sustain one drive the whole day. Never happened. Piss poor on a lot of levels..
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Very telling when viewing Chaney's and Friend's positions. I hope CP chewed both dey azzez out over that piss-poor preparation. Should have anticipated a big rush after the way UGA handled Auburn and made adjustments during practice to get the ball out quick. If it happens again it may be hammer time. JG should already be prepared to sit with one more mistake or it's gonna be a bad reflection on Pruitt.
 
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KeyVol14 said:
The answer is JG never goes through his progressions. If his first read isn't their he craps the bed every time. He's terrible at reading the field. He is the issue and limits this team from getting past 6 wins.
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I don't think JG is very good but let's be honest, he didn't have time to go through progressions and see the route develop. It was a poor game plan, poorly executed, and poorly coached. Plenty of blame to go around, we don't have elite talent on offense, we have some good to very good players but only one guy who I might consider elite.
 
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Volhoops said:
The question then is why do we not have a tight end or a decent QB. Poor work by the offensive staff.
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They don't prioritize the position. We only had one serviceable option and they were shut down because of injury.
 
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