Optimism Growing for the Georgia Bulldogs’ Offense?
ATHENS - There is reason to be optimistic about the Georgia Bulldogs’ offense.
That’s according to UGA running backs coach Dell McGee.
“I see us being a very good offense,” McGee told reporters on Wednesday.
If that happens that means the Bulldogs will have changed their offense in a dramatic way. Gone at multi-year starters D’Andre Swift, Andrew Thomas, Isaiah Wilson, Cade Mays and Jake Fromm, who underperformed the second half of the year.
The offense is supposed to be different. The Bulldogs don’t really know who the starting quarterback will be, or if that man will continue as the starting signal caller as the season moves on. There’s a lot of moving parts right now.
“First off, Coach (Todd)Monken is a great offensive mind. He brings a lot of knowledge, experience. He’s done it in the NFL level, college level—at a successful rate. We are in great hands as far as that is concerned,” McGee said. “I think we are going to be a balanced football team. I think we are going to try to put our players in the best position to be successful, whether it is running or throwing the ball or both. I think that’s going to be a wait and see deal.”
McGee said he’s been forced like never before to make sure that his running backs are ready to play at any time.
“Dealing with COVID everyone has to be ready to play because we never know what's going to happen,” he said. “That's my process, is making sure that all our guys are ready to run the football and protect the quarterback when their numbers are called.”
McGee repeated of his running backs: “I really like our room.”
That could be in part to the leadership shown by two oldest guys in Silver Britches.
“Zamir (White) and James Cook who provide a lot of leadership to the room, and they bring a lot of experience. They are definitely two guys that complement one another. From a standpoint of understanding the offense and learning offense the fastest, they've kind of propelled themselves in that regard,” McGee said. “They are taking more of a leadership role with our younger guys. They are mimicking what they got when they were freshmen when they [had D’Andre] Swift and [Elijah] Holyfield, older guys in the room. They are taking the young guys under their wings—showing them how to take care of their bodies, how to prepare and be the best you can be the best you can be the next day. As far as film studies concern, just all the tidbits and how to be successful on an every day basis. I think they also provide help to our younger guys in going to class and not being a list-guy, just being an overall really, really good student-athlete.”
