UGA Football DB Malaki Starks Talks Red-Zone and "Issues" On Defense
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ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia football sophomore defensive back Malaki Starks met with the media on Tuesday evening after practice and offered the following comments.
On the miscommunications against Vanderbilt and what it means to have a miscommunication on a football play…
“If everybody is not on the same page, it’s not going to work out. The defense has to work as a unit. Sometimes, one side of the field is playing another call and the other side is in a completely different coverage, and they don’t mesh well together. So, if we are not on the same page, bad things happen. We just have to get it fixed and get the call from one side to the other.”
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On the red zone defense and some of the issues the defense has faced with keeping teams out of the end zone…
“The biggest thing is us. It is nothing that the opponents are doing, nothing we haven’t seen before, and nothing we can’t stop. It is more of an us thing. It goes back to communication, being on the same page, and focusing on the little things. That is one thing we have taken a big emphasis on this off week is just working on the things we need to work on and correct. This is something we take a lot of pride on and it’s something that we’ve been lacking for a while, so we’re going to get back on that.”
On the reception he gave up on 4th & 8 and what went through his mind when he gave up that catch…
“Man, I’m still mad about that play. I take pride in coverage, that’s my thing as a DB and the first thing one of my coaches told me when I got back was ‘He’s on scholarship, too.’ He’s a really good player and he’s going to have a great career. Going against him, I respect him, and I knew the route was coming because I got the same route on Wednesday and Thursday. I messed it up on Wednesday, I covered it on Thursday. I watched tape on it on the flight there. I knew it was coming and I slid and just looked just a second late and he got me. He’s a great player, he's on scholarship, too, but it’s tough. You never want to give up those plays especially in that type of scenario, but I have to learn from it.”