Give and Take

Just a few impressions on the reports from Friday night's scrimmage.

Offense
Out of the approximately 100 plays, 49 were passes. The QB's had a very good night going 26 for 37, for 400+ yards, 5 td, 1 int.........and 12 sacks. Richt hinted that the starting O-line played pretty well but the 2nd unit struggled. 12 sacks. I know that the QB's are wearing the green jersey and just maybe some of the "sacks" were borderline, but 12 freakin sacks. There's only 2 good explanations for that.....(1) The O-line looks like swiss cheese or (2) Willie Martinez was the only person on the field allowed to blow the whistle.

The O-line was called out again for poor blocking in the run game. Dontavius Jackson popped a 40 yard run, ".......made a safety miss out in space and took it to the house....." . Richard Samuel had a 40 yd touchdown catch and "...made some nice runs out of nothing...". Knowshon Moreno is still being limited in his reps in order to keep him healthy but did turn a screen pass into a 70 yd td.

Mohamed Massaquoi and Kenneth Harris, the two current starters at WR were held out with minor injuries. Michael Moore, 3 catches - 77 yds - td; Walter Hill, 4 catches-74 yds- td; and Israel Troupe, 4 catches - 48 yds took up the slack. Tavarres King also hauled in a 42 yard td.

Defense
12 sacks......and by my count, allowed at least 4 plays of over 40 yards. A major case of "feast or famine".

Justin Houston (RFresh) was credited for 3 sacks.
Daryl Gamble, 7.5 tackles
Reshad Jones, 1 int

Ramarcus Brown is reported to be pushing Prince Miller for a starting spot at CB.

Both Richt and Martinez pointed out that this was the worst perfomance by the defense so far this spring.

Special Teams
2 blocked punts

GATA punt block team
Get your sh*t together punt team

Are we placing enough emphasis on special teams? More thoughts on that here.


Overall
Regardless of 2nd or 3rd string players getting tons of reps at these scrimmages, the O-line is beginning to look "suspect" at best. Coach Searels worked wonders last season and I've gotta believe that this unit will vastly improve by opening day.

On a positive note.......
The qb's completion percentage up (70% overall, Stafford 67%).
The offense making big plays.
The D picking up 12 sacks.

Bad news
The secondary allowing too many completions.
The D giving up too many big plays
The O-line giving up 12 sacks.

Strange how that works when you're playing yourself.