Jamaree Salyer shares what changed for Georgia in Orange Bowl

The Georgia Bulldogs came out firing on all cylinders against the Michigan Wolverines in the Capital One Orange Bowl, cruising to a 34-11 blowout victory. That performance was a stark contrast to the SEC Championship Game in which the Bulldogs were humiliated by Alabama, 41-24. Georgia’s mammoth offensive tackle, Jamaree Salyer recently talked about what was different for his team in the Orange Bowl.

“I think we just came out hot against Michigan in the Orange Bowl. We came out hot first drive. We got the ball first and things just started rolling. The ball started rolling down the hill. We were executing at a really high level. All the plays that were called, we were just kind of all on the same page, understanding not necessarily what we were doing but why we were doing it, at the same time,” Salyer said.

“I think that’s even more important especially when you talk about a game like football where there has to be cohesiveness,”

The mammoth tackle talked about how one of the keys was that it felt like everybody on the team was pushing in the same direction.

“It kind of felt different. We all felt we were pushing in the same direction. I think that worked very well for us, especially in the first half we played really well. Had some things we had to clean up in the second half,” he said.

“But we played a really great game. I’m proud how we played up front and on offense. Because it seems like we were really into our game planning and all pushing in the same direction.”

For one, Salyer is 100 percent correct on the cohesiveness that is required to play football at a high level. The game is the ultimate team sport and that’s precisely why such cohesiveness is demanded to play the game at a high level.

Salyer and the mammoth Georgia offensive line are coming off one of their most impressive performances of the 2021 season. After all, they held Michigan’s elite pass rushers, Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo to their lowest pass rush grades of the season, according to PFF.

Not only did the Georgia offensive line dominate, but nearly every part of the Bulldog defense dominated the game as well. Michigan’s formidable offensive line could find no answer for Georgia’s devastatingly dominant front seven.

There’s just one difficult question that Salyer and the rest of his Bulldog teammates will have to figure out. How can they bring that same juice and energy to the national championship rematch against Alabama? On Jan. 10, the college football world will get the answer to that and much more.