Stetson Bennett shares importance of tight ends in passing game

A lot of people think of the modern college offense as a spread attack, using speed to stretch the field. That isn’t exactly how Georgia, the defending national champions, are built on offense, though. Instead, with a former walk-on quarterback in Stetson Bennett leading the team, Georgia relies on its tight ends.

While speaking to the media, Stetson Bennett was asked why tight ends are a good option, as far as offensive strategy is concerned.

“First of all, it hides, you know, mellows out defense because it tells them that you could run the ball, and so they’re gonna blitz a little bit less,” Stetson Bennett explained. “You know, they’ve probably got a little bit more of a bland gameplan.”

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“And 12-personnel, if you have two tight ends, and they go in their nickel package, then you can run the ball, and we’ve got the weight advantage.”

Stetson Bennett explained that using tight ends not only forces defenses to play more conservatively but also creates mismatches on the field because of the size and speed of a tight end.

“When you’ve got guys who are as big as these guys are and can move, then what are you gonna do? You’re gonna put a smaller guy on them, to move with them, or are you gonna put a bigger guy who may not be able to move with them? They just create mismatches and, you know, when you play clean football it becomes a mismatched game and I think we have some of the best in the country,” Stetson Bennett said.

Tight end Brock Bowers is currently Georgia’s leading receiver on the season. Darnell Washington, another tight end, is third on the team in receiving. The Bulldogs have also found a way to use Bowers in the rushing game, where he has three touchdowns.

Stetson Bennett on what Georgia did during the bye week

Georgia had a bye week to prepare for its annual rivalry game with Florida. Stetson Bennett explained to the media what the offense has been working on during that time.

“Just practice. Just getting after it, going and being critical of ourselves, and listening to corrections,” Stetson Bennett said.

“It’s always been said that a player-led team vs. a coach-led team is better. I think that’s because you keep guys accountable, it’s easier to talk to them, it’s easier to do things the right way. I think that’s what we’ve got. It’s not just the coaches telling us that we need to fix things. It’s us going in the film room after practice, before practice looking at the script, knowing what we have to do, and then, when we don’t do it, going to fix it. That’s a sign of maturity and I think we did a good job of it over the bye week.”