Dabo Swinney shares where Clemson coaching staff 'flunked' vs. Georgia

Expectations were high for Clemson receiver Tyler Brown entering the 2024 season after he led the Tigers in receiving last year. However, in Saturday’s season opener against Georgia, Brown didn’t get a touch until the final play of the third quarter when Clemson was trailing 20-3. That also marked his first target of the game.

The sophomore finished the game with only three catches for 25 yards as he was not involved in the offense for the majority of the contest.

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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney spoke this week about Brown’s lack of touches and the coaching staff needing to do a better job of getting him involved.

“We flunked in getting some guys the ball like we needed to. We didn’t get Tyler Brown the ball until the fourth quarter. That’s an F on us,” Dabo Swinney said. “That’s like not handing [Phil] Mafah the ball until the fourth quarter. We’ve gotta be better than that.”

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Clemson receiver Antonio Williams was the only wideout who was consistently involved throughout the game. Williams and Brown were the only receivers to catch more than one pass.

Freshman TJ Moore, freshman Bryant Wesco and sophomore Cole Turner also caught one pass each in the 34-3 loss to Georgia. Clemson is planning to get more of its receivers involved from the start this weekend when the Tigers host Appalachian State.

Dabo Swinney on Clemson: ‘The wins are gonna come’

Coming off a season-opening 34-3 loss to No. 1 Georgia, Clemson is looking to pick up the pieces and reorient itself around all the team’s long-term goals.

And in some ways, coach Dabo Swinney thinks his team needs to get back to the basics.

“Yeah, just foundational principles of what this program’s built on: effort, belief, physicality, toughness, how you play,” Swinney said. “How you play. It’s not where you play, when you play, who you play, what time you play. It’s how you play. And if you play the right way then good things will happen.”

Clemson just didn’t seem to have it against Georgia, never really making it a competitive contest against one of college football’s most talented teams.

Swinney knows that his team won’t always be facing the top team in the country, though. And with a new College Football Playoff format, there’s still everything to play for.

“This is a team that’s, I think has a chance to really come together and have a heck of a year,” Swinney said. “I really love this team, man. Having a lot of fun coaching them, having a lot of fun teaching them. It’s a close team, it’s a close staff. And it’s fun. It’s fun to come to work. I mean it’s funner when you’re coming off a win, that’s for sure, but I think the wins are gonna come. Because you play with the right foundational things, the rest of it will come into play.”