Will Muschamp explains the difficulty in defending Dawgs' offense
Media members got the chance to speak with Georgia’s co-defensive coordinators earlier this week, but one of the most interesting answers given was about the Bulldogs’ offense. Nobody has to go up against that Georgia offense more than Glenn Schumann, Will Muschamp and the Dawgs’ defense, and Muschamp explained what makes it so difficult to defend.
“Obviously the match-up issues you have,” Muschamp said. “You saw the season that Brock (Bowers) had last year. A very difficult cover, and he’s very good with his body. His balance and ability to bounce off people is outstanding. He’s got outstanding hands. Darnell (Washington) is a guy that is very difficult as far as his length is concerned. I think with the combination of those things, it makes them very difficult to deal with – and we’ve got some players beyond those guys.”
“I think we take pride in our offense,” he continued. “The guys in our offense do a great job of putting them in positions to be successful in the offense as far as gearing things towards their skill set and what they do well. They’re difficult to defend because number one, from just a football play standpoint, it’s not always necessarily about the scheme but about the players. And then putting them in positions to be successful, and those guys take advantage of those situations as players.”
Bowers and Washington and the other tight ends are great, but they wouldn’t be worth as much without a quarterback able to get them the ball on a regular basis. That’s exactly what Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett does. Bennett sometimes is seen as a game manager, relying on his defense to help him out and allow him the ability to just get the ball to the right guys rather than have to make plays himself. But to Muschamp, there’s a lot more that Bennett does that makes defending the offense so difficult.
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“Stetson is really smart, number one. He knows where to take the ball based on coverage. He’s really smart as far as football intelligence is concerned,” Muschamp said. “He’s a really good athlete and runs extremely well. You have to defend his legs, as well, and he throws the ball extremely well. I think that’s a very good combination at the quarterback position to have, and obviously going into last season, you see a guy that really persevered through not being where he wanted to be to putting in the work to be where he wanted to be. You have to give him a lot of credit.”
Muschamp and the rest of the Georgia defensive staff have their hands full replacing eight players picked in the 2022 NFL Draft this past spring as well as several others who entered the transfer portal. Making their job even more difficult is the challenge of going up against an offense every day that brings experience to the table. And that’s exactly what the challenge will be this weekend as Georgia scrimmages for the first time this fall on Saturday, pitting the offense against the defense in various situations. Good news for Georgia though, they won’t be judge by the way they defend the Dawgs’ offense for much longer, opening the season in just over three weeks on September 3rd against Oregon.
