really hope Dax comes back, think he was going to be a chess piece in trying to slow down Bowers from Georgia, who is the best TE in the country and a future 1st rd pick. He's really the only guy on Georgia's offense that truly scares me. He is the key to slowing down Georgia's explosive plays. You take him away and they just don't have very many explosive play-makers in their arsenal. The big chunk plays really goes as he does. Having said that, he's a match-up nightmare, so not sure it's even possible to take him away. All you can do is try to slow him down. He's too big for safeties/nickels- Dax is 6ft, 190- Bowers is gigantic compared to that. And Bowers is too fast for 99.9% of linebackers to cover. Jaylon Smith's pre-injury that is- that are 6'3, 240 and run 4.4 don't exactly grow on trees.
UGA WR's McConkey, Mitchell, and Burton are all very solid #2 and #3 guys, more complimentary pieces than go-to playmakers. Solid players, that can make plays when given the opportunities, but they aren't exactly Jameson Williams or OSU's crew. George Pickens is back however, but he's still coming off the ACL- so not sure how he'll perform. And even when healthy- I've been saying for awhile- and just keeping this Michigan centric for obvious reasons (team I watch the most) I think he's more like a Nico Collins type than say a Braylon Edwards, i.e. more of a possession/jump-ball guy (Nico) that will go 3rd or 4th round come NFL draft time than a game-breaking freak of nature (Braylon) that will be a high 1st round pick.
Georgia's run game is interesting to me. They platoon 3 guys, but Zamir White & James Cook get majority of the carries. Leading rusher is White with 718 rushing yards, Cook is second with 619. Their longest run on the season between them is 42 yards. Their run game does not seem very explosive on paper, more a grind-it out pick up positive yards consistently unit. These are very, very good RB's that Georgia has, but probably a good notch below the Todd Gurley (1st rd), Nick Chubb (2nd rd), Sony Michel (1st rd), and D'Andre Swift (2nd rd) Georgia crew of just a few years back. Not sure these guys are as good in college nor going to be high draft picks, like those guys were.
Georgia OL is rock solid, and a very good unit. And as we all know Stetson Bennett is basically the Georgia version of Cade McNamara. Gamer, game-manager who has his team 12-1 in the playoff- but the fans all screaming for the back-up.
