Georgia football brings no sack defense to Columbia

Vertically advantaged Tigers

This week could be different, however. Austin Peay, South Carolina and Middle Tennessee preferred a short passing attack, taking few shots down the field.

“We really have been getting teams that will quick game us the whole entire time,” senior  Ledbetter said. “Just hitting quick routes and quick short passes just to get a couple of yards.”

Kirby Smart said of Middle Tennessee, “I don’t think we ever got a chance to rush the passer, put a stopwatch on that guy getting rid of the ball.”

Smart followed that with these words of wisdom. “I look more at total yards per completion, and how many points they had on the scoreboard.”

We’ll see how that works out this week when Missouri attacks the Dawg defense vertically.

“We’ve been insufficient in pass rush.”

Going long

Missouri quarterback Drew Lock will hold the ball Saturday to throw down field. Will Georgia football display a pass rush bent more on sacking as opposed to containing and discomforting the quarterback? Past performance is not encouraging.

“I know since we’ve arrived, we’ve been pretty good on defense here,” Smart said. “But if you say one thing, you’d say we’ve been insufficient in pass rush.”