Georgia’s passing performance in Jacksonville doesn’t get any prettier the further Saturday’s 44-28 loss to Florida gets in the rear-view mirror.
While Kyle Trask was throwing for 474 yards and four touchdowns for the Gators, the tandem of Stetson Bennett IV and D’Wan Mathis completed just 9 of 29 attempts for 112 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Georgia’s 31% completion rate was its second lowest in a game during the past 20 years.
“The quarterbacks were a little off, and I don’t know what to say,” Bulldogs receiver Kearis Jackson said Monday afternoon. “It was one of those days we weren’t completing many balls. We do our thing in practice, but we have to change it over to the game.
“It’s something we have to work on.”
Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted after Saturday’s defeat that the Bulldogs have the potential to be explosive in Todd Monken’s first season as offensive coordinator regardless of whether Bennett or Mathis holds the reins. It’s simply a matter of connecting with the receivers, which has been easier said than done for a program that has stumbled out of the top 10 and is No. 12 entering this week’s tricky trip to Missouri.