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September 28th, 2016 09:32 AM
Quentin Moses has watched Georgia’s pass rushers this season with more than a passing interest.
Moses rang up 25 sacks as a Bulldog defensive end from 2003-06, good for seventh on the school’s all-time list.
“It’s almost like an art getting to the quarterback and actually finishing,” said Moses, a former Cedar Shoals High standout. “You work so hard to get there but then they get the ball off quick or they’re kind of keying on you. …It’s a matter of being patient and being persistent and not discouraged. The thing about sacks is you might go two or three games without having one and then you might get two and a half in a game.”
Georgia would certainly take that kind of individual performance this season.
The Bulldogs are second to last in the SEC with four sacks. SEC sack leader Arden Key of LSU has six himself.
The outside linebackers have combined for half a sack--from Davin Bellamy.
Cornerback Aaron Davis, defensive linemen Trenton Thompson and David Marshall each have one and safety Dominck Sanders has a half, but the Bulldogs insist they aren’t as focused on sacks.
“We don’t measure sacks,” coach Kirby Smart said. “We let you guys (the media) measure sacks. We measure affecting the quarterback and we are not doing a good job of that. We want to disrupt him, get him out of the pocket, hit him, affect him on the throw. We hit (Ole Miss’) Chad Kelly several times the other day but it didn’t affect him. The affect has to come from getting him out of the pocket and getting him out of rhythym, hitting him in different coverages and we haven’t been able to do that.”
Moses is teaching the finer points of the game as defensive line coach at Reinhardt Universty. The team is second in sacks in the 13-member NAIA Mid-South Conference.
Moses has watched every Georgia game this season except for Ole Miss because he was on a bus ride back from a win at Pikeville (Kent.). So he didn’t see outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter twice come close to sacks, one time when Kelly eluded him and threw a 55-yard touchdown pass.
“It's a situation where he came free on one, and one he did a nice job playing a run play and he came out of it and just missed the quarterback on it,” Smart said. “We're going to work hard at everybody tackling better, especially in space, and finishing on the quarterbacks.”
Said Bellamy: “The sacks will come. ‘Zo should be second in the SEC right now in sacks with three.”
In the preseason of 2015, Carter was demoted to second team and offered this gem of a quote: “Fresh legs mean more sacks. More sacks mean more money.”
The five-star recruit from Norcross posted 4 ½ sacks in 2014 as a freshman.
“Everyone knows who he is,” Moses said. “Everyone knew who he is since he graduated high school.”
Carter has now gone 17 games without a sack for Georgia dating back to the Belk Bowl on Dec. 30, 2014.
“Without a dominant pass rusher, Smart said “we’re having to manipulate it in certain ways to get it done and it’s tough because there’s two really good ones who left here last year and we haven’t been able to replace those guys yet.”
Bellamy said for all the talk of losing Leonard Floyd and Jordan Jenkins, their sack numbers weren’t off the charts last season. Floyd had 4 ½ and Jenkins had 4.
“It’s not like 12 or 15 sacks seasons here every year,” Bellamy said. “It’s more of an everyone does their job kind of defense.”
Georgia’s pass rushers these days are facing something that Moses didn’t have to deal with back in his day: RPOs, run-pass options that Georgia saw from North Carolina, Missouri and Ole Miss and expects to see from Tennessee Saturday.
“It’s very frustrating,” Bellamy said. “It kind of takes away your tenacity. You’ve got to kind of play your keys and not just get off the ball and just go do what you want to do. …It slows you down a little bit.”
Floyd, a first-round pick of the Bears, led Georgia in sacks of the past three seasons but never had more than 6 ½ in a season. Jarvis Jones had 14 ½ in 2012 and 13 ½ in 2011.
“Sacks aren’t really our goal,” said Carter, who has 11 tackles and was named one of two defensive players of the game by coaches against North Carolina. “Our goal is to affect the quarterback and make sure we get him off his spot.”
Having younger players that show up on special teams to push starters brings a sense of urgency, Moses said. That now could be D’Andre Walker, who is second on the team with five quarterback pressures.
“When I was there, there was always a guy,” Moses said. “There was always a Charles Grant, a David Pollack, a Marcus Howard, a Charles Johnson, a Justin Houston. And I don’t think they really have that guy at this particular moment.”
After the Ole Miss game, Carter said coaches have spent time with him “consistently” at practice on fishining around the quarterback.
“Just got to work on it,” he said, “even more.”
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September 28th, 2016 09:32 AM
Quentin Moses has watched Georgia’s pass rushers this season with more than a passing interest.
Moses rang up 25 sacks as a Bulldog defensive end from 2003-06, good for seventh on the school’s all-time list.
“It’s almost like an art getting to the quarterback and actually finishing,” said Moses, a former Cedar Shoals High standout. “You work so hard to get there but then they get the ball off quick or they’re kind of keying on you. …It’s a matter of being patient and being persistent and not discouraged. The thing about sacks is you might go two or three games without having one and then you might get two and a half in a game.”
Georgia would certainly take that kind of individual performance this season.
The Bulldogs are second to last in the SEC with four sacks. SEC sack leader Arden Key of LSU has six himself.
The outside linebackers have combined for half a sack--from Davin Bellamy.
Cornerback Aaron Davis, defensive linemen Trenton Thompson and David Marshall each have one and safety Dominck Sanders has a half, but the Bulldogs insist they aren’t as focused on sacks.
“We don’t measure sacks,” coach Kirby Smart said. “We let you guys (the media) measure sacks. We measure affecting the quarterback and we are not doing a good job of that. We want to disrupt him, get him out of the pocket, hit him, affect him on the throw. We hit (Ole Miss’) Chad Kelly several times the other day but it didn’t affect him. The affect has to come from getting him out of the pocket and getting him out of rhythym, hitting him in different coverages and we haven’t been able to do that.”
Moses is teaching the finer points of the game as defensive line coach at Reinhardt Universty. The team is second in sacks in the 13-member NAIA Mid-South Conference.
Moses has watched every Georgia game this season except for Ole Miss because he was on a bus ride back from a win at Pikeville (Kent.). So he didn’t see outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter twice come close to sacks, one time when Kelly eluded him and threw a 55-yard touchdown pass.
“It's a situation where he came free on one, and one he did a nice job playing a run play and he came out of it and just missed the quarterback on it,” Smart said. “We're going to work hard at everybody tackling better, especially in space, and finishing on the quarterbacks.”
Said Bellamy: “The sacks will come. ‘Zo should be second in the SEC right now in sacks with three.”
In the preseason of 2015, Carter was demoted to second team and offered this gem of a quote: “Fresh legs mean more sacks. More sacks mean more money.”
The five-star recruit from Norcross posted 4 ½ sacks in 2014 as a freshman.
“Everyone knows who he is,” Moses said. “Everyone knew who he is since he graduated high school.”
Carter has now gone 17 games without a sack for Georgia dating back to the Belk Bowl on Dec. 30, 2014.
“Without a dominant pass rusher, Smart said “we’re having to manipulate it in certain ways to get it done and it’s tough because there’s two really good ones who left here last year and we haven’t been able to replace those guys yet.”
Bellamy said for all the talk of losing Leonard Floyd and Jordan Jenkins, their sack numbers weren’t off the charts last season. Floyd had 4 ½ and Jenkins had 4.
“It’s not like 12 or 15 sacks seasons here every year,” Bellamy said. “It’s more of an everyone does their job kind of defense.”
Georgia’s pass rushers these days are facing something that Moses didn’t have to deal with back in his day: RPOs, run-pass options that Georgia saw from North Carolina, Missouri and Ole Miss and expects to see from Tennessee Saturday.
“It’s very frustrating,” Bellamy said. “It kind of takes away your tenacity. You’ve got to kind of play your keys and not just get off the ball and just go do what you want to do. …It slows you down a little bit.”
Floyd, a first-round pick of the Bears, led Georgia in sacks of the past three seasons but never had more than 6 ½ in a season. Jarvis Jones had 14 ½ in 2012 and 13 ½ in 2011.
“Sacks aren’t really our goal,” said Carter, who has 11 tackles and was named one of two defensive players of the game by coaches against North Carolina. “Our goal is to affect the quarterback and make sure we get him off his spot.”
Having younger players that show up on special teams to push starters brings a sense of urgency, Moses said. That now could be D’Andre Walker, who is second on the team with five quarterback pressures.
“When I was there, there was always a guy,” Moses said. “There was always a Charles Grant, a David Pollack, a Marcus Howard, a Charles Johnson, a Justin Houston. And I don’t think they really have that guy at this particular moment.”
After the Ole Miss game, Carter said coaches have spent time with him “consistently” at practice on fishining around the quarterback.
“Just got to work on it,” he said, “even more.”
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