Field Street Forum

University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart offered the following comments on Tuesday.

Head Coach Kirby Smart

Opening statement … 

“I will open with we are starting our third Dawgs for Pups initiative. A lot of our kids started this and they have done a tremendous job. Several of them have kind of grabbed the bull by the horns — they did a wifi, food drive, and then also they are starting a coat drive for winter months for kids in the local area who do not have coats. I encourage people who want to get involved in that to do it. I know it is important to our players and they have done a good job. Cortez Hankton has kind of been spearheading some of those, so it’s been a tremendous initiative those kids have taken part in.

“It’s an off week this week. We are a beat up football team. We’ve got some guys who’ve got to get well, but we’ve also got a lot of guys that have got to get better. So we are taking this week, working Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday trying to get fundamentally better, trying to focus on us, not really on opponents, things we can get better at. That starts today. I am excited to see the kids go out and work. We’ve got a lot of guys who probably haven’t gotten to play the number of snaps that we would like in terms of the teams we played and the tight games we have had to play, and we’ve got to get those guys better. It starts today and they will get to work on it today.”

On JT Daniels and if this week gives them time to give him an extra look … 

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How the Bulldogs in the NFL fared in Week 6:

    Giants 20, Washington 19
    Tae Crowder, LB: Crowder returned a fumble 43 yards for a touchdown and notched 10 tackles for New York.
    Andrew Thomas, OL: Thomas logged 22 offensive plays at tackle and helped the Giants accumulate 240 total yards.
    Thomas Davis, LB: Davis was on Washington’s inactive list.

    Lions 34, Jaguars 16
    Matthew Stafford, QB: Stafford went 19-for-31 for 223 yards and a touchdown for the Lions. He added five carries for 14 yards.
    D’Andre Swift, RB: Swift had 14 carries for 116 yards and two touchdowns for Detroit. Swift became the first Lions rookie since Barry Sanders in 1989 to rush for at least 100 yards and score two touchdowns in a game. Swift added three catches for seven yards.
    Isaac Nauta, TE: Nauta made his 2020 Lions debut with 18 offensive snaps but he did not have any stats.
    Chris Conley, WR: Conley had a 6-yard reception for Jacksonville.
    Abry Jones, DL: Jones was on the Jaguars’ inactive list.

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