He wasn’t perfect, but I think the OL issues, drops and scheme problems exasperated his issues. He was due for a degree of regression losing Ladd & Bowers. Everything kinda cratered all at once.
Here is a side by side comparison of our offense to theirs last season. Yes there’s more factors at play, worse competition, Ward is probably better than Beck, etc.
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Factor in UGA leading P4 football in dropped passes, and what was an anemic rushing offense, I don’t know many QBs who would’ve succeeded. Beck might flop here. And he didn’t play great last season but UGA couldn’t run on anyone. And it wasn’t because of loaded boxes. Their OL was a bottom tier OL in P4 football.
Odds are he moves to the mean if our OL plays to the level of consistency we had last season and Beck had in 2023. When his completion percentage was 72%. UGA also averaged 32 passes per game in 2023. So the higher percentage isn’t due to a major drop in pass attempts either.