Georgia vs Tennessee State Preview: 2026 Season Opener with Davin Bellamy

Now, when you start looking at a defensive end, there are three things that go into, you know, a football game.

You got to be good on third down.

You got to, you know, hold the team, you know, up under about 2.2, 2.3 yards, you know, per carry.

And the offense that you're playing against, a good championship defense holds – uh you know the opposing team to about 17 you know points a game you know on the average now you're going to have some outliers of the data but when you put all those numbers together you want your defense to hold the opposing team to about you know 17 points a game so we start looking at that third down number pass rushing and your defensive ends are very important when it comes to looking at the end of the game and seeing how we did on third downs A defensive coordinator, you want to put the offense in third and longs, third and eights, third and seven plus, and that's when the defense ends.

This is why you got paid to come to Georgia.

is for third and seven plus.

And that's where I'll take a pressure or a sack.

Because if you get there and he don't have time to complete the ball, the offense is getting off the field.

I mean, the defense is one.

Now, me being a defensive end and that being my position, of course you love sacks.

But on third down, a pressure, make him throw it away, make him leave his spot, That's just as good as, you know, a sack.

Then we look at last year, bro, the last drive versus Sugar Bowl.

The offense did their job, right? They went and kicked the field goal.

No matter what the points was, the offense did their job.

They tied the game up.

And Trinidad had to go on about a 70-yard drive to win that game.

That is why you're at Georgia.

That is when pass rushers supposed to be their happiest, they're excited because I can go close the game.

It's like that picture.

So kind of what you're saying, sacks and pressures in a grand scheme of things to win a game, they're the same.

Me being a player, you know I would love sacks.

But there have been plenty of times where it's third and eight, and it could have been a sack, but I hit it, and it's almost going forward.

And that was an incomplete pass, but guess what? The offense – It's coming on the field, and the defense is getting off.

That's where we lacked.

You know, you got a lot of people saying Bobo should have scored this many points, this many points.