Following another interception, the Georgia Bulldogs and Kirby Smart elected to bench quarterback Stetson Bennett in favor of D’Wan Mathis. With Georgia trailing Florida 41-21, the Bulldogs had nothing to lose in trying a new starter.
D’Wan Mathis began the season as Georgia’s starting quarterback against the Arkansas Razorbacks, but struggled in the first half of that contest. He was benched for Stetson Bennett in that game. Bennett helped stabilize the Georgia offense in the early part of the season.
It’s become apparent that Bennett has limitations in the passing game, so it makes sense for the Dawgs to roll with Mathis, who has more to add in the rushing attack.
Georgia has a fraction of the passing offense of powerful offenses like Florida and Alabama. It is not due to a lack of open receivers, but more so a lack of accurate down the field passes.
D’Wan Mathis threw for a touchdown pass on his first drive against Florida, but ran a slow-paced run-heavy offense in the process.
Here’s how Georgia football Twitter reacted to the promotion for D’Wan Mathis:
The first time Mathis replaced Bennett it was injury-related. Now it's performance. We'll see where it goes from here.
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) November 7, 2020
D'Wan Mathis now in at QB for Bulldogs. Bennett 5-16-78 yards-1 TD-1 INT
— Chip Towers AJC (@ctowersajc) November 7, 2020
Is this the END END of Stetson? https://t.co/T01sJdHA96
— Logan Booker (@LoganMBooker) November 7, 2020
And people think there is a big conspiracy https://t.co/KotgP1sqWx
— UGA United (@UGAUnited) November 7, 2020
People telling me to calm down but we are constantly having games like this. We are a 90's style football team playing in 2020 college football.
— UGA United (@UGAUnited) November 7, 2020
It's time….
— Logan Booker (@LoganMBooker) November 7, 2020
Smart pulled Mathis when he looked confused and ineffective. Now you have the same issue.
At this point, play Mathis so he can grow. Or Daniels who is warming up
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) November 7, 2020
