Warren McClendon evaluates Georgia's offensive line through four games

The Georgia offense is putting up points at a ridiculous rate through four games this season. Despite an offensive line that hasn’t been satisfied with their play so far. At least when it comes to Bulldog O-linemen Warren McClendon and Tate Ratledge.

At a press conference this week, McClendon revealed that he and the entire unit up front are committing too many errors for his liking. Mistakes they must clean up as tougher SEC competition — and nasty defense fronts like Kentucky and Florida — await later down the schedule.

Here were his comments on the matter, with his mind set on improving rather than sitting satisfied with the results thus far.

“You know, we play physical. You know, we want to come out there and run the ball, play physical. But we’re making little mistakes and stuff like that and we gotta get rid of those and just keep getting better.”

“You know, we always take pride in keeping our quarterback clean throughout the game,” McClendon added. “When that happens, we don’t like it, but we just gotta keep going, keep pushing through. Can’t really think about it too much. We’ll fix it on Monday. And then running the ball, we pride ourselves on running the ball too, being a physical offensive line. Just getting in, watching film, correcting the little mistakes that we made. Just trying to get better at that.”

So plenty of improvement left for this group, thinks Warren McClendon. Tate Ratledge agrees…

More comments from Georgia OL Tate Ratledge

Ratledge also spoke on behalf of the offensive line this week. He focused more on how the group can protect its quarterback, Stetson Bennett, who is using his legs a lot more this season, which requires some adjustments for his blockers.

“He’s just showing his athleticism,” Ratledge explained. “He does it in practice, it’s just seeing it in a game is a little different. It’s just crazy to see…I think looking at him you don’t think he’s about to hit you with that, but he does.”

“I think we still try to take the mindset that we don’t have a mobile quarterback,” he revealed. “Try to keep that pocket as clean as possible for him to make throws, which is our goal going into every game. Keep him untouched, make him have to do the least work possible. Just sit back there and throw the ball.”

Protect the quarterback like he can’t move. A smart mindset for the Georgia front.