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4 big overreactions from Texas's humbling loss to Georgia

No. 1 Texas was beaten bad in the trenches this weekend in a 15-point loss at home to No. 5 Georgia in the SEC.

By Andrew Miller

Quinn Ewers, Jalon Walker, Texas football
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Texas's starting OTs took a drastic hit to their NFL Draft stock

To say the least, last night was a rough one for the Texas starting offensive tackles against Georgia's impressive defensive front. Texas's offensive line wasn't able to keep the Georgia pass rushers at bay, consistently allowing the pocket to collapse on Ewers and Manning yesterday.

Georgia's pass rushers were overwhelming Texas's offensive line, especially coming off the EDGEs against Kelvin Banks Jr. and Cameron Williams in this weekend's contest against the Dawgs.

For the first time this season, Banks and Williams both allowed sacks and QB hits in the same game. Georgia's simulated pressures, twists, and stunt blitzes were giving Texas's offensive line and pass pro all sorts of communication and adjustment issues last night.

Coming into this game, Banks and Williams were two of the top offensive tackle prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft class for next spring. Mel Kiper's latest ESPN NFL Big Board for the 2025 draft projected Williams as the sixth-best offensive tackle prospect for next spring.

Banks has been consistently viewed as a likely top-10 pick in the first round of the 2025 draft. Williams has also rapidly been climbing up draft boards in the past few weeks among the top offensive tackle prospects in next year's NFL Draft.

Georgia's defensive line, edge rushers, and linebackers are the best competition Banks and Williams have faced this season. Led by standout linebacker Jalon Walker, Georgia registered a season-high seven sacks and 15 quarterback pressures.

Among those 15 quarterback pressures, over 40 percent of the pressures allowed on Ewers and Manning had some level of responsibility for the pressure on the offensive tackles (per PFF).

It didn't matter what the Longhorns tried to do to adjust to the effective pressure Georgia's defense was getting for the pass rush or against the safeties playing deep over the top to avoid giving up explosives. Texas wasn't able to seal the edge fast enough and keep the pocket alive for long enough to give the ground game time to develop and push for good gains or for Ewers to get through all his progressions.

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