Georgia hasn’t thrown the ball to the tight ends much at all this season. In total, the position group has caught only 18 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown.
But given the way Auburn likes to defend on the perimeter, perhaps the tight ends could be used as a useful weapon in Georgia’s passing game.
In the first meeting on Nov. 11, a 40-17 Auburn win, the Tigers pressed the Georgia outside receivers to prevent quarterback Jake Fromm from finding open targets early in his reads. CBS Sports color commentator Gary Danielson said that since Auburn likes to be aggressive with its outside cornerbacks, that Georgia should use tight ends Isaac Nauta, Jeb Blazevich and Charlie Woerner over the middle of the field.