Some quotes from Phillips at UK.
Q. On Georgia's running game ...
COACH PHILLIPS: A couple of those times they ran on us it was a nine‑man front. Somebody's got to make the play for you. You've got nine guys in the box, and the only reason we didn't have ten is we wanted to put somebody over the top of (A.J.) Green. Want to have somebody underneath and somebody over the top.
So we had a nine‑man front. You've got to get yourself off the field when we've got nine men in the box.
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Q. On A.J. Green's influence on the Georgia running game ...
COACH PHILLIPS: One thing you don't want to do, you don't want to single him up a lot. You want to try to put a guy underneath and a guy on the top so it takes another guy out of the box.
But late in the game they were playing two tight end sets and two back sets, so you actually have an extra guy when you put that ‑‑ you don't have to cover down on another receiver, because they've got two tight ends in the box.
But, yeah, he does help their running game because he brings another guy with him. You've got to mix and match your coverages. You've got to get two people over the top of it or one guy over the top of it at times. That gives them the ability to run the ball with numbers.
I bet money that one jersey cost UGA a trip to Atlanta.