In a little less than two weeks, Georgia will kick off its 2017 season at home against Appalachian State.

And the Bulldogs will start their game prep in earnest this coming week, as they wrapped up camp last Saturday. At the conclusion of camp, there had started to be separation at multiple positions, while the offensive line still remains up in the air.

Coach Kirby Smart was pleased with the team’s intensity last week, particularly in its second scrimmage, which was held Saturday. Compared to previous efforts, Smart praised the improved “enthusiasm and desire to practice” from his players.

Here’s a look at what has been solved and what questions remain heading into the opener.

What’s been solved

Jacob Eason steadily improving: Much is expected of the sophomore signal-caller this fall. Though there was some thought that highly touted freshman Jake Fromm could make things interesting this spring, he didn’t do enough. Before the Bulldogs even opened preseason camp, Smart named Eason the starter at SEC Media Days last month.

Still, that doesn’t mean things went perfectly during camp. Criticized for his lack of accuracy last season — 55.1 percent — Eason again struggled during the early portion of camp. Smart didn’t let that go unnoticed, pointing it out during his press conferences.

But Eason ended camp on a high note.

“I thought he threw the ball down the field a little better,” Smart told reporters following the team’s scrimmage this past weekend. “I thought he was a little more accurate than the last scrimmage.”

Eason hopes he can carry that form into the final two weeks of practice before hitting the field against the Mountaineers.

Defense is settled — for the most part: It’s been repeated ad nauseam since the end of last season: The Bulldogs’ defense brings back all but one starter. The question surrounding the unit, then, is a simple one: Can it go from good to great?

At defensive line and linebacker, the Bulldogs are set. The only area of concern is the secondary, a unit Smart was critical of the entire preseason. Then last week came news of an injury to senior cornerback Malkom Parrish (more on that below), who has started 25 games over the past two seasons.

The good news is that even if Parrish is lost for a short time, they have depth to shift things around until his return.

Punting competition nearly a done deal: Georgia began preseason camp with Marshall Long battling graduate transfer Cameron Nizialek. Each time Smart was asked about the position, he noted that Nizialek, a Columbia graduate, held a slight edge.

Now, the job appears to be Nizialek’s to lose.

“The punter competition is leaning more and more towards Cam,” Smart said. “He’s done a really good job. Marshall’s done well too, but I don’t think Marshall’s past the injury completely. He’s still coming back from that.”

With that in mind, it’s safe to say Long will have to do something special in the next two weeks to wrest the starting job back.

What’s left to fix

Offensive line situation: After sitting out a week of practice, left tackle Isaiah Wynn returned last Monday. While he was out, the Bulldogs shuffled their offensive line around to see what starting five gave them the best look up front. But time and again, Smart has made it clear that Georgia’s line will always be better off with Wynn in the lineup.

Upon his return, Wynn was joined by Pat Allen at left guard, Lamont Gaillard at center, Solomon Kindley at right guard and Andrew Thomas at right tackle. Smart said they continued rotating those players in and out during the most recent scrimmage for contingency purposes. At the guard spots, Smart said that included a “triangle” of Kindley, Allen and Kendall Baker.

But when asked whether he had a timetable for naming starters at each of the spots, Smart got a bit testy.

“It’s not about naming a starting offensive line,” Smart said. “That’s not what’s important. What’s important is how the starting offensive line plays and how many reps we can get guys in the right spot. Y’all want to know really bad who the starting offensive line is, but that’s not the goal for us. The goal for us is getting the best five in the best five spots, and then get the others work where they can play if others go down. That’s our goal.”

The Bulldogs have two weeks left to figure that combination out.

Injury updates: According to Smart, Parrish suffered a foot injury during last Tuesday’s practice, which will sideline him indefinitely. How long? Smart said it could range anywhere from 2-to-4 weeks.

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That means it’s still a possibility Parrish could be back in time for the opener. But if not, the Bulldogs have quite the fallback option: Aaron Davis. A senior, Davis started at corner two years ago in Mark Richt’s final season as head coach.

Given Davis’ experience, one would think the Bulldogs are at ease. There’s no reason to rush Parrish back before he’s 100 percent with a fellow senior in place in the meantime.

Aside from Parrish’s injury, the Bulldogs are fairly healthy.

The only other player of importance to miss time this past week was freshman running back D’Andre Swift. A highly regarded signee from Philadelphia, Swift injured his ankle during the Bulldogs’ first scrimmage. He missed back-to-back practices Tuesday and Wednesday but was back at it Thursday.

Though Nick Chubb and Sony Michel stand at the top of the running back pecking order, Swift impressed coaches and teammates during the preseason, and is in line to contribute in some way this fall, be it out of the backfield, in the slot or on special teams.

Defensive lineman Trenton Thompson’s return: Don’t take this to mean we’re questioning Thompson’s talent. Far from it. In that area, he might be the most gifted player on the roster, regardless of position.

No, this is merely about Thompson’s form. A junior, Thompson missed the entire spring after he had an adverse reaction to a medication he was prescribed. In addition, he was also rehabbing a shoulder injury, one of many ailments that have plagued him since arriving on campus. Those issues meant he missed all 15 of the Bulldogs’ spring sessions.

Irrespective of a player’s skill, practice reps are needed to ward off complacency. Despite the time he missed, Thompson apparently didn’t miss a beat, as he was a thorn in the side of the run game in Georgia’s first scrimmage.

Even so, that was facing players he sees every day. How will he look come Sept. 2, when he takes on an opponent for the first time since last December?

If it’s anything close to his last performance — which saw him notch three sacks against TCU on his way to winning the Liberty Bowl MVP — it could signal big things are in store for Thompson in 2017.