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Kirby Smart goes in-depth on JT Daniels’ injury status, ‘it’s beyond our control’
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Kirby Smart goes in-depth on JT Daniels’ injury status, ‘it’s beyond our control’
ATHENS — Georgia quarterback JT Daniels will remain week-to-week with a grade one lat strain, and his status for next Saturday’s game at Auburn will be determined by how he feels in the pregame.
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I said before the SC game he should rest until completely healed. But, hey, I am merely one of legions of UGA fans. Let him rest for the really important games, like the Florida game. However, if he isn't ready for it, let him rest more. Surely he will be ready for the really important games like the playoffs and the Natty, should we get there. I believe we will, and a healed and rested QB of JT's caliber will be a great asset when those games arrive.
Kirby is tough but fair. He will start JT when he and the med staff feel it is time. The lat muscle is a large one and can be lengthy in healing if pulled. Until then..Stetson Bennett will stand behind center. He did a very good job today. He does seem to have Arkansas's number...the whole team does. Excellent effort by DL and OL! Arkansas is no match for an elite team like UGA. Pittman says they will meet again...I do not believe so.
Either way this is bad for the dawgs. Either JT is extremely injury prone or Kirby is stubbornly invested in a certain demographic of qbs, no matter what.
So seriously tired of the fools signing on to the "JT toughness" question bandwagon. Dak Prescott went through the same injury and he's doing just fine. Goodness, people.
Do people think JT asked not to play? He dressed out. He was cleared. If the game had gotten to the point that we needed to start airing it out to win, do you doubt he would have been in the game?
UGA just won a game against a top 10 team 37-0. And we rested our #1 guy so he'd be 100+% down the road. But people want to b**ch.
This is just silly. And put Kevin Butler on the list. He wants to question JT's toughness? I suggest he ask JT to his face. Tossing grenades from the broadcast booth is a chump move. Really embarrassing for GA football. Not the way we do business.
So, basically we have an injury prone quarterback?! This is the reason I've been raising the question that Kirby needs to start prepping for the future with his freshmen quarterbacks in many the games that are out of reach. I don't trust Bennett. He's not focused enough in a big games to make the necessary throws that will need to be made IF and when teams take our run away. Kirby can be mad all he wants.
Perhaps with a 3 man front it was better to have a qb in who could run the ball?
Even tho JT was cleared I believe Stetson being more mobile did make the defense give him more attention.
All in all, couldn’t be happier with the dawgs today! The o line and the rb’s got to get lathered up for about 2 quarters and that’s a good thing.
Go Dawgs
Mike, why did you choose that picture for your article of JT? Hahahaha, was there not a better choice. Lmbo
Yessir. The voice of reason.
And you do trust Beck? Throws an INT and makes zero, ZERO effort to prevent the pick six, when the D was pitching a shutout? Prep for the future? The future is the next game for championship teams! I hope you are still gripping about Kirby next week…after Stetson and the offense produces a 30+ point win over Auburn!
@DeppDogg has it spot on. Relax. UGA was an 18 point fav and blew that out of the water with a backup QB and a vanilla game plan. Held their opponent scoreless and to under 200 total yards. What more do you people want? I'm excited about the rest of the season. Florida lost...again. Enjoy the day. Dawgs are poised for big things. I LOVE watching that defense. Cherish it because this kind of domination is special.
The reason why this topic is at the top of the pile - and will stay there - is because SBIV cannot take this team all the way. He will not win the SEC champ game and he will not win in the first round of the playoff. With Bama, he will not have the luxury of knowing that the other team can't score. He will need to engineer drives and make smart throws against certain pressure and the best DBs.
JT needs game time. How many minutes has he actually played this year? 20? 30? Whatever the number, it is not enough to be in "mid-season form" for Auburn, Florida or SEC champ game.
Lastly, if Beck (or Brock) never gets the chance to throw against mid-grade teams, he will never be ready to throw against the good ones.
Either way, if SBIV is the long term answer, UGA will not make it past the first round of the playoff.
I am amazed at the people who refuse to realize that Bennett is more than just a serviceable quarterback. They for some reason do not think he can win the big game and yet have nothing to support that assertion. Yes Daniels can in with a great rating from his high school recruiting class and Bennett did not. A lot of quarterbacks have had great ratings but have been disappointing, think Clemson with their #1 Pro rated quarterback. The difference is Bennett can play and Daniels is out with some injury.
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You would make a great coach. You sound just like Kirby.
dogs-n-braves- JT has the same injury that Dak Prescott had. It has to rest in order to heal. You simply can't play through it or practice with it. Unless you like the feeling of a knife slicing you every time you throw it. Other than that. Not that big a deal.
How many balls did Stetson have batted down against BAMA? I love the guy but he isn't going to beat BAMA IMO. THat said, if he had to be the starter I would be pulling for him 100%.
We can win out with what we have in SB and CB. Save him for the SECCG and Natty.
@reddawg1 how many balls did Daniels have batted down against Bama? Or Mathis? Or Beck? Just asking. Oh, I forgot none of them played. I think Kirby actually played the quarterback who he thought gave the team the best chance to win.
Now you might be under the impression that Daniels might have beaten Bama last year but he would not have. That Bennett did not just means he joins a long list of Georgia quarterbacks going all the way back to Stafford who have failed to beat Bama. Does that mean UGA will not beat Bama this year with either Daniels or Bennett at quarterback, of course not. What will contribute to possible beating Bama just as much as the quarterback play and probably even more will be the defense.
As fans we like to talk about how great the defense was last year but it was not in the games that counted. The concern about this year’s defense is it has not been tested by a team that has anything resembling a sophisticated passing attack or by a team with the same level of talent.
So it would appear you are all in with Daniels. He either stays healthy and plays or we all can forget about beating Bama. I for one think there is more to this team than Daniels.