Kirby Smart goes in-depth on JT Daniels’ injury status, ‘it’s beyond our control’

stone

@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.

reddawg1

Stone-

Nothing is impossible in football. On any given Sunday, yada yada yada, I get that . It's possible we could beat Bama with Stetson. Sure. You're right our defense can carry the day from here to the playoffs. I believe our defense is superior to BAMA's at this stage of the season. I think Stetson can zing it with anyone on the team, JT included. I think Stetson can scramble better than anyone on the team. He's no slouch I'm glad we have him. It scares me to think of him getting injured on a scramble and Beck having to come in,

Having said all of that, JT is a far better decision maker and reader of defenses. BAMA IMO would be able to confuse Stetson with different looks. THen there is the height factor. If BAMA started batting down a couple of passes is Stetson going to get down on himself? Do the coaches then start rolling him out every play and basically limit his receiving options to one side of the field?

I don't know if you have noticed Stetson's demeanor, at times he gets infuriated when things don't go his way. Kirby was chewing him out after one pass on Saturday when he came to the sideline and he basically ignored Kirby as he didn't take to well to Kirby's criticism. Stetson can shoot you in and he can just as quickly shoot you out. It's why the coaches limited his throws Saturday. You would think they would allow him to get some more confidence to be ready for Auburn, but IMO they didn't trust him. If the coaches don't trust you, that speaks volumes.

I'm not chucking the season if Stetson ends up being the guy from here on out, but I'm not as confident that we can run the table as I am with JT. And that's not just me, I think I would be in the majority, not the minority.

If you feel just as good about UGA's chances with Stetson, that's cool. It is what it is.

stone

@reddawg1 I will with hold judgment on your comment of comparing the two defenses. This defense has yet to face a team with anything that comes close to a sophisticated passing offense and frankly that concerns me. With the possible exception of Tennessee no one left on the schedule really passes the ball. Because of this, they have to play into the dawgs strength. Needless to say this is a huge advantage.

I missed where Daniels has been confronted with complex defenses. Was this in the Clemson game? It surely was not against Arkansas or USC.

As for limiting his pass attempts, the way you attack a 3-2-6 defense is run the ball. It really was an excellent game plan developed by the offensive staff. It was the same defense Old Miss used and the game plan used was very similar.

As to your concern about height you release Bennett is actually taller than Young, the Bama quarterback.

As far as running the table I don’t have a lot of confidence with either Daniels or Bennett if that means going undefeated. I put that right up there with having 14 players drafted in 2022. Possible but highly unlikely.

reddawg1

Stone

I explained to you how I thought we would beat arkansas 38-14, and you weren't convinced. Heck and that was with JT playing(I thought), and people were so worried about big bad Arkansas. I explained how neither Texas, Ark or Tex A&M had played their weakest teams as convincingly as we had ours. But you tried twisting my words- you seem to do that every time. It's no mistake I get it.

You know as well as I do that Stetson had what 8 passes deflected against BAMA? Maybe it wasn't 8 I'm going off memory. But it was a lot, and all you can do is say well Young is shorter than Stetson. Seriously?

As far as JT being confronted with complex defenses, did you conviently forget about Cincy. Look what they just did to Notre Dame in South Bend. Do you keep up with stuff? Do you really think Venables doesn't throw complex stuff at opposing QB's- so now Clemson is a slouch on defense? Is that what you meant? Plus, I know you read every article on here and that JT has as sharp a Defense reading IQ as anyone ever. Several mentions of that in many posts.

JT was the HS player of the year. He led his team to the HS #1 ranking in the country. Have you ever looked to see what he accomplished at Mater Dei? Just curious. Watch any of his HS film? WHen healthy he is as good a QB as we could hope to have in Athens. Before he hurt his knee he rushed for many more yards than Bryce Young who followed in his footsteps at Mater Dei.

Stetson's a gamer, as I've already repeated, I'm not down on Stetson. But is he JT? No. Given a choice of a healthy JT or Stetson, are you picking Stetson? If not, then why all the rebuttal?

As far as havoing 14 players in the draft possibly? HEre's an article from SI you might want to galnce at. THey list 15 , maybe I short changed UGA. https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/georgia-football-2022-nfl-draft-projections