JT Daniels Breaks Down His Explosive G Day Performance
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ATHENS - Georgia Bulldogs QB JT Daniels talks about the Georgia Bulldogs annual G Day game, and what's looming as the fall is right around the corner.
#18 JT Daniels | Jr. | QB
On the performance of the quarterbacks …
“I think a part of that is just really good quarterback room and a good system you know, Carson prepares like a starter, Stetson prepares like a starter, Brock prepares like a starter. Everyone is all about doing their job to get better every day, and I think you saw it in the spring game where you know there’s certain things are simplified and made a little easier”
On playing against his own defense…
“Yeah, that’s one thing you have to mention about Georgia football is that defense gives you everything every down, starting with that front seven. In the secondary you know a little inexperienced in the secondary, but don’t hold that against them, there’s a lot of talent and there’s a lot of good players. There’s no fear in my mind and no fear that I feel with that secondary on the field. They give us a look every day. They make a lot of plays. We make a lot of plays on them, but it’s just good on good.”
On throwing short to the running backs…
“That’s a great question because I love throwing the ball deep, and you see it a lot but, especially when you have James, Zamir, Kendall all the guys we have I think check downs in general are the most underrated and underappreciated aspect of the offense. At a bare minimum it is easy to throw, at a bare minimum it’s three yards -- and that’s if the first guy tackles them. It’s very very rare that the first guy tackles any of our running backs, so if a defense wants to bring vertical pressure and drop back and place off, we’re playing good coverage. You know if I have to check it down 10 times in a row, I’ll check it down 10 times in a row. There’s no problem with that for me, and I think you saw it a lot for Cincinnati, that two-minute drive consisted of a pass to George and then three or four check downs in a row. It’s really just taking what the defense gives you. And we trust our running backs with the ball and make people miss them.”
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