re: So Freeze still not committing to a starting QB

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lol you know Hugh freeze is our coach right

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Even the worst coach can see who the best QB is out of ~3 options on the roster ~95% of the time. Its not a hard evaluation.

The fact of the matter is that despite every fanbase always being adamant that the backup QB is better than the struggling starter, there are very few examples where the backup comes in and clearly outplays the starter. At best you get a scenario where the backup sucks equally as much as the starter.

Even last season when UF fans were calling for Lagway to come in game after game and Mertz ended up getting hurt (which forced Lagway onto the field), the reality is that Mertz was clearly better. Florida ended up reeling off some wins with Lagway, but it was because their defense stepped up big time.

Ashton threw the one deep bomb but other than that didn't do a whole lot. He led the team to zero TDs. That was a Cobb and Mcpherson show.

I find it strange that Cohen didnt only say the offense needs to play better. He said:

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We’ve gotta find a way to get better, and we’ve had some struggles in the second half offensively,”

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So it's obvious even he saw Ashton's performance was no better.

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Maybe. But he didn’t throw an extremely crucial pick 6, he didn’t take untimely huge sacks, and he delivered the ball quickly and effectively.

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This right here. He didn't stand back there and take sack after sack after sack. He actually had couple decent throws outside the deep ball to Singleton, which was actually underthrown. At least he gave him a shot to make a play which he did.

He was decisive and moved the offense. I dont think he had a single possession without points. Besides, it is what our offense should be with the struggles the line has pass blocking. Run the ball and sprinkle in some effective passing to keep the defense honest.

Guys, we were sacked 3 times by Arkansas. 2 of those came against Ashton Daniels. So in that game he was sacked more than Arnold was

I love the completely confident evaluations based off of barely any snaps, against a horrible defense. As if we now know for a fact that Ashton Daniels doesn't throw "extremely crucial pick 6's" (even though his INT rate was horrible at Stanford), or that he won't also take stupid sacks. The fact that he didn't take stupid sacks in a game where we just ran the ball almost exclusively as soon as he came in doesn't really say a whole lot. You'll know more about his ability to avoid sacks if he ever gets into a situation against a real defense where we need to pass to move the ball. Until then, I wouldn't conclude anything.

Didn't Arnold go like 4-5 games before throwing a single pick? Yes the one he threw against Arkansas was bad, but then again Taylen Green threw a pick-six as well, and I'd take Taylen Green 100 times out of 100 vs. Ashton Daniels.

I'm not arguing that Daniels shouldn't start - the offense has been horrible and you may well roll with the backup and see what happens. But I can assure you that absolutely nothing has been confirmed by Daniels whatsoever based off of what we have seen. Jackson Arnold has put up several halves of football that were MUCH better than what you just saw Daniels do against a horrible defense.

Arnold was a way higher ceiling, but also a lower floor, because often he doesn't run the play as its called, or misses his check downs because he's holding the ball too long. At some point you just have to put someone out there who will run whats calls and play within the offense instead of trying to play hero ball.

We have already seen Jackson’s ceiling, don’t fool yourself. He is who he is. No I don’t think Ashton is the best qb of all time, but if our team responds to him, and he gets the ball out, play him. The JA experiment is finished.

The pick 6 right before half time is a great illustration and summary of our poor coaching and poor execution throughout the season.”

We had run the ball from the 25 to the 15. 70 yards of running and blocking. Hew had to throw because he’s a fricking idiot.

“ As I understand it, it was an RPO. the receiver ran straight to the defender playing well off the ball and just stood there. All the defender had to do on the play was step in front of it and run like hell”

All I know is “win inside and box them out” is a basic concept that evidently we don’t emphasize.

Turned a 14-10 deficit to 21-10 because:
1. Hew is too smart to stick with the run
2. We don’t coach the basics.

Look, JA was brought in as the guy. Ashton brought in as a back up in case something bad happens. Freshman brought in to groom for the future.

If it proves out Ashton is better than JA and should be starting, like so many things, it’s another indictment on Hugh. And you know he doesn’t want that and will look for an excuse to play JA.

Zac Blackerby says Ashton has been coming out first in QB drills.

Blackerby is a bitch. Has been a sensationalizing bitch and needs a real job so take this with a grain of salt.

I really feel Arnold really is "close" to being a serviceable SEC qb, but right now he is not. He has the tools but not the mindset. From what I saw the receivers especially played harder when Daniel's was in compared to Arnold. Jackson is at fault for the pick, but an aggressive receiver wouldnt have allowed the pick. I am guessing Daniel's is closer to the receivers than Arnold based on their energy against Arkansas