It’s a mystery.

I have no freakin’ idea what’s going on here.

JT Daniels‘ status for Georgia’s home opener against UAB on Saturday is in question. According to persons with knowledge of the situation, Daniels is dealing with an injury to his core, likely ribs or oblique.

Those same sources indicate that the injury isn’t long-term but that Daniels is truly day to day for the time being. He practiced on Monday but did not get in much work at all on Tuesday with Carson Beck getting a large portion of the first-team reps. If Daniels is unable to play against UAB, a decision that has not yet been made according to sources, Beck would likely get the start.

Sounds concerning, right?  In fact, makes you wonder if it affected Daniels’ ability to throw the ball deep in the Clemson game.  (Weiszer reports that it’s “something that may have lingered from the preseason”.)

But here’s a direct quote that paints a different picture.

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— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) September 8, 2021

I can’t imagine Smart feels like he needs to play head games with UAB, so what gives here?

I will say that if JT is indeed nicked up, there’s no need to let him play Saturday.  But “if” may be doing some heavy lifting there.  Ordinarily we’d wait to see how Kirby addresses this in his next presser, except that’s not scheduled until Saturday.  Hey, at least now we’ve got a compelling reason to watch the game!