Hugh Freeze on Jayden Daniels, LSU: 'No one has stopped them'

Auburn's defense has a tough out this weekend.

Auburn's defense has a tough out this weekend.

The Tigers travel to LSU to take on one of the strongest offenses they see this season. The Bayou Bengals may not be the strongest defensively, but they've taken it to every opponent with their extremely potent offense.

Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze was asked about quarterback Jayden Daniels and the LSU offense. How do the Tigers gameplan for him?

"I don't think you stop (Daniels)," Freeze said. "There's too many weapons around him, and he's just too good. I think you look at the key to this game as 'can we hold them to field goals?' He plays so effortless, he runs 40-yard touchdowns and it looks like he's jogging and yet no one is catching him. And his balls are so accurate to those talented receivers."

Daniels has racked up the numbers just six games into the year. Take a look at where he falls nationally in several major statistical categories:

Passing yards: 3rd (1,969)

Completion percentage: 9th (72.9%)

Yards per attempt: T-3rd (10.9)

Touchdown passes: 2nd (19)

Passer rating: 2nd (196.7)

On top of his insane passing stats, Daniels has 422 rushing yards (5.6 YPC) and four TDs on the ground to boot.

Freeze believes this is the best offense he's seen in a while, and the best the Tigers have come across this year.

"I think it's a hard, hard task," Freeze said. "Again, I think until this point - and I haven't watched future opponents, and someone will use this for bulletin board material - to this point, this is the best offensive personnel that I've seen in this league, to this point."

LSU enters this contest against Auburn as one of the best offenses in the nation. They're eighth nationally in points per play (0.560), fifth in yards per play (7.81), seventh in yards per pass attempt (10.2), twelfth in yards per rush attempt (5.67), and fifth in scoring offense (44.8).

Statistically, this is the best offense Auburn has faced this season - and arguably the best they will see all year. The Bayou Bengals are efficient.

But they're also explosive.

LSU is also second nationally in long scrimmage plays of 10 yards or more. They lead the country in plays of 20 and 30 yards or more, and are fifth in plays of 40-plus yards.

They've been able to march up and down the field on everyone this season. Slowing the Tigers of LSU down will be arguably the most difficult task Auburn is faced with this year.

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