What We Are Hearing - Who Gets the Start at QB for Georgia

It's what you all want to know. Who's going to run out to that huddle for Georgia on the opening series Saturday.

It's what you all want to know. Who's going to run out to that huddle for Georgia on the opening series Saturday. 

D'Wan Mathis got the start against Arkansas, but after a strugglesome six series, Kirby Smart and his offensive staff went with Stetson Bennett. Bennett came in and led Georgia's offense on seven scoring drives. Then on Monday, Kirby Smart told the media that JT Daniels would be cleared. Now, we've got ourselves a quarterback battle. 

According to our sources, all three quarterbacks have received reps with the first unit so far this week, but it's Bennett who is getting the lion's share and would be who we lean towards at the moment. This was a similar storyline we heard about Mathis leading up to the opener against Arkansas.

After a 20 for 29 performance for 212 yards and two touchdowns, Bennett is our bet to take the first-team reps. If there's another struggle for any reason offensively they could go to Mathis.

This is competition is far from over. In fact, until JT Daniels is fully ready to go, it's our impression here on Dawgs Daily that the competition battle has yet to begin. Things will open back up the moment he's fully ready to play on game day.

"That’s very fortunate for him, but he still has to be able to go out there and prove to us that he can do it in the game-like situations and the practice-like situations. That’s not easy to do during the week at times." - Kirby Smart on Daniels being cleared during Monday's presser. 

We will find out just how healthy Daniels is eventually, but at the moment, we were led to believe that Bennett and Mathis are getting the majority of the offensive snaps against the scout team, with Daniels getting snaps during situational things. As of right now, from what we've gathered, practice snaps are being delved out 60/30/10 between Bennett/Mathis/Daniels. 

I would not rule out D'Wan Mathis getting playing time on Saturday, nor would I rule out him starting. This is going to be a very, VERY fluid discussion throughout the season until one player cements himself as "The Guy." 

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