Hugh Freeze Reflects on QB Ashton Daniels's Rescue Performance for Auburn

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Hugh Freeze benched Auburn Tigers starting quarterback Jackson Arnold in the second quarter of their win against Arkansas. Ashton Daniels came in off the bench had provided a calming presence with playmaking ability.

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00:00Man, I think he's got this maturity and poise about him.

00:04Obviously, he's a college graduate and has played in a lot of big football games,

00:13so it's not going to be something that overwhelms him.

00:17And I just thought it was time for, look, I love Jackson.

00:22I love Deuce. I love Ashton. I love all of our players.

00:26But, you know, I felt like at that time, I mean, the decision that Jackson made

00:34obviously wasn't a great one.

00:35They were in a too high shell and we're running the football.

00:39We've got to be smart and take what they give us.

00:44But really, we had a plan to play him all along and probably should have done it.

00:51I thought I was going to do it to third possession,

00:52but we were kind of clicking on pretty good.

00:56But just thought he was going to give us a little poise and a pick-me-up

01:00at the time we needed it, and I thought he played really solid.

01:04Didn't ask him to do a whole lot in the passing game,

01:08but I believe he can do that too.

01:12We were just, and Cobb again, another 100-yard-plus game.

01:16I don't know exactly what he had, but had to be close to 150-ish or so.

01:21So we're wearing him out.

01:23That's the only thing is we probably – we've got to take it easy on him during the week

01:27and hopefully Cam's not banged up too bad.

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