Kj Jackson

But let's jump right in, and we're going to talk offense.

And I think the number one player that, like, obviously everyone's going to want to talk about, he's the guy that gets the ball every time is Arkansas's K.J. Jackson, their quarterback from Montgomery, Alabama.

Went to St. James Academy.

I almost said Montgomery Academy.

This isn't going to be somebody that Auburn can just like sit back, you know, not be disciplined.

They're still going to have to respect him in the run game because he's athletic enough to hurt you.

So K.J. Jackson, definitely the main one to watch.

Chris Marshall, their senior wide receiver, I think he transferred in from Boise State.

Memphis was one of the best teams at hanging onto the ball, and it just has it translated here, almost to the point where we have to think that this team is cursed, right? This program is cursed? Like when you walk in, it doesn't matter how good you are, you're just going to turn the ball over? That's what it's starting to feel like.

And I don't look at the turnovers as a product of bad coaching because I know that this group is doing everything they can to make sure that running backs hang on to the ball, that KJ Jackson doesn't throw interceptions.

But whatever they're doing, it's not translating.

It's not going from practice field to game field.

You know, carry that thing like a baby.

You know, make sure your hands are where you need to be.

I don't really see, as they say, I don't see KJ Jackson, when he has the ball, carrying it like a loaf of bread.

I don't see him holding the ball with his left hand and then sticking his arm straight out and and running the ball, giving the defender a chance to just punch it right out, they look like they have it in their tight.

As far as quarterback run game goes, are they susceptible to it? They have been at times.

this year you know they haven't really faced you know sam levitt runs a little bit he had positive yards i always look at it like this if a quarterback has a positive yard positive rushing yard day on you and you're not sacking him that much you probably can um you know you're probably a little susceptible to it lenore sellers is kind of a different animal right But you look back, their one conference win, K.J. Jackson of Arkansas is a guy with some wheels.

Did not have the best day.

Six yards on four carries.

right welcome back at macro and cubic in the morning uh after seeing austin simmons in person I had the thought because our producer actually put something together because we got two left handed quarterbacks playing against each other in this game.

K.J. Jackson, Austin Simmons, Arkansas, Missouri.

And he said the last time we got that.

Oh, man, he pulled it.

He's up there with just about anybody.

And.

You know, you got he and K.J. Jackson doing it as left handed quarterbacks this year.

We've mentioned Tebow, who was just insane with what he did.

Uh, not as much by design, but leaving the pocket.

KJ Jackson's gonna have the same capabilities as the Arkansas quarterback.

Now, obviously not the same type of offense.

Um, Chris Marshall, a name to keep your eye on this week if he's gonna be back or not in this Arkansas offense.

They're a little scrappy.

KJ Jackson's a quarterback.

He's okay.

He's not great.

There's a lot of those guys at safety.

Um, But can, you know, we mentioned, you know, Gavin Jenkins and Shamar Arnaud, and there's some guys, can we see more of those guys at that corner position this week against, look, it's an Arkansas team that offensively, Numbers aren't great, but they're very capable, especially with K.J. Jackson throwing the football, played without their best wide receiver last week, who's one of the best wide receivers in the league.

And if you can't get a pass rush Saturday and you let him stand there and throw it, there's a kid from Montgomery that's going to come back with a chip on his shoulder that wants to show Auburn he can play football.

So, like, this is not going to be an easy test for this Auburn defense on Saturday, in my opinion.

Hopefully they can get over it when they take on Auburn.

KJ Jackson continues to improve every week, but I'm not sure it's good enough for him to be the quarterback next year.

Receiving core is what it is.

Defense continues to play better, but offense doesn't bail them out.