If you were to ask three people to give their opinions on who wins Auburn’s starting quarterback job this fall, you would receive three different answers.
Head coach Bryan Harsin has shared his assessment of the quarterbacks, but we have yet to hear fellow players’ thoughts on the situation.
That changed Tuesday when linebacker [autotag]Wesley Steiner[/autotag] took the podium to speak with the media following practice.
Steiner was asked to give his take on the quarterback situation from the perspective of a player that has to defend all three candidates every day at fall practice. He said that all three have been great, but there’s one quarterback in particular that causes Steiner personal fits.
“Robby (Ashford) is a pain in the butt, I’m not going to lie,” Steiner said, comparing Ashford to former Auburn quarterback Bo Nix. “A lot of times your defenses are designed to handle ten players because you normally don’t expect the quarterback to scramble. A quarterback creates extra gaps in the run game. Robby has definitely just been a problem and it has put me on high alert every time he’s in the game since there’s a good chance he might scramble out and extend plays.”
Steiner says that the reason Ashford is such a problem for opposing defenses is that he is super quick, just like last season’s starter.
“That was one thing with Bo Nix where it’s like once he gets moving, you’re turning at an angle on him because you don’t expect him to be so fast,” Steiner said. “Robby to me moves just as quickly. I remember in one practice I ran right by him and I felt the wind running past my ear. He’s fast.”
Steiner did not reveal his top choice, or provide any secret intel from within the program as to who is the front runner to win the job. But he did share his thoughts on who has been the biggest thorn in his side this postseason.
“The one I hate the most is Robby (Ashford) because he runs a lot.”
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