This is the Auburn podcast, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast, brought to you by ESPN 1067, online at ESPNAU.com.

I'm your host, Zach Blackerby. I'm on Twitter at Z. Blackerby.

And today's Friday podcast includes a couple of segments from my show The Lunch Break.

I had a call or call in and ask questions about Jared Stidham.

And this is kind of me reacting.

It shocks me how much I've had to defend Jared Stidham over the course of this offseason.

So let's just jump on into it.

The 3,000-yard passer needs to be defended.

First off, I mean, he talked about Jared Stidham and the concern there as far as his inability to run and also just kind of like what if he gets

hurt and i think if you question jarris synum's toughness at all i don't think you really understand

how good this guy is i'm so perplexed at why people have found so many flaws in his game there

are things he can improve upon there's's no doubt. I'm just,

whether it's toughness or well, he's not a dual threat quarterback so he can't run at all. I wouldn't

necessarily fall into that category. Watch what he did throughout the season. And most importantly,

maybe in the Iron Bowl when he scored a touchdown. Auburn was sacked 36 times last year. That's good for a hundredth in the country.

So, I mean, you're in the bottom tier at that point.

You know, you gave up 36.

Now, a lot of them were against Clemson.

You know, almost a third of that was against Clemson with those 11 sacks.

And just looking at Jared's jersey, I mean, Auburn wore all white that game.

And that guy was beat up. And it's just

interesting that I don't think you ever need to question his toughness. Now, if he gets hurt or

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