Analyst sends strong message on Auburn football finding transfer portal QB

After Auburn football’s rainy A-Day game over the weekend, not many people drew positive conclusions from the Tigers’ performance. Of course, the run game looked strong and it was clear that blocking had improved on the offensive line, it was nearly impossible to evaluate the receivers in the rain and the quarterbacks did not dazzle.

The last two years on the Plains were a complete mess, and after enduring that Tiger fans’ expectations for the team this year are pretty low. Basically, everyone just wants to see improvement. With a real coaching staff and a real game plan, people are hoping that the Tigers look like a real team after a tough two years.

According to Paul Finebaum, Auburn football is not going to get out of the hole they’re in until there is a great quarterback to lead the offense, and that quarterback is not currently on the team. Per 247 Sports, Finebaum believes that Hugh Freeze knows that, too, and that the Tigers’ head coach will be active in the portal once the next window opens:

"“It didn’t change much, and the conclusions is still the same: I think Auburn needs a quarterback. I talked to Hugh Freeze on Friday before the game and you could tell he was saying the right things, but deep down, he knows quarterbacks and he knows he doesn’t have a quarterback on his roster that’s capable of getting Auburn out of the morass that it’s currently in and to the next level. So I think he’ll be pretty active in the portal,” Finebaum said."

However, Finebaum went on to say that he thinks the chances of Freeze finding a quarterback in the portal this late in the year are pretty low, but anything could happen.

Will Auburn football fail if they don’t find a portal QB and stick with either Robby Ashford or Holden Geriner? Not likely, but it also won’t be likely that the Tigers will be winning the conference with who they’ve got on the roster at this point.

But, again, the bar is extremely low from the fans, and there are a lot of people that are rooting for Robby Ashford to succeed. It’s possible that he could vastly improve with stronger coaching and a better offensive line. He may not be the super star that everyone wants, but it’s hard to believe that this upcoming season could be worse than the last two.