Kirby Smart made the right call on Saturday as Georgia hosted UAB in Week 2 action. Smart started Stetson Bennett IV at quarterback, resting injured QB JT Daniels.

Daniels is still the starter, but as his core injury heals, the Bulldogs at least know that Bennett can run the offense as needed.

After the game, Smart provided an update on Daniels’ status, as you can see in his press conference below:

“It’s evaluated day-to-day, and that’s what percentage of health is JT at, how does Carson practice, and how does Stetson deal with success,” Smart said after the game Saturday night. “It will be evaluated day-to-day, I don’t have any hypotheticals.”

However, Smart did say that Daniels seems to be improving as the days go on:

“JT was got better as the week went on, really didn’t know anything was wrong with him on Monday, he took most reps, and then as the week went on Tuesday, it was bothering him a little more,” Smart said. “And today he was better than he was earlier in the week, and actually felt good. Today was the first time he was actually able to throw some balls down the field in warmups so we hope he continues to improve.”

Georgia plays host to South Carolina on Saturday, so we’ll see if Daniels is healthy enough to play in the Bulldogs’ SEC East opener.