Jayden Daniels Leads NFL Rookie of the Year Race After 3 Weeks

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00:00All right, meanwhile, the rookie of the year in the National Football League is an open

00:08and shut case.

00:09If anybody was voting on Monday night, because Jaden Daniels would win that thing, we still

00:13have a long way to go as people who watch the show for the entire season.

00:17You know that I've been on Washington, I've been on Daniels, and I'm happy to see that

00:21this is the case, but I'm also not foolish.

00:24A lot can happen between now and the end of the season.

00:26What I would say, George, is if I had an opinion of what I've seen through three games,

00:31is that I think Daniels is way better than all the other quarterbacks.

00:36I think he is way, way better than these guys.

00:40And the reason why I say that is because of the same thing that we talked about last week.

00:45Variance is funny in sports, baseball, basketball, you got to look at advanced analytics data.

00:50But you know, the thing that pointed out to me, and it's the reason kind of why I like

00:52Jacksonville, George, too.

00:55I think not scoring in the red zone involves luck, and some bad luck.

01:00I mean, generally speaking, you're going to score as often as you don't, and you probably

01:04should score a lot more.

01:05I mean, Washington against the Giants went into the red zone six times and scored no

01:08touchdowns.

01:09And, you know, guys drop the ball, fumbles, it's what's been going on with the Jaguars

01:15all season long.

01:16Well, it was going on with Washington, and now it is not.

01:21So I just don't think it's an overreaction.

01:23If I had to guess right now, I think Daniels provides a lot of value.

01:28I also, as we're looking at the board here, George, I do want to mention, you would be

01:32crazy not to sprinkle something on Malik Neighbors.

01:34I mean, this guy is just, I mean, you and me should be throwing with this guy.

01:38He's going to get 10 catches at 100 yards every week.

01:40So for me, I like Daniels, I like Neighbors.

01:44Those are my two thus far, and, you know, Caleb Williams is still going to be very much

01:49up there in the end, I think, but I haven't seen enough of him to really put him in my

01:53list.

01:54Well, we know it's probably going to be a quarterback.

01:59That's just the way these awards generally work here.

02:01All right.

02:02So, and Daniels looked great.

02:03Right now, I think he's your leader by far, although Caleb Williams had a good game last

02:08week.

02:09Is this the start of things for Caleb?

02:10Right?

02:11Is he now going to go on that kind of run here?

02:12Okay.

02:13He's more confident.

02:14He's going to start throwing the ball up and down all over the field here.

02:17Keenan Allen, by the way, also should be back to Chicago this week.

02:20That will help.

02:21Or could be back.

02:22I shouldn't say should.

02:23Could be back this week.

02:24That will help them.

02:25All right.

02:26He found Cole Komett.

02:27Right?

02:28It's always nice to have that tight end, big target, close to the line of scrimmage over

02:30the middle that you could find there.

02:31So good for him there.

02:32A running game would be nice.

02:33I think Daniels is your favorite right now.

02:36Looking at the Washington schedule here, I mean, he's going to have another big game

02:39this week.

02:40I think Daniels.

02:41So that's going to be nice here.

02:42Cleveland, Baltimore, a little tough.

02:43But then the schedule is fine.

02:44When you look at it, it's fine.

02:45It's not like, oh, that guy is playing every tough defense in the league.

02:49I think Daniels is the guy right now.

02:50I mean, there was some argument at draft time.

02:52Remember, there were teams, not just Washington, but there were teams that thought that Daniels

02:56was the number one pick over Williams.

02:57All right.

02:58So it wasn't like he was the clear-cut number two.

03:01No, some teams had him as the number one here.

03:03So I think he is your guy there.

03:04Would I sprinkle on neighbors?

03:06Sure.

03:07Let's not forget Marvin Harrison as well, who's come along big time here.

03:11And he could have a monster game this week with Noah McBride there.

03:13All right.

03:15So that's somebody also you might want to think about.

03:16But to me, this always comes down to the quarterback.

03:19Quarterback's going to touch the ball every play.

03:21Every play.

03:22As long as Daniels doesn't get hurt, you know, and do something, you know, something like

03:25that.

03:26I'll say it can be said for Williams, by the way, as long as they don't get hurt, they

03:29stay healthy.

03:30I expect one of those two to win it.

03:31And right now, I think it's Daniels.

03:34Yeah.

03:35I think right now, Daniels is the guy.

03:36Some really interesting movement in the Rookie of the Year odds, too.

03:38I mean, if you look back to where the odds opened, where they are now, I think that's

03:44just, you know, sort of incredible to think that Caleb Williams could be so far ahead

03:47of everybody else.

03:49And then, you know, after week two, that certainly changed.

03:52And then, you know, you see, you know, Harrison up there.

03:54But look, the bottom line is Daniels, you know, he's the guy right now and neighbors

03:58to me is the next one.

03:59So appropriately priced, to say the least.

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