NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Race: Williams vs. Daniels

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00:00You are looking at the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year,

00:02and it seems like it's a two-man race.

00:03But also, one of those guys not going

00:05to be ready to race this weekend when we were supposed

00:08to get a toe-to-toe between the Chicago Bears' Caleb Williams

00:11and the Washington Commanders' Jaden Daniels.

00:13Look at that price point, Joe.

00:14Minus 115 and plus 100.

00:17Neck and neck right now.

00:19Number one, do you think it's deserving still

00:21that Daniels is the favorite?

00:22And number two, who's going to win this bad boy?

00:25Well, I think Daniels deserving of being right there

00:28as a minus 115 favorite, the body of work,

00:31even though he didn't play for much of the game

00:33last week against Carolina.

00:35This team is in a position to potentially not just

00:38make a wild card, but challenge for an NFC East title.

00:41So I don't think a lot of people thought that,

00:43especially with the 6.5 win total at the start of the year.

00:46Caleb had an 8.5 win total.

00:48The odds were a little bit better for Chicago

00:50to make the playoffs.

00:51So I think it's deserving.

00:53But this weekend, if Caleb Williams does, in fact,

00:56get the victory and perform at an elite level

00:59like he has over the past three weeks,

01:02I think he overtakes Jaden Daniels.

01:03I think both players will be there,

01:05assuming Daniels is in the lineup

01:07over the next couple of weeks, Donnie.

01:09But Caleb right now is starting to come on.

01:12He's starting to extend plays.

01:13He seems more confident.

01:15He's running the football when the opportunity is there.

01:18And again, he's putting up numbers.

01:20And Chicago has won dominant performances

01:23over the past few weeks.

01:24So I don't think it stops.

01:27We'll see how this game plays out.

01:28Even though Mariota played very well in mop-up duty,

01:31I still give the edge to Chicago,

01:33but we'll see how this game plays out this coming weekend.

01:37Let me ask you a question,

01:38because it seems like they're one and two in the draft.

01:40They're clearly the two best players.

01:42And let's just say, not barring injury,

01:44if I gave you a wager outside of Jaden Daniels

01:47and Caleb Williams, whose argument can you make to say,

01:50this guy can win?

01:51And again, with Daniels and Williams still being healthy,

01:53maybe just not playing as well,

01:54who can step up into that picture

01:56and maybe win rookie of the year?

01:58I was gonna look at the two long shots,

02:00and one is Brock Bowers,

02:02because of how much he means to that offense.

02:04They have nobody outside of Brock Bowers now.

02:07Now, they need better quarterback play,

02:09but I think Brock Bowers at 40 to one.

02:11And I was gonna throw this out to you.

02:13Keon Coleman coming off the performance

02:15with 125 yards last week,

02:18now having Amari Cooper,

02:19knowing that teams can't double team

02:22both Keon Coleman and Amari Cooper.

02:24If Keon Coleman puts like a string

02:26of hundred yard performances with Josh Allen,

02:29could he get back into the running with Malik Nabors?

02:32I think Nabors will tail off

02:34because that offense in New York is atrocious

02:37with Daniel Jones at the helm

02:38and the offensive line issues.

02:40I can only look long shots of Bowers and Keon Coleman.

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