Ward vs. Sanders: Who Will Triumph in NFL Rookie QB Duel?

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00:00Tennessee and Cleveland, Cam Ward and Shadour Sanders to settle it on the field, Joe,

00:05once and for all. Who is the best rookie quarterback and who should have went number

00:10one overall? Ward has been terrible because his team stinks. Shadour Sanders has a, you know, a

00:15passer rating that is decent, but his QBR rating is absolutely atrocious. The favorites in this

00:21game are the Cleveland Browns at three and a half, even some outlets, Joe, as high as minus four.

00:26The total, extremely low at 33 and a half. Got to be the lowest point this season. Cloudy

00:32conditions, 32, 33 degree temperatures, not too bad. No precipitation and winds, Joe, 10 miles an

00:38hour or less. Can we get over to 33 and a half? But more importantly, who's going to score and

00:43who's going to win? How is Cleveland at more than a field goal favorite over anybody? Listen, Shadour

00:53Sanders right now is the worst quarterback as far as success rate goes in the NFL, 28.9% success rate.

01:03Just to give you some reference, Don, Dylan Gabriel, his success rate as a quarterback, 35.4%.

01:10So the Browns are starting the single worst quarterback in the NFL this week. How are they

01:16being favored over anybody is beyond me? Not to mention Conklin is out. Their starting right tackle

01:23is out. His backup is an absolute train wreck. Jeffrey Simmons is going to be all over Shadour

01:31Sanders, who's going to be forced into very, you know, very bad situations. Call me crazy. The Browns,

01:38you know, they might win this game and we can keep relying on the Browns defense to win games.

01:44But at some point, my goodness, like this should be a pick at best. They're all the value to me is

01:50in taking the points, Donnie, which is what I'm going to do. I can only back the underdog in this

01:56spot. We're correlating four touchdowns in this game, right? 33 and a half, four touchdowns and a

02:01couple field goals. If I ask you this question, like the passing yard, Shadour Sanders, 159 and a half,

02:06Cam Ward, 178 and a half. And also if I am Stefanski, we're not at the point of the season right now

02:11where I'm looking at wins and that's really what we need. It's let me put some game film together

02:16and Shadour Sanders, can he be our future guy? Doesn't he have to against Tennessee, Joe,

02:20throw at least 20 plus times, which you figure he should get to 160 yards? I mean, just thinking

02:26like outside the box. Yeah, you would think, Donnie. But again, even when he's had opportunities

02:33to throw the ball, he's not very successful doing it. So that's the other problem. And if you can't

02:39protect the young quarterback like this, bad things are going to happen. Field position is

02:44going to be good. I think, Donnie, what you ultimately have to do is handicap who has the

02:50better kicker, who has the better field goal kicker, because that's ultimately, I think,

02:54what's going to decide who wins this game. I mean, you take a look also at the receiving

02:58props in this one. This is what makes it so fascinating because usually we look at a game

03:01like last night, 55 and a half, let's call it. You had 83 and a half, 82 and a half and 80 and

03:07half for most of the day until we saw Aminoros St. Brown coming back for wide receivers. That

03:11was Pickens on one side, CeeDee Lamb on one side, and then on the opposite side, it was

03:14Jamison Williams. The leader in the clubhouse right now is Harold Fannin Jr., a tight end

03:18at 37 and a half yards. That's the game leader. You know where Jerry Judy sits? 31 and a half

03:24at FanDuel and 29 and a half at Bet365. Somebody has to catch passes in this game, but I just

03:30find it fascinating where I look and say to myself, who are we actually getting to catch

03:34the football? So Joe, 33 and a half points. Is there a chance it actually goes over or

03:39is this stone cold 17-10 final? It feels that way, Donnie. It is very difficult. I mean,

03:48I think 33 is probably the right number. I think it's priced exactly where it needs to

03:54be. Would I be shocked if this thing lands over the total? No, but I'm with you. This feels

04:02more like a 14-10 kind of game than it does anything else.

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