Merril Hoge Was Impressed By Jayden Daniels Debut

Merril Hoge joins the Sports Junkies to discuss why he was impressed by Jayden Daniels debut in comparison to the other rookie QBs in week 1.

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00:00You made some waves talking about Caleb Williams not being special and Drake May getting

00:04Uh getting somebody fired. Um, what's your week one assessment of jayden before we get to the others?

00:12He was the best of all three and i've watched all of my tape. I mean he was the best from this perspective

00:18How he went about processing he was outstanding his accuracy outstanding

00:23Where he really elevated was is a difference from those other guys

00:27That's why he had the advantage going in and transitioning what he can do with his legs

00:32It is really unique and special and I was I loved seeing how he protected himself and was smart when he did use his legs

00:39But the way he processed and worked from the pocket

00:43And his accuracy in which he do that aside from the very first throw of the game, which I know

00:46His very first story about this. I gotta start my career off like this. I know of nobody

00:51That probably started their career off of their first completion minus what 10 yards or 50 starts whatever it was, right

00:57it doesn't end up being a completion, but you know the

01:00When he threw behind the line of scrimmage

01:03yeah, but I mean I he was

01:05I I listen did he miss some throws? Um, did he do rookie stuff?

01:09Yes, but very minimal compared to the other two and that's not shocking. This is what he did at lsu

01:15You would expect that he would handle himself like that because that's the set that's the skill set that he had

01:21Are you that's why you know?

01:22Caleb williams is struggling and it has a long long ways to go

01:27And it's going to be an arduous journey for him, by the way

01:29All right. Can you explain the difference before you get into caleb though? Are you concerned?

01:33that uh

01:35That jayden wasn't able to make the progressions to get rid of or is he just pressured so quickly that you can't even blame

01:40He didn't have a completion beyond 10 yards

01:43Well

01:45I don't think much these other guys had had bigger completions either, you know, that was interesting

01:50I'll answer your question, but i'm going to digress a little bit. There was i'm watching the chargers and i'm like man

01:55There's an emphasis that uh quick, you know throwing the ball quickly getting rid of it. Um

02:02Making completions and moving on and taking your shots, you know, think about it. The hardest completion is

02:07Is a deeper shot, you know now you got to do those little explosive plays are a critical component

02:11And being a complete offense so you got to do that

02:14But that was amazing as I as I got about halfway through the league

02:17I'm like there's a high emphasis on short intermediate quick get rid of the football complete move and then try to find your explosives

02:25You know play and I know he missed the one, you know, um, and I don't

02:31To me that doesn't bother me because he made the right decision. It just wasn't the right throw

02:35Um, but he is accurate enough to make those things and it will eventually happen for him

02:39But I wasn't I would tell you this of all the guys that I watched

02:42Of the three guys that started their rookie day. He was clearly the best

02:46by a wide margin