Should Jayden Daniels Be the Favorite for ROTY?

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The Sports Junkies debate the candidates for ROTY through the first two weeks of the NFL season.

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00:00Look, if you're Cliff Kingsbury and the staff,

00:03do you wanna overload your rookie quarterback

00:04with a bunch of deep passes that he might not be ready for?

00:07Why wouldn't you ease him into it?

00:10Why wouldn't you just give him a little bit at a time

00:12and build on his successes and open up the playbook

00:16a little bit more each week?

00:18Look, they know they're not contending

00:20for a Super Bowl this year.

00:22They're trying to develop a young quarterback.

00:24So I don't have any problem whatsoever

00:27with the measured approach, short passing,

00:30get the ball out of your hands quickly,

00:31minimize turnovers, completely fine with that

00:35because he will keep building on that.

00:37That's the way I'm looking at it.

00:39But eventually you wanna see him

00:40start taking shots downfield.

00:41Definitely.

00:42I mean, you wanna see more explosive offense.

00:43Of course, you want all of those things.

00:44You wanna see seven field goals.

00:46I think you saw that though with the pass to Noah Brown.

00:49I think you did, a little bit.

00:50Couple to Ertz.

00:51I think you saw a little bit of it.

00:52A little.

00:53You're gonna see more of it,

00:54but it might be this week, it might be Monday night.

00:57I mean, they got some banged up DBs.

01:01But Marvin Harrison's, after the week he had last week,

01:05he's not out of the picture.

01:06He'll be in contention,

01:07especially if he keeps stacking weeks similar to that.

01:10And he's got a quarterback that's gonna throw to him

01:12and target him.

01:13Right.

01:14Neighbors obviously had a huge game last week

01:16against Washington, but his quarterback is limited.

01:19So.

01:20But he's gonna get every opportunity.

01:21He's gonna get all the opportunities.

01:22He's gonna get so many passes thrown his way.

01:24Now Caleb.

01:25As long as he stays healthy.

01:26He's pretty far behind in my eyes right now.

01:28But who knows?

01:29What if he has two or three really good games?

01:31I don't think any of the quarterbacks are far behind

01:34because Jayden doesn't have a touchdown pass.

01:36True.

01:37So they're all even in touchdown passes.

01:38Has Jayden played better than the other two?

01:40And if he had to vote right now,

01:42you would vote for him over the other two quarterbacks?

01:44Sure.

01:45But there's not enough separation yet.

01:47Because, like you said, let's say Caleb wins,

01:51throws three touchdown passes,

01:52all of a sudden you're like, okay.

01:55So.

01:56I think right now, I mean it's so early.

01:57The season's only played two games.

01:59But it would be between Jayden and Harrison and neighbors.

02:03Right.

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