Jayden Daniels' Impressive Start to NFL Career First 3 Weeks

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00:00I'll see you in a minute.

00:04Maranci, what do you think of this kid Jaden Daniels and that team?

00:07I mean, they played tough and they had Cincy all night right where they wanted him.

00:12It got close at 31-26, but I never thought that the Bengals were going to win the game.

00:18I'm done doubting Jaden Daniels and I'll be the first to admit I've always liked him,

00:23Scott, but I was the first to admit when he left Arizona State to go to LSU, whoa, I don't

00:27know about this.

00:29Yeah, you were good at Arizona State, you're kind of skinny, you're going to get lit up

00:32in the SEC.

00:33Well, no, he won the Heisman Trophy in the SEC.

00:38And coming into the draft, I thought, all right, you know what?

00:41People really, really loved him.

00:43You know, he wasn't as small as I thought.

00:46He got bigger.

00:47Like I said, every time I sort of doubt something about the kid, he proves me wrong.

00:51And I got knocked out of the Circus Survivor last night because of Jaden Daniels.

00:55The dream is dead.

00:56We're still in the Super Contest, so we're still playing for real money this year.

01:00But yeah, the dream is dead, Scott, and I could be upset about it, but what the hell

01:04can you do?

01:05The kid won 21 to 23.

01:07He's throwing dimes like 45, 50 yards in the air, and they're dropping it in a bucket in

01:12the end zone of McLaurin with the game on the line.

01:14Like, you know, one clutch play after another, and the decision making.

01:19It's not just like the, you know, the decision making.

01:21But I want to say, I got to give credit to Cliff Kingsbury, and I said it last night

01:25during the game.

01:26I said, basically, he looks like he's at LSU.

01:28He's that comfortable right now.

01:30Remember, he just walked into the end zone.

01:32They were trolling the Bengals defense, Scott, throwing to fat guys and offensive linemen

01:37for touchdowns, like the Bengals DC just got carved up by Cliff Kingsbury last night.

01:45But a lot of sports, it sort of trickles up, right?

01:48Like all what the pros do, the little leaguers will do, et cetera.

01:52Football is different.

01:53And in a modern era, and even the old school smart net coaches, they're copying college

01:59right now, not the other way around.

02:01Like, college is the one that's innovative, and you see these players run this stuff in

02:06college, and then they don't do it in the NFL, right?

02:09They run this, like, strict NFL system.

02:12Andy Reid is the first to admit it.

02:14He basically said, we took like 12, 10 to 12 plays that we liked from Texas Tech that

02:18Mahomes ran well, and we sort of tweaked them a bit.

02:22And like, Reid is watching every college game and every play and every little, you know

02:28what, I like that little sweep.

02:29I like this.

02:30Cliff Kingsbury basically ran a Texas Tech slash LSU offense last night.

02:36It was very college-like, spread out, RPO, quick decision.

02:41If it's there, throw it here.

02:43If not, take off.

02:44If it's here, go deep.

02:46Very simplified, but executed to perfection, Scott.

02:51Next to impossible to stop.

02:53They're a dangerous team.

02:54You imagine being an offensive coordinator and watching that game last night and thinking,

02:57I don't want to play this kid in this offense.

02:59You don't know where they're going, either.

03:01Every play, like, the play calling was magnificent.

03:03You know, run the ball, throw the ball, throw deep, throw short.

03:07It was like a yo-yo.

03:09It was like Cliff Kingsbury just had a yo-yo all night, little trick, you know what I mean?

03:13Very impressive.

03:14Going to be a fun game against Arizona this week, Scott.

03:16I'm expecting a track meet.

03:18One thing we should note, Washington defense is not good.

03:22So let's not get carried away as far as the whole big picture here.

03:24They're going to be in a lot of track meets, right?

03:27The Giants punted twice against them.

03:29The Bengals didn't punt last night.

03:31The Buccaneers put 37 on them in week one.

03:34So, and it's ironic because you got Dan Quinn, but I'm telling you, Scott,

03:37my prediction is in two years, the Commanders, maybe next year,

03:43but they're going to be the future of this division.

03:45The Giants are spinning their wheels right now.

03:48Daniel, they're going to get a new quarterback next year.

03:49So they're sort of in this building process.

03:52The Cowboys are going backwards, Scott.

03:54Like they're stuck in quicksand.

03:55They're not getting any better.

03:56It's not like going out of Cowboys,

03:57they're going to take over the NFL in the next couple of years.

04:00The Eagles are kind of aging a bit.

04:03You know, they're kind of in their prime right now.

04:05This is Washington's division in a year or two, Scott.

04:08Point blank.

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