NFL MVP Race Heats Up: Lamar Jackson vs. Jayden Daniels

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00:00The NFL's MVP market where Lamar made a huge move with the win against Pirro and the Bengals

00:10and Jaden Daniel having another monster game saw his number slice down and get inside of

00:16that top 5-6 range as well.

00:20Lee C. Jaden is your guy.

00:23The fact that he goes into this one against the reigning MVP, does that factor into how

00:27you bet this one?

00:28No, it's a gauge though to see how good Washington really is, right?

00:33Because I said even though they have two losses on the year, I thought Baltimore from an offensive

00:38perspective is playing as good as any team in the NFL and you can make the argument,

00:42Kev, that they're potentially maybe still are the best team in the NFL getting the victory

00:47over Buffalo, getting the victory over Dallas three weeks ago and then dominating in the

00:52fourth quarter.

00:53Joe Burrow after they trailed by double digits, him putting up 348, they're a complete football

00:58team from an offensive perspective now with Derrick Henry in the backfield.

01:01So this is a huge step up for Washington.

01:05You're talking about a team in Jaden Daniels, they lost their first game of the year, he's

01:09won four straight, the first two wins have been very close, right?

01:14Four and five points.

01:15Now they're starting to extend those.

01:17They get a dominant win on the road against Arizona.

01:20They're laying three points at home to Cleveland.

01:22A lot of people like Cleveland last week.

01:24They win it by 21 points.

01:26Now they're catching six and a half in a true test.

01:30This will tell, in my opinion, whether Washington is for real and legit as a wild card contender.

01:36I like them.

01:37I'm not going to buck the trend.

01:38I know Baltimore's a dominant home team, even though they didn't show it against the Raiders.

01:44I'm going to take the points they need, but I think they keep it close.

01:48Battle of the Beltway today and here's what I liked about coming into this game.

01:51You're looking at two electric quarterbacks and I always get a little bit of a peace of

01:55mind when I see a young quarterback step in.

01:57They go, hey, you're getting compared a lot to Lamar Jackson.

01:59They go, you know what?

02:02That's crazy.

02:03He's a two-time MVP, looked up to the guy, just being in the same sentence really makes

02:07that cool.

02:08You know what Jadon Daniels said?

02:09I don't really say it that much, basically, if I paraphrase.

02:12I'm my own guy at this point, which I know in the opposite locker room for Lamar Jackson,

02:16he's looking at this going like, okay, young kid versus the Sage veteran.

02:19Let me go out and show myself because even some of the national headlines, oh, Jadon

02:23Daniels is already a better pass than Lamar Jackson is.

02:25We tend to forget how dynamic Lamar Jackson is with his feet and through the air.

02:29So I say to myself, I'm saying, you know what?

02:32I don't know if we get a blowout, but I'm getting Lamar Jackson's best performance today

02:36on the ground and the air to show the young up and coming superstar here, I'm still the

02:41entire show in the NFL.

02:42It's a great look.

02:43I mean, maybe, you know, Lamar in regards to multiple touchdowns, if Baltimore is going

02:47to score, it's been Henry for the most part, Lamar did it through the air last week.

02:53My thing with this game, and when you look at this spread is, yes, the Ravens are expected

02:59to have a great offensive game.

03:00Again, I know the commanders have now held their last two opponents to 14 and 13.

03:05I think we still know this is a not very good defense that can be had, but if you are going

03:11to cover this number with Baltimore, your defense has to step up and answer the bell.

03:18They'll borrow through for five touchdowns and nearly 400 yards on the Ravens.

03:23That is what fascinates me about this football game here is, are these defenses in line to

03:29step up?

03:30Are we?

03:31This is again, this is a put it on the mantle game, right?

03:33This is where if you were allowed on a week to week basis to select Sunday night football

03:38again, they'd always take the cowboy game.

03:40This would probably be right behind it with Washington sat four and one and the Ravens

03:45starting to trend as they're a win and cover away from people saying the Ravens are the

03:51best team in the NFL where we'll circle back.

03:54We'll go likely a foot away from them being Casey.

03:58They should have never lost to the Raiders, which is true.

04:01The win against Dallas, the win against Buffalo, the win against Cincinnati, the Ravens are

04:06playing top teams now week in, week out, and they are continually answering the bell.

04:13So I want, but, and that's a lot to do with Lamar.

04:17I want to see what this Ravens defense is because if they are going to be the best team

04:21in football, which they were for large portions of last season, Joe, that defense was as much,

04:27I think more the story last year than Lamar.

04:30It's a great point.

04:31Are we going to get the Ravens defense that showed out on the primetime game against Josh

04:34Allen where they held them to 151 yards or are we going to get the defense that allowed

04:39Joe Burrow to slice and dice them, right?

04:41Or are we somewhere in the middle?

04:43I think that's the biggest thing.

04:44Think about from the spread perspective, Kev.

04:47What they laid against the Raiders, eight and a half, nine, was that home?

04:51So we're down to six and a half.

04:53Now that's based off the performance, in my opinion, of the last four weeks of Washington.

04:57They were sold short.

04:58All right.

04:59They get to win against the Giants.

05:00We sold them short on the Monday night against Joe Burrow.

05:03They win it.

05:04Okay.

05:05They're not for real.

05:06Now they're going on the road to Arizona.

05:07They win that.

05:08And then Deshaun Watson, right?

05:10So this is the best quarterback and multi-versatile quarterbacks that they have played against,

05:17right?

05:18Kyler to a degree, but he was out of that game plan before they could even blink.

05:23I mean, they were down double digits the whole game in regards to that matchup.

05:27So I want to see.

05:29I like Washington.

05:30I'm not going to step up and take a money line, but I do think Jaden Daniels makes some

05:35plays.

05:36Without Brian Robinson in there, I'm willing to back Austin Ackler.

05:39Yeah, me too.

05:41I'm willing to back, not Terry McClure.

05:42And I've been on him.

05:43I think if you're Baltimore, you're taking him away.

05:45Noah Brown, maybe a little McCaffrey's got a light number of 17 and a half.

05:50But to me, it's going to be a lot of checkdowns forcing Jaden Daniels to read coverage.

05:54And I think he could do it, but he's got to be patient in regards to this matchup.

05:58Yeah.

05:59Ackler plus 150 for an anytime touchdown.

06:00So I think it makes a lot of sense.

06:02Brian Robinson, that go-to back inside the red zone.

06:04He's not going to be there.

06:05Maybe even a touchdown catch out of Austin Ackler today.

06:07But if you do look at the past three games that Washington has played, it's impressive,

06:10man.

06:1138 points, 42 points, and 34 points.

06:14If they can beat the Ravens today, and that is a big if, because that's a quality opponent

06:17and you're catching points here.

06:19Could the sky be the limit for Washington?

06:21Because you look at the next schedule coming up, Joe, it's Panthers, Bears, and Giants

06:23in the next three games.

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