Rookie of the Year Race Tightens Between Daniels and Nix

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00:00and we'll see you back here in a little bit.

00:05Things have shifted a little bit is

00:07Jane Daniels is not the overall favorite to win

00:09the Rookie of the Year by that much of a margin anymore.

00:12He's down to minus 270 on FanDuel.

00:14Bo Nix is plus 240.

00:17And I think Daniels is going to win it.

00:19I've been on him since the beginning of the season,

00:21but I think we got to call it what it is.

00:23This may come down, Jacob, to the last month of the year.

00:26I think it will, and I'm right there with you.

00:28I've been on Daniels.

00:29I've been on the Daniels train since the offseason

00:31when Caleb Williams was heavily favored.

00:33And I found myself saying the odds on Jaden Daniels

00:36at 5-1, between 5-1 and 7-1, looked great.

00:40And I know that Bo Nix has played better as of late,

00:43but I still think the thing hurting him at this point

00:46is that really cold stretch he had to open the season.

00:49His first four games, I believe he threw one touchdown

00:52at four interceptions.

00:53Now, since then, Nix has just continued to improve

00:56week to week.

00:57Sean Payton is doing a great job coaching him up.

00:59And we saw on that 93-yard touchdown pass

01:02to Marvin Mims last night, we saw what can happen

01:05when he can read the field quickly,

01:07diagnose what's happening, and just get the ball

01:09out of his hands.

01:10So if he makes more spectacular plays like that,

01:13he's going to be able to close the gap on Jaden Daniels.

01:16But I think Daniels' efficiency and his lack of turnovers

01:20are going to help him in this regard.

01:23And I just think because he jumped out to the quick start

01:25and has sort of continued to play well,

01:27he'll maintain that edge on Nix.

01:29But if Daniels goes through another slight cold stretch

01:32like he had against the Eagles and Steelers,

01:34that could open the door for Nix.

01:36But I'm still riding with Daniels here.