Expectations Are Sky High For Jayden Daniels Next Season I BMitch & Finlay

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BMitch and JP discuss the second year of Jayden Daniels's NFL career with Barstool Nate. Nate thinks the expectations are sky high, but Daniels has the ability to live up to them.

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00:00PJ, prior to Jaden, probably the biggest stars in Washington, I would say,

00:07were like, I mean, Ovi's his own person, right?

00:10But hockey's not the biggest sport.

00:12But like, Wall, Gil, RG3, and Bryce Harper for a while.

00:23And dude, Bryce, I think, was with Under Armour.

00:26All of Gil, Robert, and Wall were all like Adidas guys.

00:31This is perhaps stupid, but it matters to me.

00:36Nike, I'm not taking shots at any other apparel manufacturer, right?

00:41Like, there's a lot of good gear out there.

00:43But Nike's always the best.

00:45And the best dudes are always with Nike.

00:47Like, being a Nike guy is a big deal.

00:50And people need to understand that there are pretty much all pro athletes

00:54have some level of endorsement deal where they get free gear or whatever.

00:59But like, being one of their guys on billboards and stuff, that is different.

01:03And I don't know if you saw it.

01:04I shared it on my Instagram story.

01:06But Jaden is now a Nike guy.

01:09Like, a Nike football guy.

01:11And it's just a part of me that feels like that is another example of the difference

01:16with this dude and all of his predecessors.

01:19Well, but I think, like, when you look at Ovi, that you're not...

01:24Hockey's different.

01:25Hockey's not really.

01:26Nike's not there.

01:27But the other guys, you got to realize, when the other team is offering you,

01:31the other group is offering you far more money, that's what you're going with.

01:33Sure.

01:34And a buddy of mine that has been in that space, that signed players,

01:38has explained that, like, Adidas has to pay 40% more than Nike or Under Armour

01:44or Reebok or whoever.

01:46But something tells me Nike had to pay the going rate for Jaden

01:50because he had those options.

01:52Nadeau, have you seen the videos?

01:54Just kind of what do you think?

01:56I think it kind of goes hand-in-hand with the commanders being on national television

02:02for, like, 10 out of 17 games.

02:04This is our new reality.

02:06It's crazy.

02:07And I'm not worried about Jaden because we know how mature he is

02:12and he can handle the spotlight and all that.

02:13But it's a lot, really quickly, for a second-year quarterback.

02:18He took us to the NFC Championship game in year one.

02:21And now it's going to be so annoying when, you know, we lose two games in a row

02:28and we have to listen to ESPN for a week straight talk about,

02:32is Jaden a one-year wonder and all these narratives that they're going to come up with?

02:35Oh, he signed a Nike deal, but he threw an interception.

02:38I wish we lived in a world where Jaden could just be Jaden and play football

02:42and we didn't have to worry about all these expectations people are going to put on him.

02:48But I do think he's special.

02:49I do think he's different.

02:50I don't think he's going to crack under the pressure.

02:53I just hate that it's going to be really hard for him in year two

02:57to live up to year one expectations.

02:59And I think this is a guy that will bring us one or multiple Super Bowls

03:02in the next 10 years.

03:04So I need everybody to remember this conversation right now.

03:08If, you know, we start off five and four or whatever,

03:11it's a long, long road.

03:13And this commander's team overall, still, we don't have a great roster.

03:18And we have to remember that they're still rebuilding.

03:20We're still plagued by Ron Rivera, not knowing how to draft.

03:23It's going to take time, but everything is trending in the right direction.

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