Debating Daniel Jones' Potential as a Franchise QB

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00:00That's never been a concern.

00:01I don't think Daniel Jones has any ceiling.

00:03He's bad.

00:04We know he's bad.

00:05He is, but he plateaus above average, let's just say slightly.

00:09No, no, he doesn't.

00:10He's going to complete at least 55% of his passes.

00:12That's not above average.

00:14That's better than Richardson.

00:15I understand that.

00:16And that's what we're looking for.

00:17No, that's not all I'm looking for, to be honest with you.

00:19If I was Indianapolis, we're going to argue now.

00:22That's fine.

00:23I'm not looking for, I'll just complete 62% of your passes.

00:28I want a star.

00:30Everybody wants a franchise quarterback.

00:32Do you think Daniel Jones could be there?

00:34Okay.

00:34But we're talking about 2025, right?

00:38We're talking about a coach and a team that has the legitimate playmakers

00:42to potentially be a nine or a 10 win football team.

00:45They can run the football.

00:46They can play sound defense at times, ball control, and grind games out, right?

00:52When you have a quarterback that throws for 47%, nine of 20,

00:56that you're not going to do that.

00:58And I understand you look at Daniel Jones, 10 of 21, but it was still a buck 44.

01:02He could get the football to Pittman and A.D. Mitchell and a wide receiver.

01:06I feel like we're looking at Drew Aller in the mobile quarterback.

01:10But if we, if the selling point of Indianapolis is the running game,

01:14that is a huge, huge advantage A.R.

01:18It is.

01:19But he's healthy.

01:21Correct.

01:21Now, here's the other problem.

01:22Richardson can win this job, and then in two weeks, Daniel Jones has to start anyway

01:26because Richardson is injured again, which is a disaster.

01:29But for me, you have, Richardson has so much more upside.

01:35He has more downside.

01:36Yes.

01:37But I just don't think this cult season, if they go 7 and 10, it doesn't matter.

01:43No, they're all done anyway.

01:44They're moving on from everybody.

01:46Coach, right?

01:48Yeah.

01:48A quarterback's getting them all out of dodge.

01:51You have to take the good, the bad, and the ugly with A.R.

01:54I understand that.

01:55The great is when he goes on the road against the Jets as a four-and-a-half-point road dog

02:00and wins the game outright, you know, two touchdowns on the ground, 272 yards.

02:04Can we channel that every week?

02:06Give me that every week, and we have a legitimate starter.

02:09The problem is, is that you go from 272 one week to all of a sudden completing 30% of your passes the next week,

02:17can't make a 10-yard out, and you're going 25% on third down conversions.

02:21Yeah.

02:22That is the downside.

02:23So I'm suggesting right now, Daniel Jones, if he was the starter week one,

02:28he can at least guide you to nine wins where I know I can open up the playbook enough

02:33if I'm stiked in and say, you know what, we can make a pass downfield, and I don't have to worry.

02:37Then if we complete some, I can open up the rushing attack with Jonathan Taylor

02:41and actually win some games.

02:43Again, the problem, though, ends up when you all of a sudden go, oh, no, Daniel Jones is still my quarterback.

02:50This guy's breakouts is break.

02:53Whoa!

02:53Let's pay this guy.

02:54He threw 15 touchdown passes.

02:56I know.

02:57All Daniel Jones did that year was beat up on an awful, awful Vikings team that everybody knew was fraudulent

03:03and not throw interceptions at an ungodly rate.

03:07And then followed it up with being injured and then being bad.

03:11There's no reason to believe that Daniel Jones can be a guy.

03:16There's no reason to believe that.

03:17If he's the week one starter, and think about this, Darnold has an under and over of 20 touchdown passes.

03:23Yeah.

03:23You would say Daniel Jones is probably, what, 16 and a half?

03:27I mean, I mean.

03:28Well, I'm just saying.

03:30But you know what, if he got, the thing is, if I'm the organization, can you give me 190 passing yards,

03:37one touchdown, no interceptions, and we know he's a human turnover machine.

03:42I get that, but he's still more consistent than they are.

03:44But then why did they draft Richardson?

03:46Because they thought, again, these gurus think I could get the most out of him.

03:50But you can win at 54% in college.

03:53But how were they done already?

03:54Is that my problem?

03:55How are you?

03:56He didn't play his rookie season.

03:57He played four.

03:57He appeared in four games.

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