WEBVTT - QB Island Casting Call + Training Camp Begins! 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:05.040 Do you throw touchdowns and avoid costly turnovers? Can you 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.440 scramble out of the pocket away from Miles Garrett Sack 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:11.360 or look off Patrick sirtanas he drops into coverage. Then 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.880 Quarterback Island is looking for you. Join the likes of 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:23.960 NFL MVPs like Matthew Stafford, Hey dazzling darts from Matthew Stafford. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.360 And Josh Allen. Allen looking for the exile and he's in. 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.000 The piece has been related. 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:32.320 As you defined the quarterback position during the twenty twenty 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:35.280 six NFL season. Can you lead your team on a 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.879 game winning drive as time expires? Then Quarterback Island is 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:45.400 looking for you. Dak Prescott touchdown? 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:48.640 Fuckap the touchdown Pestack. He made the island. 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:52.280 Caleb Williams, My goodness, do I spid get it for 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.800 the fourth time he made the Island. Get over that 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:59.680 late season collapse, Baker, Bob, and send in your resume 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.480 for Quarterback Island Today, Quarterback Island is characterizing it a 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.440 non ranked, anialistic way of the players who define with 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:06.240 playing quarterback in. 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:09.600 Well done. 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:14.679 We are here, yes on Quarterback Island, But this isn't 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.559 a regular Quarterback Island episode. This is the first ever 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:23.400 episode of the Quarterback Island spinoff, Quarterback Island Casting Call. 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:24.880 Great job there. 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:28.640 By our producer Eric Roberts, surprising us with a new 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:33.560 intro and Yes, Jordan from the mind of QB Island. 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:37.800 Jordan Rodrigue, executive producer, comes QB Island Casting Call as 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:41.759 we take a longer look at some gentleman who might 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.480 earn a spot on Quarterback Island this year. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.480 I'm so happy right now that we heard that cold. 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.520 I kept trying to get Eric to let me listen 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:51.520 to it early because I was so excited about it. 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.760 That was everything and more. Shout out to Randy. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.840 I called in a favor and he crushed it. He 0:01:57.920 --> 0:01:59.160 sent me a couple of takes. I'm might have to 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.920 send out takes out so he could be a voiceover artist. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.600 I should have mentioned Jordan Rodriguez with me and QB 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.240 Island regular, although he hasn't been in the Chris Westling 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:08.680 podcast studio in a while. 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.560 NFL Networks own Steve Weiss here. 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:13.480 I'm so glad to be here, but I also want 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.280 to see what type of rules you guys are going 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:19.840 to create and later bend Oh for the twenty twenty 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:20.440 six QBI. 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:22.480 Well, first and foremost, I do want to shout out 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:26.000 to Dalton Ross a beat report. I call him a 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.359 survivor beat reporter over at Entertainment Weekly. He obviously does 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.200 much more than that. He actually has been talking to 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.360 me about Quarterback Island all year. He's a reality TV 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:40.040 show expert, right, He's been messaging me about Quarterback Island. 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.840 Loves the show, and he gave me the idea for 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:46.880 Quarterback Island cast and call as the newest in the 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:48.520 family of quarterback guys. 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.440 Hey, when you got a cash cow, you got a 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:56.320 milk it, you know. Yeah, As that intro referred to 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.560 quarterback Island is the place that defines the quarter position 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.480 what eight quarterbacks at the end of last season defined 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.520 the quarterback position. Traditionally we start the season with twelve. 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.560 We will have that first episode for the twenty twenty 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.679 sixth season in about a month, maybe a week two 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.919 weeks before the NFL regular season starts. But for this episode, 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.119 we wanted to introduce some characters, some possibilities of guys 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:22.359 who could be considered then who could make it onto 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:24.840 the island eventually. And it did refer to some of 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:26.919 the gentlemen who would not be eligible to be talked 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.080 about today because they finished last season on the island. 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:32.040 And that's Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Trevor Lawrence with a 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:36.040 big closing pick, Drake may Dak Prescott brock Purty who 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.160 played well at the end of last season, Matthew Stafford, 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.920 and Caleb Williams. And you'll notice some big names who 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.440 were hurt late last year not on the list, and 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.440 maybe we'll talk about them today in this casting called Steve. 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.160 It is awesome having you back. You're wearing your black 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.240 College Hall of Fame classic shirt. I know we'll be 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.440 seeing you on NFL Network throughout training camp and at 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:58.520 Canton for the Hall of Fame game and all the 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:01.080 Hall of Fame festivities. Got you in the studio now 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.520 this is this is your other home, and I want 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.160 you to get us going with your first nominee for anything. 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:11.160 You know this is obvious based on my trumpet, I 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.600 think player last year and it's actually where I'll be 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:18.799 starting inside training camp in Denver. Bo Knicks. Bo Knicks 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.479 is coming back now. He had the ankle injury that 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.320 he suffered late last year. He's had two procedures to 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.080 get it done, but they're expecting him to be ready 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.919 to start Week one against the Kansas City Chiefs. But 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.080 bow Knicks not only does he have a new play 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.880 caller and Davis Webb Sean Payton's gonna take a step 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:37.520 back for now. I don't know how long this is 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.359 gonna last. But Davis Webb has been his old position coach, right, 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.040 so they've got this relationships, going to be his play 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.240 designer and play caller. But they went on. They got 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.120 him Jaylen Waddle. They got him a speed burner on 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.800 the outside to pair with Courtland Sutton. And I know 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.719 you like analytics and stats, and here's one thing about 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.119 the Denver Broncos. Since twenty twenty four, they have led 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.440 the ball and led the league in throws of more 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:03.039 than twenty yards air yards. And now you get a 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.440 burner like Jayalen Watt. We think he's so much of 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.280 a catch and run guy. Now he can go, It's 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.359 gonna clear things up underneath for the other guys. I 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.400 think this offense is gonna be far more fluid. It's 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.440 gonna run just because they've got that outside speed threat 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:21.160 who's incredibly reliable, can run the whole tree. It's gonna 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:22.920 how about my guy bon Nick, especially when he breaks 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:23.320 the huddle. 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:27.000 Well, as someone who's wanted him on Quarterback Island in 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.680 the past and is bringing him up here. It's just 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.640 as a guy that that could be cast during this season. 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.279 He is entering his third season, but he will be turning, 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.560 you know, twenty seven right after the season ends, so. 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.240 He's older than dirt. He No, that's Greg's monologue. 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.880 He has thrown a lot of those plus twenty yard 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.839 passes just because he's thrown a lot of passes period. 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.479 He led the league actually in pattempts. 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.279 It was very pass heavy. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:53.880 What what do you as a bow Knicks believer, Yeah, 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:58.680 I think he needs to develop to convince maybe some 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.520 of the doubters of like myself out there, that he 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:03.440 deserves to be on there. 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:04.640 What has he got to get better out Pintilly. 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.159 He's got some of the Caleb Williams in him, like 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:08.359 early in games, figuring it out. He's got to come 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.679 into games live bit earlier and hit things on schedule, 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:12.760 make this offense click a little bit more smoothly, so 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.160 he doesn't have to come in with those late game 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.400 heroics like he often does. I mean, you go fourteen 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:19.200 and three. A lot of it's because he was great 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.119 in the fourth quarter, so again being on schedule early, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.600 getting this offense on time, and that's where I think 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:26.880 again Wadda will help out. He's got somebody to do 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.080 the timing routes. They can go the long routes and 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:30.960 that's going to open up a lot more opportunities for 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:31.760 the other receivers. 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.159 One of the things that Davis Webb is supposed to 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.640 help with remains to be seen because we don't know yet. 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.640 He's calling plays really for the first time. Probably hard 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:42.800 to do it with Sean Payton, like still actively in 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.800 your ear as you're doing it, but getting the play 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.200 call in faster that's going to be really important. And 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.440 it sort of sets up to what you're talking about, Steve, 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:52.800 which is what I think of Bonnicks, and that is 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.440 presented with the opportunity some development obviously over the last 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.400 couple of years. He's a really clean canvas for you 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.760 if you're an offensive designer, if you're an offensive play caller, 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:04.680 if you want to get the play in quickly, if 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.160 you want to play different tempos, if you want to 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.120 get the ball stretched the field, but also really move 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.520 the quick game. He can be clean. He's been streaky, 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.760 but he can be clean. And he's sort of one 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.600 of those clean canvas type players where you can do 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.320 a lot of different things based on what he can 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.360 do and the way that he can protect the football 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:27.400 when he's doing it well. That combines with Jalen Wattle 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.200 in a big way, who I think, yes, is going 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:30.400 to stretch the field, but I think going to be 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.280 a little bit of a move player for the two 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.840 and I think that's really important because you're building complexity 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.080 around the quarterback and all you want the quarterback to 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.640 do is continue to be that clean canvas, get the 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.000 ball where it needs to be, not point guard necessarily 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.200 because we know he can extend plays, but to almost 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:51.720 raise what the level of artistry is within that offense. 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:56.080 Overall, I think his reputation coming into the NFL has 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.240 not been what I've seen on the field, and that 0:07:59.320 --> 0:07:59.840 makes him a. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:01.600 Interesting player to watch. 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.640 But I think he did change from his first year 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.840 to his second year, and it was just more of everything, 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:12.160 like more mistakes, more big plays. I think he's a 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.360 better athlete and a bigger playmaker than we really expected. 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.800 You mentioned the deep throws. 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.640 He was third in design runs among all quarterbacks last year. 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:23.280 Like he's close to like Jalen Hurts and some of 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.560 those guys, and he obviously got hurt on one of them, 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.400 just the unfortunate play that he's now had a couple 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.760 follow up surgery, So that's a bit of a concern 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:36.719 because he is a guy who specializes in throwing on 0:08:36.760 --> 0:08:39.840 the move, so his athleticism really matters. But one thing 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.200 I definitely noticed kind of picking through his numbers was 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.320 and I think it speaks to a guy who the 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.840 highs were really high, but it wasn't that consistent. 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.280 You were talking about the slow starts. 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.360 The game, but then he finished awesome, Like that Bill's 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.400 game in the playoffs mostly great. They were the one 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.240 seed and everything, but there were even ups and downs 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:00.560 in that game. And if you kind of look at 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.439 his turnover worthy play percentage his big throw percent it 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.880 was both way higher last year, so I think he. 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.280 Was doing more. He's giving you a little more flash. 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.360 But when it all averaged out and you look at 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:14.040 kind of all the DVOA and success rate and EPA, 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.520 and it's all kind of landed in the middle. 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:17.280 And that's why I think. 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.840 Broncos fans are unhappy with some of us who look 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.360 at those numbers and say, like, yeah, a lot of 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.560 it was exciting, but it call kind of added up 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.640 to a mid level quarterback, and how can he be 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:27.600 a little more consistent. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:29.319 I think that's well and again, and Jodan made a 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.320 great point like maybe getting the plays in quicker. You know, 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.600 Sean Payton is very bit every play there's a new 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.800 personal group on the field. I mean sometimes that takes 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.440 time and sometimes young quarterback, you're hearing the play call. Okay, 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.400 I'm seeing a full back tide and weight pull them back. 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.160 I just try to change my mind. If they getting 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.760 a Jalen Waddle, a guy who can move, you may 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.240 not have to change your personal packages. Maybe you change 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.720 him with the groupings. But that's something that can clean 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.959 it up a little bit. And I think that could 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:53.920 help Apo Nixon. 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.080 I think he can he can hit the areas of 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.880 spacing on the field downfield, and also the way he 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.160 can extend or create as a runner. Like you, you 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.640 know that he can capitalize on the spacing that you 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.240 want to extrapolate, like you want to make sure you're 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.320 It's like I look at it like when you're a designer, 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.920 you're painting and you're trying to just target all of 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.199 the voids that you know are going to be there. Well, 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.000 he can use those areas, he can hit those throws. 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.640 It's just getting players there, getting the communication and sync. 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:26.080 The protections are really complicated to effective, but complicated to 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.400 make sure that everything is happening a lot faster earlier 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.960 in the play clock and then and then and then 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.439 giving more dimension. And I think that will just really 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.400 really lift what we've seen from him already. 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.520 They've talked about it, you guys have already mentioned it now, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.720 like the up tempo, little up tempo, a little more spread. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.400 That sounds to me like what he could be really 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.640 good at. And that if you're looking at the way 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:51.000 defenses are playing now, seems like maybe the next step 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.880 of how offenses counteract like the trends of defense and 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:59.200 Bonus being particularly suited to do that. But like I said, 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.000 like he has these little the little problems in his games, 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:03.599 Like he threw the less to the middle of the 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.440 field than any quarterback in the in the NFL last year. 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.679 I think, according to Dvoa was like his numbers to 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.080 the middle of the field were like way down. But 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.360 I think he could be good with the spread him out. 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.680 And that's like, yeah, that's because he comes he leaves 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.320 that pocket pretty quick. Maybe you know Sean's gonna get 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.280 him or Davis web will get him that PoCA League, 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.320 But you don't want to take that running ability away 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:22.760 from him. 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.200 I still view him as a young player in third year, 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:29.440 like he still has room to grow. And in that 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.040 playoff game, man, his great games were really great. That 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.599 Packers game, really both Chiefs games. It was just a 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.000 little more up and down I think then Broncos fans want. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.360 And so we'll see if the consistency come work. 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.520 Fourteen and three, I'm okay, I'll take it. Okay, made 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.040 it to the AFC Championship Game. 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:50.160 I'm going to nominate someone here, all right, getting that 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.320 casting call. And he was a man who did finish 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.679 the year on quarterback Island two years ago as a rookie, 0:11:55.679 --> 0:12:00.440 and that's Jayden Daniels coming off his supporting star role 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.720 in quarterback, which we could get to maybe as part 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:07.240 of this conversation. Look, I did not expect him to 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.240 be one of the most accurate quarterbacks in the NFL, 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.800 based on his college tape, and yet that has been 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.600 who he's been as a pro. Wasn't quite as sharp 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.120 last year, but the accuracy is there. So if you're 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.640 telling me you have a young player who is accurate, 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:27.040 is athletic, is excellent in terms of decision making, I 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:32.640 believe overall, and has natural pocket movement in the pocket. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.360 That's a player that you can work with. 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.440 And yet he was not the same player overall last season, 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.320 even when he played. And so I went back and 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.080 I wanted to watch some of that film from a 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.280 year ago, because I do think it's gotten a little 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.600 lost in all the injuries that Okay, well, he wasn't 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.000 hurt those first two games, and they were a little 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.760 uneven when you go back, especially that second week against 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:55.839 the Packers, he was taken a long time to get 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.280 rid of the ball. There's a lot of reasons why 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:02.559 this could have happened, but he just wasn't comfortable last 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.960 season in that Cliff Kingsbury offense. He's running a lot, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.040 he's getting hurt a lot. That's obviously a big concern, 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.599 and yet I love the intangibles so much that he 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.600 seems like a young man and I hate to bet 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.640 on the intangles. But he seems like someone that is 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:20.320 going to figure out the problems that he has faced 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:23.800 so far as a pro and learn how to move forward. 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.000 But is he Is he that rookie quarterback or is 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.800 he the guy in his second year that frankly wasn't 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.080 that much more effective than Marcus Mariota. They didn't really 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.240 get any worse or better when Mariota was in there 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:34.440 versus Daniels a year ago. 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.920 Yeah, and I definitely remember those couple of games because 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.080 I had them for our recap shows and Commanders fans 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.880 were very mad at me for pointing out that he 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.359 did not look the same and he did not look comfortable, 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.040 and that, I think, to your point, greg is is 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:52.199 something that we have to consider in his pool of 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.400 data here, even if it's incomplete, because that was a 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.640 little bit of a second year slump, a sophomore slump 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.880 for the quarterback. But I think being in and being 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.280 out as long as he was, and watching what worked 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.120 and watching what didn't work in this case, because he's 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.360 so young and because there's still so much football left 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:13.000 in front of him, could be beneficial to him having 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.280 things slow down. Not being the one who has to 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:19.360 create everything, understanding how he can create and lift everyone 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.880 in certain points, but then trusting kind of what he 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.480 sees and what he's given, not having to do the 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:28.480 out of structure superstar stuff as much maybe, but also 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:30.760 doing it when it's like time to hit that power 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.880 button or whatever. And I think that David Blough, that's 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.320 part of the reason why he's the offensive coordinator. There 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.040 now kind of a mystery bag with him. We remember 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.520 him as a quarterback and I remember the old show 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.440 The Blowhards, right, Yeah, that was the fan the fan base, 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.040 and but he's he's a little bit of a mystery bag. 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.640 But we do know is that he was in collaboration 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.560 with Cliff Kingsbury and Anthony Lynn during those that first 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.560 rookie season of Jane and Daniels. We know that he's 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.760 someone that the organization thinks very very highly of. For 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.520 I'd like to see the table set for Jade and 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:06.560 Daniels in a way that really accentuates his superpowers while 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.920 not frazzling him. And that's going to depend on the 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.240 line and also the receivers group, which I'm still not 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:14.000 really sure. 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.360 Well, and that's the thing, I mean, think about what 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.200 he didn't look great early on last season. Right, they 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.040 were trying to incorporate Deebo Samuel into that offense. That's 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:23.880 a player Cliff Kingsbury really doesn't well. 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:24.920 They were sending him on go. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.040 Yeah, I mean they're just doing and look, i mean, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.800 let's and you know there's talking defensive coordinators Cliff Kingsbury's offense. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:33.840 After a while, you kind of know what they're going 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:35.280 to try to do. Even when you got a wildcard 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.280 quarterback like him, So they couldn't figure out the running 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.160 back situation the old line was getting. There was this 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.840 instability across the board, including Jade Daniels. It's not playing well. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.880 It just didn't seem right. That's gonna be fixed because 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.440 dan Quinn knows he's in kind of a big make 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.920 or break here. However, what's their tight end situation? 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:55.400 Right? 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.520 And they were a heavy tight end team when he 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.560 was you know the zach Ertz stuff. You know, when 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.680 Jane dan is playing well, you got Terry mcluurin. But 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.120 what are you working with again? It brought Diami roundback. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:09.120 That's good. That's somebody that Jane Daniels really played well with. 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.440 They've got some type of relationship. I think the offensive 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.000 line is absolutely going to be better. 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.880 Right, He's going to have to elevate a receiver position 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.200 we talked about on our position battles that is among 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.160 the sketchiest in the league after Terry mclautin. Now McLaurin 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:24.640 being healthy would help a lot, because there are games 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.240 and I'm watching this tape and it's like it's a 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:27.400 lot of Jalen Lane. 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:29.840 Yeah, you know, it's Luke McCaffrey. 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.000 They did bring in Chicka Conquest, so you add him 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:33.760 and John Bates, who's a good blocking tight end. That 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:35.640 could be a good tight end position. But I'm trying 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:39.000 to even remove the you know, the the situation around 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.200 him and thinking about what Daniels needs to do and 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:44.360 what he needs to do more than anything is avoid sacks. 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.560 He has been one of the worst quarterbacks in the 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.200 league both years in terms of the sacks that he 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.880 is taking and his It's one thing if you're Lamar 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.520 Jackson and you're avoiding these big hits, but running the 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.400 ball eight to ten times a game, which he has 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.280 done both years, it really didn't change. 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:02.360 He gets hit and he doesn't avoid the bit. 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:06.000 He doesn't necessarily avoid it, like the the second injury 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.240 that he had, and to review, he plays two games, 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:14.000 hurts his knee, comebacks after a couple of games, and 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.560 then hurts his hamstring, come comes back a game after 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:22.120 that and dislocated his elbow or hurt his elbow, which 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.439 that's just bad luck. Missus four games, comes back and 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:29.159 then gets thrown on the ground on a pick six 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.480 and hurts his elbow again, and that was it for 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.680 the season. But those last couple of games that he played, 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.920 which were against the Seahawks and the Vikings, were eye 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.520 openers I think for him and Washington, and that's why 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:40.879 they sat him for the rest of the year because 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:42.800 they were just they were bad offense. 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.679 I mean, they were not good. That's why he. 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:47.439 Was absolutely lost. 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:49.880 And one of the things that I think he got 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.439 into a bad habit of was what you talked about, 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:56.040 trying to just make plays and it wasn't as effective, 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.520 Like he just wasn't the same runner. And maybe that 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.000 was partly because of the the injury that he was 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.000 playing through, although it was the case the first couple 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:08.640 of weeks, but it was like defenses knew the book 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:10.080 was to keep him in the pocket. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:11.800 Whatever however possible. 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:13.879 There was a lot of good athletic linebackers that were 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.359 kind of watching him and trying to take away what 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:18.600 he did. So the way he won his rookie ear, 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.680 I think it could be something that is important to 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:24.720 him long term, but it's not necessarily sustainable long term. 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:27.440 I used to really roll my eyes hearing people talk 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:31.719 about this when I was covering like superhuman quarterbacks as 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.920 a beat writer, Cam Newton being the number one example here, 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:39.240 which is, you know, everyone would always say, ah Man, 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.639 like take the check down, don't be Superman, when it's like, 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.160 how could you ask Superman not to be Superman? Well, also, 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:50.080 Jaden Daniels is maybe a third of the bill. He's tall, 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.760