re: Congrats to Jayden Daniels, NFL Rookie of the Week

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I just hope that he doesn't get himself hurt. He ran A LOT on Sunday. Good thing is he runs like a gazelle, and is pretty good at avoiding contact.

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If Daniels doesn't get hurt, he's going to force the NFL to make some rules changes on defense

Before his Heisman season, I thought he'd be a first round pick- because he's an absolute nightmare in the open field. He makes defenders look silly in space, and I expected someone would use him as an athlete (think Slash, Randle-El, or Taysom Hill). He'd be all-pro doing McCaffery or Kamara things.
And then last year, he showed he can actually play as a passing QB...

It will become worse than Hurts or Lamar. I think he's already even or ahead of them as passers, and definitely will become better over time. And you still have to deal with him in the shotgun rolling out and running, or doing RPO's.
As long as he plays it smart and keeps sliding if contact is unavoidable, he's going to be a scheme breaker. You can't spy him with a LB, really not many safeties even. He'll eventually slow down with age, but they've got a few years before that happens.