Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss the Washington Commanders rookie quarterback’s case for most valuable player in the season so far. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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The second best record in the NFL at four and one is the Washington commanders and Jay Daniels did it again.
Like Jayden Daniels is their entire offense.
He’s the running back.
He’s the quarterback he’s going with.
This are the, are the commanders actually like a legitimate playoff caliber football team.
Why not?
They keep winning games?
They keep looking oppressive.
I I get that they’re not beating the, you know, 85 Bears in 2000 Ravens and 1991 Washington and all them.
Like this isn’t the murder’s row of their schedule or anything.
But at what point do we graduate from?
Jay Daniels is the offensive rookie of the year to is Jayden Daniels MVP of the league.
Tell me who’s the MVP right now?
Like if you had to vote, Josh Allen who just lost two straight games, probably not like Dirk Henry is not gonna get the votes because he’s a running back.
He’s not a quarterback.
If you look at what team is being affected the most by one single player, the answer is probably Jay Daniels at this point.
This is the story of the season.
Jayden Daniels emergence to superstardom.
From basically his first game in the NFL is absolutely fascinating.
They look great.
Like he’s throwing the ball.
Well, they have 1/4 of three and he runs it for 40 years.
Like he is making every single play you’d want a quarterback to make if I never told you number five and Red as a rookie, you would think.
Oh, yeah, that guy’s probably won a couple of mvps already.
Like, he’s probably him and Lamar Jackson or one A and one B like that’s how good he looks.
It’s very impressive.
Am I wrong here in thinking again?
It’s early.
It’s five weeks.
I understand.
Am I wrong here in saying like at this moment, Shane Daniels is the MVP of the NFL right now.
If I had to tell you who, I think the MVP will probably be today.
I think it’s Mahomes just because the, the Chiefs are still the Chiefs.
But why he is, I don’t get that.
I don’t understand that.
I really, you have to explain that to me because Mahomes has not played well.
Like I, he’s a great player who’s not really played that well, he’s the best player in the world.
I’m not gonna argue that he’s not the MVP right now and he should not even sniff a vote.
I don’t know, man, I get it voters.
It’s tough to get them to convince her to vote for a rookie for MVP.
But who else would it be right now, like he, Jaden Daniels deserves it.
Like he is playing at that level.
Make no mistake about it.