re: 104.5 Jayden Daniels is thought of as a top Heisman candidate nationally but not in La.

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I think LSU fans still have PTSD from the Jordan Jefferson/Brandon Harris years. When our QB has any games without good passing stats (win or lose), we think back to that dark time of the QB position killing national champion level teams.

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That's why I said this:

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Daniels is the unicorn that Les Miles chased but never found

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Daniels is what Miles wanted. He's precisely what Perilloux was expected to be, and what Miles tried to do with Jefferson, Shepard, Johnson and Harris, but could never get to work.

We have some fans that see a mobile (and black) QB and say "that never worked here", but we never had a good one. If Deshaun Watson was here, he'd have won titles.

The concept is simple, and remains relevant today: sometimes you face an elite defensive front seven, and your QB just won't be able to stand in the pocket. Bama then, UGA now- they will make that QB run for his life.
With Daniels, doing that can add up to a lot of 15 yd scrambles, so the pass rush has to back off.

Look at the SEC Championship again... Daniels had 200 yds passing in the first half, against a defense that wasn't coasting. If LSU played defense that game's in reach, and he's on his way to a monster game.