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

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Everyone has a heisman vote, right?

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It sure seems like it.

I think some distinction needs to be made between him being a Heisman “candidate” vs. a Heisman finalist or winner. He is unequivocally a Heisman candidate right now, and will continue to be in that mix for at least the first few games unless he plays really poorly.

That doesn’t mean he will wind up in New York at the end of the season. Statistically, the odds are pretty stacked against him. That’s not a knock on Daniels, it’s just reality when it comes to preseason Heisman hopefuls.

But he doesn’t need to go to NY to justify his preseason Heisman candidacy, to be on the list of great LSU quarterbacks, or for this team to have a ton of success. If he even proves he’s a top 10 QB nationally, he will have proven a lot of folks (on tRant) wrong.

Personally, I think all he really has to do in order to get there is be a little more decisive getting the ball out. If he can do that, I think he’ll have a ton of success. Despite the Arkansas and A&M games, we saw Daniels improve a lot in this regard (IMO) starting with the Tennessee game last year and continuing through the end of the season. I don’t see why he wouldn’t continue to improve going into year 2 of the same offensive scheme.