re: “Jayden Daniels is the scariest of spoilers” - ESPN

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Even if there are some increasingly awesome quarterbacks among the current batch of likely title contenders, others are more than capable of ruining someone's plans.

Tennessee's Joe Milton III still has an all-time cannon for an arm, even if he's still figuring out how to use it effectively, and the Volunteers -- who have one loss themselves (and are therefore not eliminated from title contention just yet) -- get shots at both Alabama and Georgia in the coming weeks. Ole Miss' Jaxson Dart is on pace for 3,500 passing yards and has already completed 32 passes of 20-plus yards. He and the Rebels play Georgia in November.

Maryland's Taulia Tagovailoa is also on pace for 3,500 yards and gets November home upset opportunities against Penn State and Michigan. UCLA's Dante Moore is young and (increasingly) inconsistent, as one would expect from a true freshman, but his blue-chip arm remains a weapon, and the one-loss Bruins, who are in no way out of the Pac-12 championship race yet, get a shot at USC in mid-November.

In terms of upsets and chaos potential, however, no one holds a candle to LSU's Daniels.

The senior from San Bernardino, California, has become the scariest dual-threat in the country, and he painted his masterpiece Saturday in Columbia, Missouri. In the second half alone, Daniels completed 10 of 13 passes for 189 yards and two scores and rushed seven times for 97 yards and another touchdown. After an early deficit against 5-0 Missouri, he gave LSU its first lead with a 42-yard pass to Brian Thomas Jr. When Mizzou took the lead back, he rushed for a 35-yard score on third-and-3 to seize it again.
At least two defenders thought they had the angle on him and were proven horribly, horribly wrong. Still, Mizzou responded again, and Daniels did the same, with a five-play, 75-yard drive and a 29-yard touchdown pass to Malik Nabers. Finally, the host Tigers blinked, and Major Burns' late pick-six sealed a 49-39 win.

Daniels finished with 259 passing yards and 134 rushing yards (not including two sacks). He's now on pace for more than 4,000 of the former and 1,000 of the latter. Granted, LSU is only guaranteed one more shot at a title contender -- and that's only if you consider Alabama a contender -- but if the Tigers beat the Tide, they could still be well-positioned to defend their West division crown and earn another shot at Georgia. LSU's defense almost certainly isn't good enough to damage the Dawgs' attack (we'll see about Bama's), but you simply do not want any sort of hopes or dreams to hinge on having to stop Daniels. He's too dangerous right now.

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