re: Is Jayden Daniels the BEST QB LSU has ever had? Yes…even better than Joey B?

Is LSU a championship contender this season with the 2019 defense? I think most would say yes.

Assuming that is the case, this is the argument for Daniels. He's carried the offense more, individually, than Burrow did that season. Daniels production solely as a passer is (likely) going to be comparable to 85%-90% of Burrow's production as a passer. Then you throw in that Daniels production as a RB (at least in terms of yards) will be comparable to about 75% of CEH's production as a runner. Basically Daniels has been the best QB in the SEC this year AND the second best RB. Burrow was a good runner. But he didn't have to carry anywhere close to the load Daniels has as a runner.

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No, he's not. You have to take into consideration the caliber of the competition Burrow had to face. We beat some very good teams in 2019.

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Daniels has played a pretty comparable (regular season) schedule.

2023 FSU is MUCH better than 2019 Texas.
2023 Ole Miss is infinitely better than 2019 Ole Miss
2023 Missouri is infinitely better than 2019 Vanderbilt

Now, 2019 Florida, Auburn and Mississippi St were better than their 2023 counterparts. I think the 2019 Alabama team was better than the 2023 version, but when it is all said and done, it probably won't be by a tremendous margin. You could probably say 2019 A&M was better. But again, not by a ton.

What will always separate Burrow is the playoff performance. Unfortunately, Daniels won't get to participate in that. But I think most would agree that is not his fault. In the end though, you can make a very strong argument (based on an apples to apples comparison of the regular season) that Daniels has been, at least, as good as Burrow was in the 2019 regular season.