re: Jayden Daniels = Next Marcus Mariota?

This would be a really good analysis...after the 2022 season.

The comp to Mariota is a bit misplaced. When he played at Oregon (2012-2014) their offense was still pretty unique to college football and defenses hadn't completely adjusted to it. In other words, it was as much the "system" as the player.

By 2023 almost every team is running an offense with concepts Oregon help innovate in the early 2010's. Defenses and DCs are more familiar with it and better equipped to defend it.

I'm not saying Daniels is going to be a great player. If you want to give a better (bad) comp it is probably RGIII. But saying he is more Mariota than Jackson is a bit silly. Jackson would not have been successful had Baltimore not changed their offensive approach to suit him. Something Tennessee didn't really do with Mariota.