re: Jayden Daniels not happy with his Commanders visit

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I don’t agree with the guy but that is his point. Caleb Williams is 3 inches shorter and outweighs Jayden by 5 pounds

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Jayden started for 5 years in the PAC and SEC and never missed a start. And it wasn't just good luck. One of his skills is avoiding big hits and not getting hurt. He gets skinny and slithers through holes and takes more glancing blows than ones head on. Minus that Ole Miss hit, which he bounced right back up from. But you could tell after that, he made much more of an effort to slide the rest of the year than he had previously. I'm sure he'll continue to work on that and do it even more in the NFL.

He's susceptible to getting hit in the pocket like any QB when he stands in there and delivers the ball. But again, he's slippery, and has a knack for taking glancing blows. And the NFL protects their QBs from taking those hits in the pocket now anyway. I just don't think his size will be much of a negative factor. That's not to say he won't get hurt--everybody in the NFL is at risk. But if he does, I think it will be more of a freak thing that has very little to do with his slight build. That would have been much more of an issue 10-15 years ago than it is now.