Asked & Answered, Week 8: Jayden Daniels is the truth

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Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 8 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 9 and beyond.

ANSWERED: Jayden Daniels is the truth

We always want to believe we’re seeing generational greatness the moment it happens, and this week, I’m confident in saying we did in fact see an NFL highlight we’ll see in replays as long as there’s an NFL:

With one Hail (to the Commanders) Mary, Jayden Daniels reversed the fortunes and perception of an entire franchise, wiping off the final stains of the Daniel Snyder era, and established himself as one of the must-watch QBs of his generation. Playing with sore ribs, Daniels threw for a tidy 326 yards — 75 of which came in the final 12 seconds, and 52 on that final play. Now that is a game-winning drive.

Everything about this moment — defeat to victory, the cinematic arc of the football, the explosion of the home crowd, even the instant karma of the Bears’ trash-talking Tyrique Stevenson — this is as perfect as football gets. The euphoria, the exultation — whenever anyone tries to denigrate sports with one of those condescending little “sportsball” slags, don’t get mad, just feel a little sorry for them that they’ll never get to experience this kind of unmitigated joy in their lives.

Oh, and apologies to Bears fans. But if the tortured Washington franchise can get a moment like this, yours is coming, too.

ASKED: Could Jameis Winston be … a franchise savior?

Look, literally anything in Cleveland would have been better than the ineffective, expensive quarterback play the Browns have gotten out of Deshaun Watson this season. But when noted weirdo Jameis Winston rolls up, you know something memorable will happen, one way or another, even before the game begins:

And lo and behold, Winston threw for 334 yards and three touchdowns — with no interceptions! — to lead…

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Publish date : 2024-10-28 13:07:37

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