Jayden Daniels buried whatever was left of the Rookie of the Year conversation after huge win against Eagles
For about the first 9-10 weeks of the season, the Offensive Rookie of the Year award was Jayden Daniels' to lose. Then he started losing it.All of a sudden, after a three-game losing streak, the conversation began to circle Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix. Daniels was kind of like the college player who gets off […]
For about the first 9-10 weeks of the season, the Offensive Rookie of the Year award was Jayden Daniels' to lose.
Then he started losing it.
All of a sudden, after a three-game losing streak, the conversation began to circle Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Bo Nix. Daniels was kind of like the college player who gets off to a hot start and is the Heisman Trophy fave for that span of time, only to fade out as the season goes on and watch the award get handed to someone else.
Well, that's officially squashed after Week 16 saw Daniels throw five touchdown passes and lead the Commanders to a huge comeback win over the Philadelphia Eagles. He also threw for 258-yards and ran for 81-yards on nine carries.
Now, Daniels is the favorite at -10000 and even -20000 at some books to win the award, with Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers in second at the +1400 to +3000 range.
To put those numbers into perspective: If you were to bet $100 on Daniels to win, you'd only make .50 cents in profit. If you were to bet $100 on Bowers at +3000, you'd make $3k in profit.
Yea, that's how big the gap is, at this point. During Week 13, Daniels was at -250, while Nix was at +200. That's a profit difference of $40 to $200, which is still sizable, but nothing like it is now. Plus, Nix isn't even behind Daniels, anymore.
It's wild how things change in the NFL, but this certainly isn't changing unless there is some kind of catastrophic end to what is easily a top-3 rookie QB season in NFL history.
