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If they were still Gradin’ Jayden, the Junkies would surely give Daniels an A+ just for the Hail Mary yesterday - but as much as that play defined the one game, it might define Jayden as a whole.

As in, this is his team, this is his era…and he might be the leaders of a team of destiny.

“Were you guys struck by how easy it seemed for Noah Brown to just catch the ball? Because a lot of times on Hail Marys, there's a scramble, the ball's like down near the ground, it’s not usually that clean looking of an operation,” Cakes said of the play. “It usually doesn't work out like that. There was a scrum, a tip, and then he was just all by his lonesome. All he had to do was not fumble it.”

“That was by design, the diamond formation; you have a guy in front, you have a tipper, you have a guy behind, and it just worked out perfectly,” EB replied. “The thing that struck me the most, and I know they were only rushing three at one point and then four, was just Jayden buying all the time for everybody to get down there. It wasn't like he wasn't under duress and some of those guys were pancaking guys, too, so just a total team effort. Some of it was sort of luck by design, and the other thing was Jayden's poise afterwards. I mean, this is the coolest cat in the league. He’s unbelievable!”

“He’s probably done it before and he's always calm, cool and collected,” was JP’s response.

JP then laid out a similar situation in the Colts game where Anthony Richardson definitely didn’t do what Jayden did as further proof that things are just different here.

“Stevenson, the corner for the Bears, was taunting the fans during the play, probably two seconds into the play; he’s still woofing to the fans until he takes off to the middle of the field in time to tip it to Noah Brown,” JP laughed.

Welcome to the Jayden Daniels era, folks, because things here are indeed different.

“It’s been 25 years of disappointment and sadness, maybe more than that for those of us that are die-hard fans, so I‘ve learned to measure my response when I'm watching these games…but I'm gonna have to start letting my emotions go, man,” EB said. “I was rationalizing the loss in my brain before that play.”

“I think there’s a lot of scar tissue and PTSD, which has affected the fan base,” JP replied. “But when a play like that happens, and you’re 5-2 and you get to 6-2 and you have Jayden Daniels, it does have that feel this is a special year. It is the Houston Texans’ turnaround; they went from four wins to last year already to six, they have a guy who’s gonna win Rookie of the Year in an MVP discussion, and when you win a game like that, you wonder: are they a team of destiny?”

EB says you have to win a ring, JP says if you make it to the Super Bowl it counts, and Cakes is on the fence, but one thing is for sure: this team is special.

Listen to the entirety of the conversations above!

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