Sean Salisbury wonders why Jayden Daniels isn't being mentioned more as an MVP candidate

Sean Salisbury played QB in the NFL for a long time, spent a lot of time at ESPN and other outlets analyzing QBs, and has a little bit of a sports talk background down in the Southeast – so if anyone knows what he's seeing with Jayden Daniels and can expound on it, it's Salisbury.

And what he's seeing now is just an extension of what he saw in Daniels at LSU: in a word, 'it.'

"I love him, and I've loved him; I go on in New Orleans every week, I have for like a half a dozen years in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and watching him when he came from Arizona State…we see guys that'll play well, but have they gotten better?" Salisbury said. "His first year with Brian Kelly, he did some good things but was not taking shots, was very protective of the football, played a lot of horizontal football and didn't push the ball down the field – but the next year he came back and became one the best deep ball throwers the next year, and it's continued. He's gotten better every single year at some phase of his game, and then in all phases; last year, he was college football's best player, and you say, as a dual-threat guy, how are you going to utilize that at the next level? When you're that talented and then you put in the most important thing, aside from the leadership, people are magnetized to him."

Credit his work ethic, and also Kliff Kingsbury for designing an offense that fits Daniels perfectly so far.

"Look at what they've done – Daniels just keeps getting better and has worked on his craft, and look at the way he makes players around him better," Salisbury said. "If somebody's hurt, they still elevate their play and others elevate their play, and that's not by chance. You've seen guys come in and there's accountability, and all of a sudden you just expect it from other players because you know he's going to deliver. I love him – and then accuracy, you either have it or you don't; we can improve it a little as coaches, but he can complete 65 percent blindfolded. I love what Washington's doing with a culture change in the building."

The Commanders might not be the most talented team in the NFC East, but to Salisbury, 'the best quarterback in the division resides in Washington, and the best team in the division for consistency, I think it's the Washington Commanders.'

And about that accuracy, and that work ethic?

"I always say beg forgiveness rather than ask permission, and in all my years coaching players, I said as long as you can come to me on the sideline and tell me why you did something, I can accept it," Salisbury said. "If you come over there with that Brook Trout look like 'I'm not sure why I did it,' then I got a problem, but if you walk over to me as a rookie or a 10-year veteran and say I saw this, this is why I did this, I can accept it. This guy is taking charge right off the bat. I love it, because he loves football and he's done nothing but continue to work on it. You can't do what he's doing and not understand the defensive side of the ball, too. He's Rookie of the Year, no doubt, and I don't know how we're not talking about him as an MVP candidate, because if this continues? Jim Brown can't be the only rookie that ever wins MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season."

Take a listen to Salisbury's entire visit above, as he goes into the O-line's role in the Commanders' success, Dan Quinn's culture change in the building, and more!