A trio of QBs shut down offseason narratives \u2014 at least for the moment \u2014 in Week 1. The Steelers\u2019 Aaron Rodgers (too old) faces the Seahawks. The Colts\u2019 Daniel Jones (he\u2019s Daniel Jones) faces the Broncos. The Chargers\u2019 Justin Herbert (can\u2019t win big games) meets the Raiders on Monday night. Which QB do we believe will change his narrative the most this season?<\/p>\n
Our writers discuss.<\/p>\n
Mike Sando: It could be Daniel Jones simply because Rodgers is ancient and Herbert cannot really change his narrative until the playoffs, where it\u2019s unlikely Herbert would lead the Chargers past the heavyweights in the conference. Fifty coaches and execs had Jones in Tier 4 entering this season. He has a great opportunity to reestablish himself as a Tier 3 player \u2014 good enough to start.<\/p>\n
Zak Keefer: I\u2019m tempted to go with Daniel Jones because Shane Steichen has been a very successful play caller when he\u2019s had the right quarterback \u2014 he helped Jalen Hurts ascend in Philadelphia, then was one throw away from a division title his first year in Indianapolis with Gardner Minshew under center for most of the season.<\/p>\n
I do think Jones changes the perception of him this season because, in a lot of ways, he fits well: The Colts\u2019 offense is deep, and he doesn\u2019t need to carry it. Plus, Jones is far more accurate over the middle of the field than Anthony Richardson, and that\u2019s where the Colts\u2019 new weapon, rookie tight end Tyler Warren, does most of his work. I also think by season\u2019s end, Herbert is talked about differently \u2014 the Chargers are winning some playoff game(s) this winter.<\/p>\n
Jeff Howe: Herbert\u2019s most consistent hurdle has been his health. He\u2019s played through a pile of injuries and at times still helped the Chargers exceed expectations. If he avoids those bigger injuries this season, his stock could explode. The Chargers showed a ton of faith in Herbert in the fourth quarter, calling 11 passing plays over their final 15 snaps before kneeling out the clock, which was a startling ratio given Jim Harbaugh\u2019s penchant to run-run-run out the clock at all hours of the day. That says everything you need to know about their belief in Herbert. They also have the pieces to help Herbert when the games get even bigger down the stretch.<\/p>\n
GO FURTHER<\/p>\n
NFL Week 2 roundtable: Eagles-Chiefs rematch, Daniel Jones\u2019 resurgence, Bucs\u2019 ceiling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trio of QBs shut down offseason narratives \u2014 at least for the moment \u2014 in Week 1.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-142542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}