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- >> Chris: HQ SPOTLIGHT IS BACK. SO IS CAN -- DANNY KANELL. YOU HAVE THE TIERS FOR THIS NFL SEASON. YOU ARE NOT GOING "ELITE, GOOD, BAD", THIS IS A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM, TAKE A LOOK AND STARTING AT THE VERY TOP, WITH "THE MOST VALUABLE", SOMETIMES MAHOMES GETS HIS OWN TIER, BUT NOT ON YOUR TIERS' LIST. >> Danny: WE WENT TO THE CREATIVE DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH THE NAMES. A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE ON THESE. MAHOMES, NO-DOUBT, BURROW NO DOUBT. LAMAR JACKSON, TWO OF THEM, NO DOUBT ABOUT WITH HIM. CJ STROUD POPPED OUT TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT I THINK HE'S MVP CALIBER, IF HE BACKS UP WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR IN HOUSTON, HE HAD A PHENOMENAL ROOKIE SEASON COMING OUT OF NOWHERE, I THINK HE'S ABSOLUTELY MVP CONVERSATION, AND DON'T FORGET, THE MOVE OF STEFAN DIGGS TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER WEAPON TO GO WITH NICO COLLINS,. TEXANS COULD WIN THE DIVISION, THEY HAVE A PLAYOFF WIN UNDER THEIR BELT, I THINK CJ STROUD IS IN THE MIX FOR THE MVP. >> Chris: THAT'S THE TOP TIER ABOVE SOME OTHER PLAYERS. JOSH PURDY -- I MEAN BROCK PURDY. >> Danny: IT'S TIME TO GIVE HIM HIS DUE, HE'S GOTTEN TWO YEARS NOW OF GOING OUT THERE AND PROVING TO EVERY CRITIC HE'S NO LONGER "MR. IRRELEVANT" HE CAN WIN BIG GAMES AND GO TOE TO TOE IN THE SUPER BOWL. WITH PATRICK MAHOMES. I WAS A BIG DOUBTER, I WILL GIVE HIM CREDIT HE'S DUE AND PUT HIM IN THIS CATEGORY. >> Chris: I KNOW YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, BUST, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK, WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. THE NEXT IS THE MO-MONEY, MO-PROBLEMS. THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT GOT PAID A LOT OF MONEY BUT HAVEN'T WON YET. >> Danny: THAT'S COMMON THEME IN THE TIER, NEW DEALS IN THE TOP 50 + MILLION DOLLAR RANGE, AND ALONG WITH THAT "MORE MONEY", BECOMES, THE EXPECTATION RISES, THE FAN BASE, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A DARLING LIKE A JORDAN LOVE, THE HEIR APPARENT TO AARON RODGERS. HE'S GOT A NEW DEAL, BUT, I THINK HE NEEDS TO PROVE HE BELONGS IN THIS TIER, AND POSSIBLY TO MOVE UP INTO IT, YOU REALLY ONLY SAW 10 GAMES LAST SEASON, OF HIM PLAYING AT THIS ELITE LEVEL. AND WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SUSTAIN SUCCESS IN THE NFL. CAN HE DO IT AGAIN? CAN HE BACK ACTUAL UP? CJ STROUD HAS TO PROVE IT, AS WELL. BACK IT UP? JORDAN LOVE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME BODY OF WORK, I NEED TO SEE HIM DOING IT OVER THE COURSE OF A SEASON, BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT HIS BANK ACCOUNT EITHER WAY. >> Chris: A TOUGH DIVISION. AND THE NEXT TIER IS SAME-SAME BUT DIFFERENT. DAK PRESCOTT WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THIS COLUMN. BUT NOT YET. >> Danny: HE MIGHT, BUT, I LOOK AT DEREK CARR, AND KIRK COUSINS, A LOT OF REGULAR SEASON SUCCESS, INCREDIBLE CAREERS AND PUT UP THE BIG STATS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW FOR IT IN THE POST SEASON. I THINK IT'S A BIG SEASON FOR ALL OF THEM, TO TRY TO BREAK THOSE, YOU KNOW, KINDA NARRATIVES ABOUT THEM, TO GET OUT OF THIS CATEGORY WHERE YOU CAN'T TELL THEM APART. >> Chris: AND LAST CHANCE "U", DESHAUN WATSON SHOWS UP THERE? >> Danny: IT'S TIME, DESHAUN WATSON, HE'S HURT AGAIN. AND THIS IS THE CONTRACT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT "MO-MONEY THE BAR FOR ALL OF THESE GUYS, WAS GIVEN A BIG GUARANTEED CONTRACT, AND IT HAS NOT TRANSLATED YET, I WAS A BIG BELIEVER IN DESHAUN WATSON, IT'S TIME TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP. >> Chris: THE NEW YORK GIANTS PAID HIM NOT LONG AGO, AND FANS ARE OUT ON THIS GUY? >> Danny: THIS WILL BE A HARD YEAR, HE HAS TO OVERCOME THE CRITICISM HE'S TAKEN, AND REALLY TO ME, FOR DANIEL JONES, THE REASON IT IS, HIS LAST OPPORTUNITY, THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSES. ALL I HAVE HEARD AND A LOT OF GIANTS FANS AND CRITICS OF DANIEL JONES, ARE EXCUSES. YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OFFENSIVE LINE, YOU HAVE BEEN HEART-- HURT, SAQUON BARKLEY WAS HURT. AND THEY MADE THE MALIK NABORS DRAFT PICK TO GIVE DANIEL JONES A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF HIS WORK. THIS IS CLEARLY THE MAKE OR BREAK YEAR FOR DANIEL JONES, HE'S PLAYING FOR THE GIANTS NEXT YEAR OR THEY ARE MOVING ON. >> Chris: THIS LOOKS LIKE A UNIQUE TIER SYSTEM, FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, THAT THIS THAT THIS MATTHEW STAFFORD IS IN THERE. >> Danny: DOESN'T MEAN THESE GUYS ARE BETTER THAN THESE, THESE GUYS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, THERE'S ONE UP IN ST. AUGUSTINE, THEY THOUGHT THEY FOUND, THEY ARE OVER THE AGE OF 36, TRYING TO REKINDLE THE MAGIC. STAFFORD GOT THE TROPHY AND AARON HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, COMING OFF OF THE ACHILLES. AND RUSSELL WILSON IS THE GUY FOR ME THAT'S SEARCHING FOR IT THE MOST. I THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE A NICE, FRESH OPPORTUNITY IN DENVER; THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT AT ALL. NOW HE GOSE TO PITTSBURGH, GOES TO PITTSBURGH. I THINK HE á GETS A MORE FRANCHISE, WHERE THEY HAVE MORE SUCCESS, AND BEEN A PLAYOFF TEAM PERENNIALLY, AND I THINK THE SYSTEM IS BETTER FOR HIM, A RUN GAME, STRONG DEFENSE, REMINDS ME OF SEATTLE, EARLY IN HIS CAREER, WHEN HE HAD THE MOST SUCCESS. HE JUST NEEDS TO CHECK THE EGO, THE OFFENSE. I DON'T PUT MUCH STOCK INTO THE PRE-SEASON WITH ANY OF THESE PLAYERS, I AM LOOKING AT, WHEN THE REGULAR SEASON STARTS, I THINK RUSSELL WILSON WILL BUMP IT UP A NOTCH. >> Chris: AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, EYES HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE ALL THE TIME. BUSTS. CALEB WILLIAMS, ALREADY A BUST? >> Danny: SO, THIS ONE ... IT'S "BUST", BUT IS IT GOING TO BE A "BUST", IN CANTON? HALL OF FAME? OR ARE YOU GONNA BE ... MENTIONED WITH THE BUSTS OF NFL, LORE? SO, THESE ARE YOUNG QUARTERBACKS, WHERE, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET. BUT, ODDS ARE ... 50/50, THEY WILL BE HALL OF FAMERS OR BUSTS, THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW. SO, THIS IS ALL ABOUT POTENTIAL. CALEB WILLIAMS IS SHOWING THAT HE'S PRETTY SPECIAL. WHY YOU GOING TO BO NIX? MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE "BUST", NAME WAS CREATED. SLOW YOUR ROLL ON BO NIX. I KNOW HE'S BEEN GREAT IN THE PRE-SEASON. HEY, HEY, WATCH IT, LOOKING GREAT IN THE PRELIFE SEASON, AND SEAN PAYTON IS SAYING HE WAS THE PICK OF THE DRAFT. WIN TOTAL IS 5.5, IT WILL BE BUMPY, HE LOOKS PERFECT IN THE PRE-SEASON, BUT THERE WILL BE UPS AND DOWNS AND THAT TO ME, SEPARATES BO NIX, CAN HE WITHSTAND THE CRITICISM HE WILL TAKE. AND, THE ROSTER IS NOT THAT GREAT, THE RECEIVING CORE DOESN'T HAVE A TRUE ALPHAFOR HIM TO GO TO, AND I THINK THEY STRUGGLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, IT WILL BE A LONG YEAR FOR BO NIX, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THE ANSWER AFTER THE SEASON, BUT I THINK HE WILL BE ONE OF THE MORE POLARIZING ROOKIES WE TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE OF THE DRAFT PICK, WHERE IT WAS, AND THE HYPE COMING INTO THE SEASON, AND WHERE IT ENDS UP. >> Chris: I WILL STEP OUT OF THE FRAME, SOO YU CAN TA