It seems of the national media only Stephen A. Smith ironically enough seems to have the gauge that Daniels is special and has a chance like Caleb Williams to far out pace the other passers taken in the draft.
I make it a rule to never pay attention to the national media about anything. Whoever it is.
You have really 2 camps in the national media: News Breakers and Opinion Creators. There is a third group, analysts, but honestly, they've become a dying breed, and somewhat morphed into opinion creators.
For the news breakers (Schefter, Rappaport, whoever), you have to keep in mind how they get their information: they get it by doing favors and horse-trading info. They get info from teams and agents, and in exchange for that info, they push narratives the teams/agents want pushed.
The Opinion people are simply looking for eyeballs. Stephen A. Smith is the best of this lot, but it's all news magazine show crap which is intended to be provocative and stand out so they can get people to pay attention. Also, none of them have he time to fully educate themselves on the details of what they are having an opinion on. How can you REALLY understand the nuances of all 32 football teams and players on those teams to form true opinions of anything? You can't. So, you get a lot of group-think, and then you have them trying to out-do themselves to be the most provocative.
There used to be good analysts. There are really few left. Here and there you'll find a show where you can actually learn something, but those are now far and few between. There were several back in the 90's and 2000's, but the problem with them is, it's a much smaller audience who really likes the detailed analysis vs. the audience who wants to hear Stephen A. or Pat Macafee rant and rave about stuff. So, they're going the way of the dodo.
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