Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will attempt to become the first rookie quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl. He's already the sixth quarterback to lead his team to the conference title game in his debut season,
Jayden Daniels, meet Slinging Sammy Baugh.The Commanders' dynamic rookie quarterback accomplished a feat in his playoff debut that no quarterback in the NFL had done since Baugh during the franchise's first season in Washington back in 1937.
The Washington Commanders secured their first playoff win since the 2005 season after Zane Gonzalez doinked a game-winning field goal off and through the upright to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 on Sunday night. The Commanders will next head to Detroit to face the top-seeded Lions in the divisional round.
Sixteen years after Joe Flacco helped lead the Ravens to the AFC title game, Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels eyes a Super Bowl berth.
Jayden Daniels began his NFL career as the draft’s second pick, but that is not how his rookie season will be remembered.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher believes Jayden Daniels is having a better rookie year than Ben Roethlisberger.
Very few rookie quarterbacks have ever started a game on conference championship weekend, let alone won a title.
And then there were four. The Bills, Chiefs, Eagles, and Commanders live to fight another day on their journey to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Take a look at the Eagles since October — en route to 16 total wins for the second time in three seasons — and all the hallmarks of a dominant Super Bowl favorite are checked.
Coach Nick Sirianni said Thursday that center Cam Jurgens (back) and tight end Dallas Goedert (ankle) would be practicing, but when practice rolled around at the Linc, both players sat out.
Coach Nick Sirianni said Thursday that center Cam Jurgens (back) and tight end Dallas Goedert (ankle) would be practicing, but when practice rolled around at the Linc, both players sat out.
Daniels also has a shot at the playoff records for rookie QB rushing yards and passing touchdowns. He is two touchdowns shy of tying Aaron Brooks' (six) passing touchdown mark from the 2001 playoffs and needs 41 yards to surpass Wilson's 12-year-old mark of 127 rushing yards in the playoffs.