Does Jayden Daniels have the very best rookie season of the NFL for commanders?

By Stephen Whyyno

Ashburn, Va. (AP) – Jayden Daniels has that Washington commanders within the NFC championship gameAnd his list of admirers within the league continues to grow.

Only this week, Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio Daniels described “a young quarterback from birth certificate, not through the band”. CJ Stroud of the Houston Texans thinks that Daniels “had The best rookie yr any times. “

If he and the commanders defeated the Eagles on Sunday, Daniels would be the first rookie quarters that led his team to the Super Bowl. And even if the hype train takes the speed Second selection within the design.

“He stays as whilst every player I actually have ever gave,” said top recipient Terry McLaurin on Wednesday. “We played in some of the most hostile environments, we played in some of the greatest phases and he treats it the same every week. I love that on him. “

Daniels makes a powerful case to secure Stroud's opinion. The 24-year-old from the LSU is the primary player in franchise history to throw 25 touchdown passes with fewer than 10 interceptions, and his 891 yards rushing are most of all rookie QB in NFL history.

After winning the Heisman Trophy Daniels in college and the overwhelming favorite to win AP offensive rookie of the yr Buffalo Bills or Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on February ninth.

“It would obviously be a blessing, but I only concentrate on how I can be better every day,” said Daniels. “There are countless teams who need to be on this position. … you’ll be able to't really take it with no consideration, but you will have to be in the intervening time. “

No problem there. Trainer and Quinn Compare Daniels on the sidelines with the “Terminator” because of his behavior and avoiding distractions.

On the field, Daniels led the commanders to six consecutive victories – and the first five in the last game of Scrimmage and won Beat the 15-grown lions 45-31 in Detroit. He thrown 17 TDS in this route, and while Washington is an outsider in Philadelphia, Daniel's magic is the greatest reason to assume that the commanders could carry out another surprise.

“He has rare skills in the intervening time which have made it possible for us to enter this place,” said Quinn. “If it drops the mental chaos and two minutes (left) and these tight moments when it will probably feel so tight, he has the experience of somebody who played rather more football than a player in the primary yr.”

Daniels is not sure when teammates stopped treating him like a newcomer. It was week 8 after his Hail Mary Pass to Noah Brown When Veteran Eng End Zach Ertz asked that everyone outside the organization stopped behaving like Daniels was a newcomer because he had seen signs for it for months.

“He was very proactive in his approach to being great,” said Ertz, who Half Eagles win the Super Bowl Seven years ago. “If you are young in the league, it is often a lot of attempt and error to see what works for you. And often they are reactionary in terms of the way their process is. And it's like: “Oh, after I failed a number of times, perhaps I do X, Y and Z a little bit more.” While Jayden, as soon as he arrived here, was the first in the building and studied as much as possible. “

Daniels, who still warms up with a basketball and in addition loves this sport, deserves a status to be a rat within the gym while exercises outside the season. He appeared early to participate in walkthroughs in front of others, and stayed late to be sure that he received the playbook in Pat.

Quinn, even a victory from returning to the Super Bowl eight years since then He and the Atlanta Falcons lost To Neuengland, Daniels' competitiveness appreciates, but respects much more how much the preparation of the rookies arises.

“There is a feeling of being a leg and doing this kind of additional work, sometimes the right motivation for yourself:” I saw this look. I'm ready, “said Quinn.” You did the work on it. When the moment comes, they’re able to deliver. “

Daniels won Washington's best seasonal improvement in the season From 4-13 to 12-5And he was the heart of a crime that has 10 games without sales – most of it for the franchise since at least 1940, said Sportradar.

In every step on the way, Daniels showed that no situation is too much pressure for him, which he has attributed football to be a funny escape for him.

“I don't really exit and stress over the moment because at the tip of the day I can do what I like, win, lose or draw every week,” said Daniels. “It is only a blessing to be one in every of these children who fulfill their dream and might practice their dream of playing on Sundays within the NFL.”

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The AP sports clerk Kristie Rieken in Houston and Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

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