Former LSU star Jayden Daniels' magical rookie campaign continued on Saturday night after leading the Washington Commanders to a 45-31 victory over the Detroit Lions to advance to the NFC Championship Game.
Daniels threw two touchdown passes to lead the Commanders to a 23-20 win at Tampa Bay on Sunday night, joining Russell Wilson (2012), Mark Sanchez (2009) and Joe Flacco (2008) as the only rookie quarterbacks in the Super Bowl era to win a road playoff start.
However, only two of those five made the playoffs this year, as Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix helped ... when Robert Griffin III lost to Russell Wilson in the postseason. Denver, meanwhile, has ...
No rookie QB has ever lifted his team like Daniels, prompting a cross-sport comparison. Plus, Mahomes and the refs, Lamar's legacy and more.
NFL playoffs head into the Conference Championships, and it’s time to evaluate how all of the various starting quarterbacks have fared this season. There are several different ways to do NFL QB rankings.
Every Steelers season since 2018 has followed what’s becoming an all-too-familiar refrain. Pittsburgh has won the AFC North just once in this span and has hovered somewhere between eight to 10 wins in every other year — sufficient to cling to the “no losing seasons” line but not nearly good enough to ever be a needle-mover in the conference.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – JANUARY 13: Sam Darnold #14 of the Minnesota Vikings throws a pass during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Rams during the NFC Wild Card Playoff at State Farm Stadium on January 13, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
"I wanted Jayden Daniels to break my rookie rushing record because I’m not about rooting against the next generation. He EARNED IT. He is the FUTURE," Griffin III wrote on social media.
Washington Commanders' quarterback Jayden Daniels joined a select list of rookie quarterbacks in guiding his team to a playoff win Sunday night in Tampa.
Throughout NFL history, the odds have rarely favored rookie quarterbacks when it comes to winning their postseason debut games. In fact, now only 11 rookie QBs have achieve this. T
Some say that Jayden Daniels has had the best rookie QB season ever. But is he actually topping what C.J. Stroud did last year? We break it down.