The Washington Commanders are doing what every NFL team, including the Vikings, dreams of in the salary cap era: Winning big with a really good quarterback on his rookie deal.
After an injury, the league revealed that Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had been replaced on the NFC's Pro Bowl roster by Daniels’ former college teammate, current New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. In Nabers' rookie season, he recorded 109 receptions for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns.
That incredible stat caught the attention of Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback JJ McCarthy, who snapped a photo of the TV and posted it on his Instagram Story with a message for Daniels. "Proud of you brudda!" McCarthy wrote. The post came hours before McCarthy’s Wild Card playoff game on Monday night against the Los Angeles Rams.
The phrase "Greatest of all time," aka GOAT, is overused in sports discourse these days, but there is a legitimate path to Washington Commanders 2024 second overall pick quarterback Jayden Daniels having the best rookie season in NFL history.
Detroit made a huge statement in Week 18 with their beatdown of the Minnesota Vikings, but the Commanders have something the Vikings don’t; a mobile quarterback in the form of Jayden Daniels. The Lions have struggled with stopping mobile quarterbacks this season. This could very well carry over into the postseason.
A couple of days after the Green Bay Packers lost at the Minnesota Vikings in Week 17, I asked a team’s top pro scout this question: If he abs
The finalists for the NFL’s eight top awards voted on by the Associated Press — including MVP, Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year honors — were revealed this week. A combined five former LSU stars,
The Commanders QB is playing well beyond his years at exactly the right time, while some of his veteran peers are catching flak for their playoff performances.
The Commanders’ biggest free-agent signing was Armstrong, while their third-biggest was Biadasz. In the draft, after they chose Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 pick, they used a second-round pick on a defensive lineman and a third-round pick on an offensive lineman.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 draft ... off one of its best performances of the season in the 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings to clinch the NFC's top seed. The Lions held the Vikings out of ...
The Commanders are now focused on building off the memorable year they had with rookie Jayden Daniels after their NFC championship game loss to the Eagles.
Here's a way-too-early ranking of all 12 playoff losers by chances of clinching their own Super Bowl berth at the close of the 202