The Washington Commanders’ outstanding turnaround season got here to an finish within the NFC Championship Sport, with the Philadelphia Eagles profitable in a record-setting 55-23 rout to succeed in Tremendous Bowl 59.
Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels has been on the coronary heart of the Commanders’ outstanding turnaround from cellar dwellers to championship contenders. Whereas he was unable to turn into the primary beginning rookie quarterback to succeed in the Tremendous Bowl, Daniels had an incredible postseason run on high of his traditionally nice common season, setting a number of single postseason rookie information alongside the way in which.
Most complete yards by a rookie quarterback in a single postseason
Simply by way of his first two playoff video games, Daniels totaled 654 yards of offense (567 passing, 87 dashing). The earlier rookie quarterback for complete yards in a postseason belonged to Russell Wilson, who had 651 in his first season with the Seattle Seahawks, together with a file 450 yards in a loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Daniels added one other 303 yards (255 passing, 48 dashing) in opposition to the Eagles to provide him 957 complete yards.
Most passing yards by a rookie quarterback
Coming into the NFC Championship, Daniels solely wanted six yards to surpass Wilson for many rookie single postseason passing yards, so this was a formality. Good luck to any rookie who can exceed 822 yards any time quickly.
Most completions by a rookie
Daniels set the entire completions file after the Divisional Spherical with 46, racing previous Mark Sanchez and Brock Purdy. With one other 29 added to the entire in opposition to Philadelphia, he’s received a commanding lead at 75. The dearth of a dependable run recreation additionally meant extra accountability was positioned on his shoulders; 114 complete move makes an attempt is one other rookie file.
Finest completion proportion by a rookie
Daniels’ completion charge dipped from 69.7 p.c to 65.8 p.c after his 29-of-48 efficiency in Philadelphia, however he nonetheless edged out Brock Purdy for finest rookie completion charge in a single postseason. John Elway technically had a ten/15 (66.7%) recreation in his playoff debut however was not a starter.
Most passing touchdowns by a rookie
Together with his first-half strike to Terry McLaurin, Daniels wrapped up his playoffs with 5 passing touchdowns, breaking a tie with Mark Sanchez for the earlier high mark.
Most quarterback dashing yards by a rookie
Russell Wilson had the mark at 127 yards by way of two video games. The additional recreation clearly helped Daniels however he put up 48 yards and a dashing TD in opposition to the Eagles, giving him 135 yards for the postseason.
Most fourth-downs transformed by any quarterback
Dan Quinn entrusted his quarterback to transform fourth-down all through the common season and into the playoffs. Washington set an NFL playoff file with six fourth-down conversions previous to the Eagles recreation, then prolonged that mark 4 extra conversions on Sunday. Daniels was accountable for 9 of these conversions by way of the air or together with his legs.
The Commanders’ crushing loss will undoubtedly be a bitter capsule to swallow after an unforgettable and terribly thrilling season, however the NFC Championship loss shouldn’t take away from the distinctive efficiency of the No. 2 total choose in his rookie 12 months. If this isn’t his remaining kind, then maybe that wait to return to the Tremendous Bowl received’t be an excessive amount of longer.
(All stats offered by Stathead)