On Monday night against the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels had as true of a coming-out party as you will ever see from a rookie quarterback. Daniels completed 21 of 23 passes for 254 yards and 2 touchdowns, and he added 39 yards and another score on the ground. He set the rookie record for completion percentage in a game, the Commanders scored on every single one of their drives and he became the first player in NFL history to complete at least 90% of his passes, throw for 250 yards and two touchdowns and run for another touchdown in a single game.
It was a far cry from his performance in the first two games of the season, when Daniels’ passing numbers were much more muted. He didn’t turn the ball over at all, but he didn’t create all that much through the air. He was 40 of 53 for 410 yards, but almost all of that production came after the catch. Through two weeks, only Tua Tagovailoa had a higher share of his passing yards come after the catch (73.9%) as opposed to before it than did Daniels (72.2%). That share was quite a bit higher than the 50.1% league average during that time.
And it was strange to see because coming into the draft, Daniels was considered the best prospect in the class in two areas: running and deep passing. He ran 135 times for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, and his 8.4 yards per attempt led the country. Not much more needs to be said there. As far as the deep passing goes, the leader among the six first-round picks in each category is highlighted in bold in the table below. (Deep passing here is considered throws of 20-plus air yards, via Tru Media.)
Comp343540512526Att6655841174651Comp %51.5%63.6%47.6%43.6%54.3%51.0%Yards1,3421,3471,4521,787706999YPA20.324.517.315.315.319.6TD152213161013INT204712TD %22.7%40.0%15.5%13.7%21.7%25.5%INT %3.0%0.0%4.8%6.0%2.2%3.9%QB…
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Author : Jared Dubin
Publish date : 2024-09-25 15:19:27
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