The Washington Commanders’ exceptional 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’ exceptional turnaround from cellar dwellers to championship contenders. Whereas he was unable to grow to be 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 data alongside the way in which.
Most whole yards by a rookie quarterback in a single postseason
Simply by means of his first two playoff video games, Daniels totaled 654 yards of offense (567 passing, 87 dashing). The earlier rookie quarterback for whole 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) towards the Eagles to present him 957 whole 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 towards Philadelphia, he’s obtained a commanding lead at 75. The shortage of a dependable run sport additionally meant extra duty was positioned on his shoulders; 114 whole go makes an attempt is one other rookie file.
Finest completion share by a rookie
Daniels’ completion fee dipped from 69.7 % to 65.8 % after his 29-of-48 efficiency in Philadelphia, however he nonetheless edged out Brock Purdy for greatest rookie completion fee in a single postseason. John Elway technically had a ten/15 (66.7%) sport in his playoff debut however was not a starter.
Most passing touchdowns by a rookie
Along 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 means of two video games. The additional sport clearly helped Daniels however he put up 48 yards and a dashing TD towards 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 sport, then prolonged that mark 4 extra conversions on Sunday. Daniels was accountable for 9 of these conversions by means 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 general choose in his rookie 12 months. If this isn’t his last kind, then maybe that wait to return to the Tremendous Bowl gained’t be an excessive amount of longer.
(All stats supplied by Stathead)
