Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was phenomenal again in Sunday’s 34-13 win over the Cleveland Browns. Daniels was so good he didn’t play the final 13 minutes.
If you ask Daniels about the win, he’d tell you it’s another opportunity for growth. As good as he was against the Browns, he wasn’t perfect. His interception is one throw he’d like to have back.
However, Daniels shook off a slow start against Cleveland’s pass rush and led the Commanders on six scoring drives. Daniels had several big runs and made some big plays in the passing game.
There was one sequence in the second quarter where Daniels used his legs to set up a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dyami Brown.
First, here’s the play:
FIRST PASSING TD AT THE CRIB FOR @JayD__5
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— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) October 6, 2024
During the play before, Daniels scrambled and saw something that had him going to offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to call the play, which would be the touchdown to Brown. He explained it after the game.
“I ran out of bounds the play before and then kind of saw some of the defense, I had seen they were playing man coverage, and I was turning back around, and I said, man let’s take a shot to Kliff and he called the play and we did it,” Daniels said.
This is impressive on many levels. How many rookie quarterbacks would see this? How many rookie quarterbacks would deliver like Daniels did after the coach took his advice?
This is next-level stuff from Daniels; his comfort with the scheme and Kingsbury is encouraging moving forward.