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This isn’t Daniel Jones or Cooper Rush; Eagles poised to face one of NFL’s best QBs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles have never seen a rookie quarterback like Jayden Daniels. Because there’s never been a rookie quarterback like Jayden Daniels.
In his first 10 career starts, the Commanders’ rookie is completing 69 percent of his passes, averaging nearly 240 yards per game, with nearly 500 rushing yards, nine passing touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns to just two interceptions – none in his last five games – and has compiled a 101.7 passer rating.
Daniels’ interception ratio – 0.8 every 100 attempts – is on pace to break the NFL rookie record set by Dak Prescott in 2016 – 0.9 every 100 passes. He’s currently thrown 151 consecutive passes without an interception, 60 shy of the record set by Kyler Murray in 2019.
He has the Commanders at 7-3 and two wins from clinching their first winning season since 2016.
The Eagles will get their first look at Daniels Thursday night at the Linc in a national TV showdown of the two winning teams in the NFC East.
“He’s done a great job for them,” Vic Fangio said Tuesday. “I mean, kudos to him for what he’s been able to achieve. Kudos to the coaches there that are coaching him. Because that’s not an easy offense to run. They do a lot of different things. And, you know, he’s only thrown two interceptions, which is unreal, really.
“He’s a really good player, highly talented. I think they’re running an offense that he’s very comfortable in. And he’s got a lot of good players around him. And I think it’s an accumulation of all that.”
The Eagles are 3-0 vs. rookie quarterbacks under Nick Sirianni – Zach Wilson in 2021, Kenny Pickett in 2022, Tommy DeVito in 2023 – and they’re 8-0-1 the last nine times they’ve faced a rookie, the tie coming against Joe Burrow in 2020.
The last rookie to beat the Eagles was Prescott in 2016 and the last to do it at the Linc was Jameis Winston in…
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Publish date : 2024-11-13 16:13:29
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