Doug Williams was in the process of watching video of Jayden Daniels – who else? – earlier this week when he took a break to share some quarterback-on-quarterback insight. The legend on the phenom. This promises to be good stuff.
“He’s always poised. He’s always thinking,” Williams told USA TODAY Sports. “When you watch him, you know his mind is moving.
He’s never under pressure, mentally. Even if he misses a guy, he finds a way to get some positive yards with his legs. But he doesn’t just use his legs to run.
When you see him come out of the pocket, I can promise you he’s looking downfield. He’s just composed, man. “It’s hard to imagine this with a young guy with four starts under his belt.
..It’s almost like he’s been here before.
” With Daniels heading into Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns as one of the NFL’s most remarkable storylines from the first month of the season – he's ignited the (3-1) to three consecutive victories in spectacular fashion, posted the highest completion rate (82.1%) during any four-game stretch for an NFL quarterback since at least 1950 (minimum 100 passes) and put himself in the pole position for Offensive Rookie of the Year honors – Williams sounds as upbeat about this development as the most rabid D.C.
football fan. Yes, "PTI" Tony, the bandwagon, driven by Daniels, is filling up again. Lord knows, this battered franchise – which dropped its racist team name in 2020 – needed Daniels to come alo.