Jayden Daniels knows comparisons exist between him and star veteran quarterbacks. That doesn’t mean the Washington Commanders rookie has to like it. The Week 6 matchup pits Daniels’ team against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL ’s spotlight game on Sunday afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium.
Advertisement “I don’t like when people really try to compare me to Lamar and vice versa,” Daniels said following Wednesday’s practice. “We’re two different players. .
.. I’m not close-minded, I always want to be able to grow, but at the end of the day, I want to be known as Jayden Daniels and not the next such and such.
” That anyone would ponder a side-by-side assessment of a two-time MVP and Daniels speaks to the rookie’s impressive start and Washington’s surprising 4-1 record. Daniels leads the league in completion percentage (77.1 percent), while his 1,135 passing yards and 300 rushing yards puts him fifth among quarterbacks in total yards.
After the Week 5 victory over the Cleveland Browns , Daniels became the first player to ever post 1,000 passing yards and at least 250 rushing yards through his first five games. Jackson himself agreed that Daniels — who has described his relationship with Jackson to have a big brother-little brother dynamic — is just that: Daniels, and not the next Jackson-in-waiting. “(Jayden) is his own player, (and) he’s his own man, at the end of the day,” Jackson said.
“We’re just trying to make a name for our.
