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Commanders’ Jayden Daniels Gets Mind-Blowing Comparison From NFL Analyst<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders’ quarterback Jayden Daniels<\/a> took the NFL by storm in his rookie season, leading his team to an NFC Championship game while winning the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.<\/p>\n

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For some, Daniels is expected to continue his ascension into the upper echelon of quarterbacks in football, but a 12-5 season and NFC Championship appearance make it a tough thing to replicate.<\/p>\n

Still, fans and media alike are bullish on Daniels and the Commanders in 2025, and perhaps none more so than FS1’s Colin Cowherd, who made a mind-blowing comparison when talking about Jayden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kid is Lamar [Jackson] plus [Patrick] Mahomes,\u201d Cowherd said<\/a>. \u201cHis poise in the fourth quarter doesn’t make sense. And here’s the thing, the NFL gives you an all-time quarterback legend about every six years, and I’m talking Peyton Manning, [John] Elway, Mahomes, [Brett] Favre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m telling you, he singularly won a road playoff game. And I thought Andrew Luck was the best quarterback I ever saw as a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels\u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Whew, right, Colin, that is quite the bar you have just set for Jayden.<\/p>\n

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We get it. Daniels showed everything you would want in a franchise quarterback in Year 1. He has the ability, first of all, as both a passer and runner, and then his intangibles late in games – he never seems to get flustered.<\/p>\n

But the Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes comparisons might be a little much, and let’s not forget it has only been one year for Daniels in the league.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what he produces in 2025 before making any definitive comments, but things in the nation’s capital are going well right now, and Jayden is a big reason why.<\/p>\n

Related: NFL Stars Poke Fun at Commanders’ Deebo Samuel Weight Gain<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Commanders Get Perfectly Clear One-Word Offseason Description<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commanders’ Jayden Daniels Gets Mind-Blowing Comparison From NFL Analyst originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Washington Commanders’ quarterback Jayden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6502,6405,7,734,895,859,871,6,8083,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-170547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-andrew-luck","9":"tag-colin-cowherd","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jayden-daniels","12":"tag-lamar-jackson","13":"tag-mahomes","14":"tag-nfc-championship-game","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-peyton-manning","17":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114772846196557977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}