Jayden Daniels is attempting to do what no rookie QB has ever done: lead his team to a Super Bowl.
Six other rookie quarterbacks have started conference title games, and they've gone 0-6. Collectively, they've thrown five touchdown passes against 12 interceptions, completed just under 46% of their passes and posted a combined passer rating of 45.6. I think Daniels will play better than that today.
Even if the Commanders fall this afternoon, it will not diminish the season Jayden just had as one of the most valuable players in the league.
Your points are well taken and the Eagles are clear favorites. But I don’t think playing in Philadelphia is going to present any issues for Daniels. He went into that dome in Michigan last week and faced a crowd that had literally waited their entire lives for that game and led the team like a ten-year vet.
As a Commanders fan, I’ve wasted countless Sundays in the past 34 years watching meaningless football. In that time I’ve been able to enjoy Jan ‘96, Jan ‘00, Feb ‘03, Dec ‘09, Feb ‘10 and Jan ‘16. Give me the Super Bowl win over the next HECS.
DCA has been reporting a Trace for their snow depth since last Friday, the 17th.
I did note that there have only been 3 Januaries in the past 25 years with more snow there than this month. And only 4 in the past 30 years with a lower mean temperature than this year (so far.)
The mean temp at Martinsburg sits at 25.6 this month (-6.8 below normal.) Even though it won’t finish that low, the first 3+ weeks of the month rank right up there with the coldest Januaries in the last 50 years.
1977- 21.0
1982- 22.6
1994- 23.5
1984- 25.4
2014- 25.4
2025- 25.6