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Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels didn’t hold back his honest feelings about Sunday’s crushing loss to the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.
Jayden Daniels’ historic rookie season ended with a disappointing 55-23 blowout loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game. Washington was undone by four costly turnovers (three fumbles, one interception), and the Eagles played giveaway-free football to secure their second trip to the Super Bowl in three years.
And so concluded what many are considering the greatest rookie season in NFL history. The No. 2 pick of 2024 will likely win Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, but the biggest accomplishment was taking a long-suffering franchise all the way to their first conference championship game for the first time in 33 years.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Jayden Daniels admitted that he woke up feeling “sick” after the loss, per NBC4 Sports.
“Sh*t, sick, you know,” the 24-year-old quarterback said. “Obviously that one hurts, you gotta deal with that for the rest of the offseason.”
At today's locker cleanout, Jayden Daniels on how he felt when he woke up this morning:
"Sh**, sick… obviously that one hurts… you gotta deal with that for the rest of the offseason"
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— NBC4 Sports (@NBC4Sports) January 27, 2025
Had Washington won, Daniels would have become the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to start a Super Bowl. But he instead joins a list of rookies that saw the dream end in the final four, along with the likes of Ben Roethlisberger (2004 with the Pittsburgh Steelers), Joe Flacco (2008 with the Baltimore Ravens) and Mark Sanchez (2010 with the New York Jets).
Entering 2024, the Commanders hadn’t finished with double-digit wins since 2012. They hadn’t won a playoff game since 2005. Their last 12-win season and NFC title game appearance was way-back-when in 1991.
But in just one year, Daniels helped Washington end all of those painful and humiliating droughts once and for all. And to think that he’s only going to get better with more experience.
Indeed, the Commanders have nothing to be ashamed of or disappointed about after coming within a game of an improbable Super Bowl appearance.
