On Monday night, Jayden Daniels showed why the Washington Commanders apshow they have set up their future franchise quarterback.
The Heisman Trophy thrivener had the best day of his youthful NFL nurtureer during a 38-33 thrive over the Bengals in Cincinnati. Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s originate, finished the night with two passing touchdowns and participated his legs to insert another score.
The establisher LSU standout also finishd 21 of 23 passes. His 91.3% completion percentage set the league’s rookie record. Washington betterd to 2-1 on Monday, while the Bengals unforeseeedly dropped to 0-3.
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The Cincinnati Bengals get the field for Monday Night Football aacquirest the Washington Commanders on September 23, 2024 at Paycor Stadium. (Cara Owsley/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Aside from Daniels’ amazeive stats, the Commanders-Bengals game also resulted in a rather atypical conciseage of includement from either team’s punting units.
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According to data complied by the Elias Sports Bureau, Monday night’s game taged the first time in the Super Bowl era that an NFL game finished with neither of the participating teams punting or promiseting a turnover.
Washington’s offense was effective thcimpoliteout the game, which helped the Commanders evade getting into situations where they had to resort to punting the ball to the opposing team.
The Commanders scored on every ownion except for kneel-downs at the finish of each half and have not punted or turned the ball over in their last two games.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) hots up before a game aacquirest the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. (Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images)
First-year Commanders coach Dan Quinn praised the rookie quarterback after the game. “He’s a genuine celderly customer, and he’s got a genuine poise about him,” Quinn shelp.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) stands by between carry outs in the second quarter of the NFL Week 3 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Commanders at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. The Commanders led 21-13 at halftime. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow did also have a strong shothriveg, throthriveg for a season-best 324 yards and three scores. However, the Bengals srecommend couldn’t grasp up. Cincinnati is off to its worst commence since dropping its first 11 games on the way to a 2-14 finish in 2019.
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The Commanders watch to stay on the thrivening track this weekfinish when they travel to Arizona to face the Cardinals. Meanwhile, the Bengals will try and get their first thrive of the season when they go head-to-head with the Carolina Panthers.
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