Jared Goff was the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and started seven games for the Rams in his rookie season. He lost them all. He completed 54 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and seven interceptions in those games.
Nine years later, Goff is an MVP candidate and has led the Lions to back-to-back NFC North titles and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs this season.
Playing quarterback in the NFL as a rookie is tough, so what Commanders rookie signal caller Jayden Daniels is doing this season is pretty impressive. He led Washington to 12 wins, completing 69 percent of his passes for 3,568 yards with 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions and adding 891 yards with six rushing touchdowns.
“Yeah, it’s extremely impressive, very impressive for someone so young to do what he’s doing,” Goff said Tuesday of Daniels. “You wouldn’t say he’s a rookie, you wouldn’t say he feels like a rookie.
“It seems like he understands the moment and feels comfortable in it. Our job on defense is to try to make him uncomfortable. That’s been a challenge for a lot of teams this year, but I can’t wait to see what they do.”
