Jayden Daniels will start his second playoff game Saturday night against the Lions, setting up a matchup between a former No. 1 and No. 2 overall pick.
Detroit’s Jared Goff, of course, was the first overall pick in 2016 and had a much tougher rookie year than Daniels. That’s probably part of why he can appreciate the difficulty of what Daniels accomplished in his first season.
“Yes, it’s extremely impressive, very impressive for someone so young to do what he’s doing,” Goff said during his Tuesday press conference. “You wouldn’t say he’s a rookie, you wouldn’t say he feels like a rookie. It feels like he understands the moment and he’s comfortable in it and our job on defense is to try to make him uncomfortable.
“It’s been a challenge for a lot of teams this year, but I can’t wait to see what they do.”
Daniels, 24, completed 69 percent of his passes for 3,568 yards with 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 17 regular-season games. He was 24 of 35 for 268 yards with two touchdowns in the wild card win over the Buccaneers.
