Quarterback Jayden Daniels has accomplished quite a bit as a rookie as he's led the Washington Commanders to the NFC Championship Game. It's been so impressive that Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is showering Daniels with a ton of admiration.

The rookie quarterback may have the ‘Mamba mentality,’ and the basketball parallels don’t stop there.

Daniels, who’s one game away from being the first rookie in league history to play in the Super Bowl, has been on a tear this postseason. After guiding Washington to a 12-5 record, Daniels has thrown for 567 yards and four touchdowns and has yet to have a turnover.

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is impressed with Jayden Daniels going as far as the NFC Championship Game in his rookie season with the

Did Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels have the best season from a rookie quarterback in NFL history? Former Oregon Ducks and current Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert broke multiple rookie records,

Daniels has delivered Washington's best season-to-season win improvement from 4-13 to 12-5, and he has been the centerpiece of an offense that has 10 games with zero turnovers — the most for the franchise since at least 1940, according to Sportradar.

C.J. Stroud put on an absolute show as a rookie in 2023, but the Houston Texans quarterback believes what Washington Commanders passer Jayden Daniels has done this year is even more impressive."In my opinion,

The Commanders’ biggest free-agent signing was Armstrong, while their third-biggest was Biadasz. In the draft, after they chose Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 pick, they used a second-round pick on a defensive lineman and a third-round pick on an offensive lineman.

Jayden Daniels ran out of time to rally for one more can-you-believe-it comeback. The rookie quarterback who led the Washington Commanders to six consecutive victories entering the NFC championship game had won the first five on the final play of scrimmage.