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He doesn’t immediately look to run amid the chaos of blitzing defenders, however, showing some poise in the pocket for a rookie. On his 150 throws while being blitzed, Daniels is throwing to an open receiver 80.0% of the time – the sixth-best rate among the 34 QBs with a minimum of 60 pass attempts while being blitzed. He also ranks sixth in average air yards at 9.70 on throws while being blitzed.
Daniels has Washington on the cusp of the franchise’s first berth in the NFC championship game since the 1991 season, when they beat the Lions for the conference crown en route to the franchise’s last of three Super Bowl titles. Few expected the Commanders to be in this position – even our supercomputer, which gave them just a 0.9% chance of reaching the conference championship game prior to the start of the season with only four teams having a lower probability.
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