Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was all smiles after Saturday evening’s upset victory over the top-seeded Detroit Lions as he led the Washington Commanders to the franchise’s first NFC Championship recreation in 33 years.
Identified for his poise at such a younger age, the 24-year-old credited his group’s shared religion in God when requested after the sport what the group knew that different individuals did not.
“Man, it simply begins with our religion in God,” he stated. “As a group, we consider. We consider in one another; we consider within the Man upstairs.”
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“We’re going to go on the market, we’re going to struggle; we ready the fitting manner,” he continued. “We put within the work to get so far now. We acquired … a few extra video games left. We’ll see who we’re taking part in tomorrow. I simply love this group.”
Daniels, the second general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft out of Lousiana State College and the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner, handed for 299 yards with two passing touchdowns in opposition to the Lions and likewise picked up 51 dashing yards.
Throughout final week’s victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Daniels was requested how he remained “so calm” and “so poised” as he led the Commanders on a game-winning drive late within the recreation.
“Belief within the Lord God,” he replied. “There’s nothing I ought to fear about, man. Put all my worries on Him.”
“He’ll care for the remainder,” Daniels added.
Daniels often credit the Lord in his post-game interviews.
In October, after the Commanders defeated the Chicago Bears with a game-winning Hail Mary move, Daniels praised God for permitting him to rapidly heal from an harm the week prior.
“With out Him, I do not even assume I would be taking part in this week,” he stated.
Previously, Daniels credited LSU Director of Participant Retention Sherman Wilson with serving to him develop his religion whereas he transitioned to the college.
“Being round [Wilson], I sort of acquired again into my religion extra, all the time giving glory to God. [Jesus] died on the cross for us; something is feasible with Him,” Daniels stated in November 2023, in keeping with the LSU athletics web site. “Coming again out right here, making an attempt to determine my life, I wished to cease making an attempt to place a lot stress on me and simply give the whole lot to God, letting Him care for it.”
“As I mature, develop up extra and dive deeper into my religion, I simply know that it is God’s plan with the whole lot,” he stated. “As a lot as I wish to rush stuff, I can not. What’s there for me and what’s meant for me, God’s all the time going to offer that.”
The Commanders are actually one win away from the Tremendous Bowl. They are going to tackle the winner of Sunday’s recreation between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams within the NFC Championship recreation subsequent Sunday.
