The rookie QB has made an impression on some of the team's most respected players of the past and restored hope to a starved franchise.

Tom Brady's LFG Player of the Game for the divisional round is Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels after their upset win of the Lions.

The Detroit Lions turned the ball 5 times, with 4 by Jared Goff, in a stunning 45-31 loss to Washington Commanders in NFL divisional playoff game.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady called Commanders QB Jayden Daniels "Unreal" in an NFC Divisional win over No. 1 seed Detroit Lions.

Jayden Daniels has turned Washington around from a 4-13 team to one that is two wins away from the Super Bowl; watch Commanders at Detroit Lions in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, live on Sky Sports NFL at 1.

Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns to help Washington Commanders reach the NFC title game for the first time in 33 years; Washington will play the winner of Sundays Los Angeles Rams-Philadelphia Eagles game for a spot in the Super Bowl,

Detroit, which needed to win just two home games to make the first Super Bowl in franchise history, is out. The Commanders are moving onto the NFC title game for the first time since the end of the '91 season.

Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns in a flawless performance, and the Washington Commanders stunned the Detroit Lions 45-31 on Saturday to reach the NFC championship game.

This is the worst. The Detroit Lions played so well in the regular season that whispers of a Super Bowl felt warranted. Sixty minutes into what should have been destiny, it all came crashing down.

The 45-31 victory for Washington not only sends them to their first NFC championship game since 1992, but also has rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels joining some rare company.

By midway through the fourth quarter, Ford Field was mostly, ghostly quiet. This was the ending no one envisioned, the nightmare performance no one could fathom.