The Washington Commanders had lost three straight games heading into the Week 13 matchup against the Tennessee Titans. Part of Washington’s recent struggles were due to the previously red-hot offense’s struggles. Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels finally looked like, well, a rookie.
On Sunday, the Commanders smashed the Titans 42-19, ending the losing streak and piling up close to 500 yards of total offense against a Tennessee defense ranked No. 2 at the time. Washington’s running game was even more impressive, gaining a season-high 267 yards and scoring three touchdowns.
Daniels completed 25 of 30 passes for 206 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception. He also rushed for a touchdown.
How does Daniels measure up to other NFL quarterbacks after 13 weeks? We look at ESPN’s Total QBR metric, which differs from the traditional QB rating. Here’s how ESPN defines QBR:
ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (Total QBR), which was released in 2011, has never claimed to be perfect, but unlike other measures of quarterback performance, it incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties. Also, since QBR is built from the play level, it accounts for a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.
NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 13
- Kyler Murray: 75.1
- Josh Allen: 74.5
- Joe Burrow: 73.9
- Lamar Jackson: 73.4
- Jayden Daniels: 71.8
- Derek Carr: 65.0
- Brock Purdy: 64.7
- Jalen Hurts: 64.6
- Patrick Mahomes: 64.4
- Matthew Stafford: 60.8
- Jordan Love: 60.4
- Tua Tagovailoa: 60.2
- Trevor Lawrence: 60.1
- Drake Maye: 58.0
- Jared Goff: 57.7
- Sam Darnold: 56.0
- Bo Nix: 55.5
- Geno Smith: 55.0
- Justin Herbert: 55.0
- Kirk Cousins: 54.6
- C.J. Stroud: 53.6
- Baker Mayfield: 52.9
- Justin Fields: 51.9
- Anthony Richardson: 49.5
- Aaron Rodgers: 48.2
- Caleb Williams: 47.1
- Daniel Jones: 47.1
- Dak Prescott: 46.4
- Bryce Young: 39.1
- Gardner Minshew: 38.0
- Will Levis: 32.9
- Deshaun Watson: 22.6