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New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones has been named a finalist for this week’s FedEx Air Player of the Week.
Jones completed 26 of 40 attempts (65.0 percent) for 308 yards, 4 touchdowns and no interceptions for a 121.7 passer rating in the Giants’ Week 10 loss to the New York Jets.
Also nominated for FedExAir Player of the Week are Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City, two of the NFL’s brightest young stars at the moment.
Jackson completed 15 of 17 attempts (88.2 percent) for 223 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 158.3 passer rating – the highest attainable grade – in the Ravens’ 49-13 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Jackson became the second quarterback to have multiple games with a 158.3 passer rating in a single season in NFL history.
Mahomes completed 36 of 50 attempts (72.0 percent) for 446 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for a 119.2 passer rating against the Tennessee Titans.
With four touchdown passes in Week 8, is the fifth rookie quarterback with at least two games of four touchdown passes in NFL history, joining Robert Griffin III (two games in 2012), Marcus Mariota (two in 2015), Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton (three in 1961 with the Vikings) and Deshaun Watson (three in 2017).
Rookie Kyler Murray of Arizona also threw for over 300 yards on Sunday, marking the first time in NFL history in which two rookie quarterbacks each recorded at least 300 passing yards and three touchdown passes in the same week.