Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels looks completely healthy again. After injuring his ribs in a Week 7 win over the Carolina Panthers, Daniels battled the injury for weeks despite never missing a game.
During this time, Daniels looked more like a rookie. His performances against the Eagles (Week 11) and Cowboys (Week 12) were the worst of his rookie season. Those on the outside said the rib injury was impacting Daniels as a runner and passer. While Daniels insisted he was fine, his numbers dropped, and he appeared more hesitant running the ball.
Over Washington’s last two games, Daniels has looked more like the player from the first 10 weeks. In Sunday’s win over the New Orleans Saints, Daniels completed 25 of 31 passes for 226 yards and touchdowns. He also led the Commanders with 66 rushing yards. Daniels picked up huge first downs with his legs while also making some spectacular throws.
So, after 15 weeks, where does Daniels rank in ESPN’s Total QBR metric? Before we look at the rankings, here’s a reminder of how the Total QBR is measured.
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.
Here are the latest Total QBR leaders from ESPN, heading into Week 16.
- Josh Allen: 79.3
- Lamar Jackson: 76.0
- Joe Burrow: 74.0
- Kyler Murray: 68.3
- Jayden Daniels: 67.9
- Matthew Stafford: 66.4
- Jordan Love: 66.3
- Jared Goff: 65.6
- Jalen Hurts: 65.4
- Brock Purdy: 65.2
- Patrick Mahomes: 64.6
- Derek Carr: 64.2
- Tua Tagovailoa: 61.2
- Sam Darnold: 60.2
- Trevor Lawrence: 59.4
- Drake Maye: 58.7
- Jameis Winston: 57.8
- Justin Herbert: 56.5
- Baker Mayfield: 56.1
- Russell Wilson: 55.3
- Aaron Rodgers: 53.9
- Kirk Cousins: 52.7
- Bo Nix: 52.2
- Geno Smith: 52.1
- C.J. Stroud: 49.8
- Caleb Williams: 48.1
- Daniel Jones: 47.9
- Anthony Richardson: 46.5
- Dak Prescott: 46.1
- Bryce Young: 44.0
- Gardner Minshew: 38.3
- Cooper Rush: 36.3
Plus two more:
- 33. Will Levis: 30.2
- 34. Deshaun Watson: 23.0
