Washington Commanders star Jayden Daniels is utilizing the workforce’s latest adversity to speak about how they are often higher shifting ahead of their quest to make the playoffs.

Chatting with reporters after Thursday’s 26-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, Daniels rhetorically requested “how can we combat by way of adversity?” whereas speaking about what has gone improper for the offense previously two video games:

“For us? Man, we have got to execute. We’ve not been executing how we have been earlier than originally half of the season. So, we have got to return and, like I stated, have a look at ourselves within the mirror. How can we get higher? How can we maintain bettering? It is a lengthy season, so there’s going to be ups and downs, however how can we combat by way of adversity?”

The 2024 No. 2 draft choose has taken the NFL by storm and rapidly established himself because the frontrunner for Offensive Rookie of the 12 months. By 11 video games, Daniels has 2,338 passing yards, 482 speeding yards and accounted for 14 touchdowns.

Simply 4 days in the past, Washington was sitting fairly within the NFC playoff race. It had a 7-2 file and was hanging with the Detroit Lions for home-field benefit.

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Commanders 28-27 on Sunday due to Russell Wilson’s 32-yard landing go to Mike Williams late within the fourth quarter. The Commanders had a fast turnaround on Thursday evening by going to Philadelphia.

Now, the Commanders have fallen to the ultimate wild card spot within the NFC after back-to-back losses. Their offense has been held to below 300 yards in each video games after averaging 403.6 yards in eight video games from Weeks 2-9.

Daniels has accounted for one landing previously two video games, a five-yard go to Zach Ertz with 31 seconds remaining in opposition to the Eagles. He suffered a rib damage in Week 7 that has clearly impacted his efficiency.

Daniels set an NFL rookie record and Commanders franchise record for completion percentage in a single game in Week 3 when he completed 91.3 percent (21-of-23) of his passes in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals, earning NFC Offensive Participant of the Week honors. He additionally made probably the most memorable performs of the yr along with his game-winning Hail Mary landing go in a win in opposition to the Chicago Bears and 2024 No. 1 choose Caleb Williams.

Despite the fact that Kliff Kingsbury is barely the offensive coordinator and never the top coach in Washington, his groups do have a historical past of falling off within the second half of the season relationship again to his time at Texas Tech.

It is in all probability too sturdy to imagine Kingsbury’s previous woes are what’s ailing the Commanders proper now. These previous two video games have been in opposition to defenses that rank second (Steelers) and sixth (Eagles) in factors allowed per sport.

Issues ought to get simpler subsequent week for the Commanders after they host the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 24. If their offense struggles in opposition to the second-worst scoring protection within the NFL, then it will likely be time to show up the panic meter in Washington.