Jayden Daniels Takes Home Tom Brady's LFG Player of the Game In 'Sloppy' Win

Jayden Daniels' mother spoke it into existence. 

Prior to Sunday's New York Giants-Washington Commanders game, Daniels' mother told Tom Brady that her son was going to put up a performance that would win him the first LFG Player of the Game for the 2025 season. 

Well, Daniels put up a performance worthy of the award. He completed 19 of 30 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown to go with 68 rushing yards in the Commanders' 21-6 win over the Giants. 

Despite the decisive win, though, Daniels wasn't fully satisfied with how Sunday's game went. It took until the middle of the fourth quarter for the Commanders to really separate themselves from the division rivals, scoring just 14 points before a late touchdown from Deebo Samuel.

Still, Daniels is happy to get the first win of the season in the books. 

"You know how it is. Week 1, we didn't play our best," Daniels said when asked by Brady about the Commanders' slow start. "We played sloppy. You have to get all the Week 1 jitters out. But we executed enough to get a win."

If Daniels wasn't going to win LFG Player of the Game, a handful of his teammates each put up performances that would've been worthy of the award. Samuel might have had the best case of all of them. In his Commanders debut, the veteran wide receiver looked like the prime version of himself, logging seven receptions for 77 yards. 

Samuel's biggest play, though, came on the aforementioned touchdown. He took a handoff 19 yards for a touchdown, making a play that was reminiscent to the ones he made in his best seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. 

With Terry McLaurin missing training camp and the preseason due to a contract dispute, Daniels was able to form a connection with Samuel over the summer. They were able