Jayden Daniels, the 2023 Heisman trophy winner, was taken with the second overall pick in last year's draft by the Washington Commanders.

If you can believe it, there was a time when winning the Heisman Trophy was seen as an NFL curse. Only two Heisman winners from 1999-2007 had an extended NFL career, and the trend continued into the 2010s for some winners with Robert Griffin III flaming out,

Robert Griffin III was a brilliantly bright light that quickly burnt out. Before Jayden Daniels took over the NFL and moved within one win of the Super Bowl, another Washington rookie quarterback

10 years and five months after his prophetic post, Daniels added another accomplishment to one of the most impressive rookie seasons in NFL history. In Washington's 45-31 win over Detroit, Daniels threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another 51 yards.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Commanders rookie quarterback had another chance to display some late-game heroics. This time, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFL Wild Card game. With the game on the line, he stayed cool, calm and delivered more magic to help Washington win its first playoff game since Jan. 7, 2006, a span of 6,945 days.

The rookie QB has made an impression on some of the team's most respected players of the past and restored hope to a starved franchise.

The Commanders stunned the Lions 45-31, and Kevin Durant, fresh off a Suns win, joined the locker room celebration to soak it all in.

The Washington Commanders are in the NFC championship game after going 12-5 in the regular season and winning two playoff games. It’s the furthest the team has advanced in more than three decades, and it comes after going 4-13 in 2023.

The Commanders will play at the Detroit ... full-grown adults’ memories that might be analogous — Washington’s rookie, Heisman Trophy-winning, second-pick-in-the-draft quarterback crumpled ...

Almost everything since then, an eventual 37-20 loss for the Washington Commanders ... but his point was that the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner has improved throughout the year. “

The Washington Commanders are in the NFC championship game. It's the furthest the team has advanced in more than three decades. Here's a look at how they got here.

Sixteen years after Joe Flacco helped lead the Ravens to the AFC title game, Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels eyes a Super Bowl berth.