Jayden Daniels surpasses RG3 for most rush yards in a QB's first 20 games in NFL history
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has only played 19 regular-season games in his NFL career, but he's already gained more rushing yards through 20 games than any quarterback in NFL history.
Daniels ran for 17 yards in Thursday night's loss to the Packers, bringing his career total to 976 rushing yards. That's the most a quarterback has ever gained through 20 games, even before any rushing yardage he adds next week.
The old record was set by another Heisman Trophy-winning Washington quarterback drafted second overall, Robert Griffin III. Griffin ran for 964 yards in his first 20 regular-season games.
With 24 rushing yards next week against the Raiders, Daniels would be the fastest quarterback to reach 1,000 career rushing yards.
Here's the list of the quarterbacks with the most rushing yards through their first 20 games in NFL history:
976 Jayden Daniels (19 games) 964 Robert Griffin III 946 Michael Vick 933 Lamar Jackson 878 Josh Allen 873 Cam Newton 844 Justin Fields 809 Kyler Murray 744 Tim Tebow 712 Randall Cunningham
Jayden Reed has broken collarbone, will miss significant time
Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed is headed to injured reserve with a broken collarbone.
Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur said after Thursday night's win over Washington that Reed will miss a significant portion of the season.
"He's going to miss a lot of time," LaFleur said of Reed. "Unfortunately, he broke his collarbone, so he'll be down for quite some time. We'll see how fast he can recover and heal. Certainly I would expect him back at some point this season but obviously it's a big blow to us. He's a guy that is a catalyst for our offense and our football team. The energy he brings, he is a dog. He comes out there and he's gonna compete, and he plays tough, physical, and he's a playmaker. Fortunately for us I feel like we have a pretty deep wide receiver room and there's going to be opportunities there for other guys to step up and take advantage of it."
Reed suffered the injury while catching a 39-yard touchdown pass on the Packers' opening drive, but the touchdown was nullified by a holding penalty.
The 25-year-old Reed was a 2023 second-round pick of the Packers who was their leading receiver last year with 55 catches for 857 yards. He's a big loss to a team that looks, through two weeks, like a Super Bowl contender.
Tucker Kraft finished with one touchdown and six receptions for a career-high 124 yards [Getty Images]
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The Green Bay Packers maintained their impressive start to the NFL season by claiming a 27-18 win over the Washington Commanders on Thursday.
Quarterback Jordan Love threw for two touchdowns and 292 yards, while Josh Jacobs scored a rushing touchdown in his 11th straight game.
Buoyed by their blockbuster trade for Micah Parsons two weeks ago, the Packers have started the new campaign with successive home wins against teams that also reached last season's play-offs - and are also in the NFC Conference.
After beating divisional rivals Detroit last Sunday, Green Bay have gone 2-0 for the first time since 2020.
"We couldn't have started the season off on a better note," said Love. "It's a thing we've just got to keep building on, but it feels great right now.
"Most importantly for us was to start fast in both these games and to be able to finish it with the defence holding two really good offences to pretty low yards and points, it's just fun."
There was one setback for the Packers, though, as wide receiver Jaylen Reed broke his collarbone as he scored a touchdown on the opening drive, only for it to be chalked off for a holding penalty.
Green Bay opened the scoring on their next drive, with Love making a five-yard scoring pass to Romeo Doubs, before Jacobs' two-yard run gave the hosts a 14-0 lead midway through the second quarter.
The Packers led 17-3 before the Commanders finally found the end zone early in the fourth quarter, with Jayden Daniels making a 20-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz, but Green Bay replied with a touchdown from tight end Tucker Kraft.
Having missed pre-season games at Dallas because of his contract holdout with the Cowboys, Parsons' game time was again limited.
After playing in 45% of the Packers' defensive snaps against the Lions, his workload was increased to 67% and he registered half a sack on Commanders quarterback Daniels, who found Deebo Samuel for a late consolation score.
For the first time since 1995, Green Bay have given up fewer than 250 yards in each of their first two games of the season.
"We made them earn everything," said defensive end Parsons. "J-Love, I think you give us 20 points, we should be able to win the game. It's all about getting stops and getting the ball back to the offence.
"As you saw with Baltimore and Buffalo [on Sunday], your quarterback can have a near perfect game but still lose because guess what, the defence gave up, what, 40 points? So, defence wins championships."
Parsons hopes for more game time away to Cleveland next week before facing his former team Dallas in week four.
"Hopefully, they just let me off," said the 26-year-old. "They can't hold a dog back forever, man."
