One potential area of improvement for Jayden Daniels in 2025
completions of 25+ air yards:22 - GB2120 - PIT, MIN2918 - IND17 - LAC, CIN16151413 - TEN, PHI12 - BUF, SEA, DEN, LV, CAR11 - BAL, WAS, NO, SF, JAX, HOU, DAL, NE, NYJ10 - TB, CHI9 - ATL,NYG8 - LAR,DET7 - CLE6 - KC5 - ARI, MIA*2024 regular season
Which NFL quarterback completed the most passes in 2024 with 25+ air yards?
In addition, where did Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels rank last season in completions down the field at least 25 yards?
It's important to remember and distinguish that this statistic in no way includes yards after the catch. It strictly includes plays where the ball traveled from the quarterback to the receiver at least 25 yards down the field. On Tuesday, analyst Warren Sharp provided each team's data on X (formerly Twitter) during the 2024 season.
Jayden Daniels had a great rookie season and was voted NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season. However, this was not one of his better statistics. Only 10 teams completed fewer passes of 25+ air yards than Washington did in 2024. The Commanders totaled only 11 passes of 25+ air yards, tying with Baltimore, New Orleans, San Francisco, Jacksonville, Houston, Dallas, New England and the New York Jets.
Losing Dyami Brown, the Commanders might find it difficult to replace Brown as a deep threat. Although they are expected to rely heavily on getting the ball to Deebo Samuel and Zach Ertz, both of whom specialize in getting open on shorter routes. Terry McLaurin may be the only deep threat to make the team. We will have to wait and see if Michael Gallup, Noah Brown, Jaylin Lane, Luke McCaffrey, Chris Moon, K.J. Osborn, or JaCorey Brooks become a deep threat in 2025. Lane and Brooks, both rookies, show exciting promise in this area.
The Green Bay Packers were the only team in the NFL with over 20 such completions last season, finishing with 22. The Commanders' secondary will no doubt be tested often and deep in the second game of the season when Washington travels to Green Bay for a Thursday Night Week 2 contest.
The Steelers and Vikings both completed 20 passes with 25+ air yards, the Colts had 18, and the Chargers and Bengals both had 17. Next were the Titans and Eagles with 13.
As for some surprisingly low results? Sean McVay's passing game featuring Matthew Stafford came in with only eight, as did the high-scoring, explosive Lions. Which goes to show, you don't have to throw the ball 25+ yards to score a lot of points.
The biggest surprise may actually be that Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs completed a mere six last season. Yes, Mahomes was dumping off the ball often, throwing mostly shorter routes.
At the very bottom were the Cardinals and Dolphins, both with a mere five such pass completions all season.
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