Jayden Daniels went from being a draft afterthought to the second pick. After his breakout rookie season, why wasn't he taken first?

Patrick Mahomes led his Kansas City Chiefs to a relatively easy win over the Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon in the AFC divisional round. On Saturday night, Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels was electric in a blowout win over the No.

Washington drafted Daniels No. 2 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft behind quarterback Caleb Willams, who went No. 1 overall to the Bears . The Sporting News looks back at both players' draft stocks, and why each quarterback was drafted where they were.

Bears QB Caleb Williams' father, Carl, makes cryptic post regarding Jayden Daniels and Kliff Kingsbury after Commanders' playoff win

ESPN analyst Dan Orlovksy is already taking a victory lap for ranking Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels over Caleb Williams during the 2024 NFL Draft.

He went 22-for-31 for 299 yards, two touchdowns and a 122.9 passer rating but was at his best when the Commanders needed him most, converting three of four fourth downs. The Commanders punted only once.

Quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels will be pitted against each other until the end of time. Williams was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and landed with the Chicago Bears while

Jayden Daniels doesn’t get fazed ... field goal that tied it despite driving to the 12, Daniels got another chance to display more late-game heroics. He threw a 52-yard Hail Mary TD pass to beat Chicago in Week 8 and led five comeback wins after trailing ...

Jayden Daniels had a better rookie year than Caleb Williams. I don’t think anyone is arguing otherwise. Yes, it’s also incredibly stupid to play the “did the #Bears pick the wrong QB” game ...

Would Bears fans rather have Williams for the next 10 years or one of the other rookie QBs from the ballyhooed 2024 draft class?

When Jayden Daniels showed up for his first preseason game with the Washington Commanders, he wore a Doug Williams no. 17 throwback jersey. That’s when his team should have known it had something special in its rookie quarterback.

“Yes, yeah. I would say yes,” Tucker said of the Bears making a mistake by taking Williams with the No. 1 pick. “Like I would, I would take Jayden Daniels 10 times out of 10 over Caleb William