It's rare for an NFL team to have a Super Bowl-winning player on its executive staff who also mentors the team's rookie quarterback, but that's exactly what Doug Williams has done with Jayden Daniels.

Daniels, the dual-threat dynamo behind the Washington Commanders ’ rapid turnaround, and Nix, whose steady playmaking turned the Denver Broncos into one of the league’s biggest surprises, are only the fourth pair of rookie quarterbacks to make the playoffs in the same season after serving as full-time starters.

When Simms and I were interviewing prospects at the Scouting Combine, we asked the defensive prospects to name the best player they faced in college.

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Washington's Jayden Daniels and Denver's Bo Nix are expected ... and 1983 with Hall of Famers John Elway and Dan Marino. Only seven rookie quarterbacks have won playoff starts and there's never ...

Washington’s Jayden Daniels and Denver’s Bo Nix are expected to ... The other times came in 2008 with Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco, and 1983 with Hall of Famers John Elway and Dan Marino. Only seven rookie quarterbacks have won playoff starts, and ...

Washington's Jayden Daniels and Denver's Bo Nix are expected ... and 1983 with Hall of Famers John Elway and Dan Marino. Only seven rookie quarterbacks have won playoff starts, and there's never ...

Sometimes you get one like we get in Buffalo on Sunday night when it is Josh Allen and the Bills going against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

Bo Nix, one of Denver's most trumpeted rookie QBs since the Elway days, has written the first chapter of what he hopes is a similar book, right down to losing his first playoff game by the same score ( 31-7 to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills ).

The Denver Broncos took a quantum leap forward in 2024 under the stewardship of head coach Sean Payton and GM George Paton. In Payton's second year with the club, the oddsmakers set Denver's win-total over/under at 5.5.

There is another Week 1 rematch in the NFC Wild Card Round, and closing out Sunday, Jan. 12 the NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Washington Commanders at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

Watch Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen when his team takes on the Denver Broncos in the NFL Playoffs on Sunday, Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) The final AFC matchup of Wild Card Weekend sees the AFC East-winning Buffalo Bills hosting the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Jan. 12 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY.