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Stakes are high when rookies Jayden Daniels, Michael Penix Jr. meet for the 1st time in crucial NFL Sunday night matchup

Favre-Aikman. Brady-Manning. Mahomes-Allen. Marquee quarterback duels punctuate NFL history. It’s way, way too early to say that the meeting of the No. 2 and No. 8 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft will ever get anywhere near the heights of those lofty rivalries. But hey, you never know.

The Sunday night showdown between Jayden Daniels and Michael Penix Jr. might be the first in a long, storied line of classic games. According to NBC, it’s already the first prime-time game in NFL history between two rookie quarterbacks who were first-round draft selections:

It'll be an NFL first on Sunday Night Football when Michael Penix Jr.