In Week 3 of their rebuild, the Commanders travelled to Cincinnati as 7.5 underdogs and staged a 38-33 upset of the Bengals on Monday Night Football.
Not to be upstaged by Trent Scott’s perfect performance in his receiving debut, rookie QB Jayden Daniels put on a record setting performance of his own. Daniels completed 21/23 passes for 254 yards and 2 TDS, with no interceptions. His 91.3% completion rate set a new NFL record for rookie QBs (min 20 att), breaking Dak Prescott’s previous record of 88.9%, as is also a Washington franchise record for QBs. He also became the first player in NFL history to complete 80% of his passes and rush for 150 yds in a 3 game stretch as well as becoming the first to pass for 250 yds and 2 TDs, run for a TD and complete over 90% of his passes in a game since at least 1950, when all the records started being kept.