{"id":2389826,"date":"2025-01-13T17:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rookie-qb-praises-god-on-live-tv-after-epic-overtime-playoff-win\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:36:20","slug":"rookie-qb-praises-god-on-live-tv-after-epic-overtime-playoff-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rookie-qb-praises-god-on-live-tv-after-epic-overtime-playoff-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Rookie QB Praises God on Live TV After Epic Overtime Playoff Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frookie-qb-praises-god-on-live-tv-after-epic-overtime-playoff-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2389826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington football team,formerly known as the\u200b Redskins and now the Commanders,has experienced a long drought of playoff \u2063success,with\u2062 their last playoff victory occurring in 2006. Though, \u2063in 2025, they achieved a \u2063notable milestone by defeating the Tampa \u200dBay Buccaneers 23-20 in the playoffs, marking their\u2062 first playoff win in 20 years. The game showcased the talents\u2064 of\u200b rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels,who expressed \u2062his calm and\u2062 poise during the match by crediting his trust in God. Post-game interviews highlighted Daniels&#8217; public faith, which may present the NFL with a unique\u2063 prospect to have a star\u2064 quarterback who openly discusses his beliefs. As the Commanders \u200bprepare for their\u200d next \u200dplayoff game against the detroit Lions,\u200b there \u2062is optimism about Daniels&#8217; potential to become a significant \u2062NFL\u2063 star, similar to\u200b Patrick Mahomes. If successful, he\u200d could inspire\u2062 many as both a top athlete and a\u2062 vocal advocate for faith in the\u200d sports arena.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Washington football team &mdash; be it the Redskins or the Commanders &mdash; haven&rsquo;t had much recent playoff success, at all.<\/p>\n<p>The team hasn&rsquo;t won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-not-at-the-casino-table-its-time-for-the-nfl-to-change-its-playoff-overtime-rules\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Not At The Casino Table\u2019: It\u2019s Time For The NFL To Change Its Playoff Overtime Rules\">playoff football game<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-bush-surprises-nation-20th-anniversary-attacks-likens-islamist-perpetrators-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George W. Bush<\/a> was in office, when the then-Redskins went on the road to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2025, and the Commanders have finally done it again, under <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">shockingly similar circumstances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(The Commanders beat the Bucs in Tampa Bay 23-20 Sunday night to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.)<\/p>\n<p>And if you&rsquo;ve been following this feel-good NFL story at all, you probably already have an idea of where star Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels directed all of his praise.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Following the game, NBC Sports&rsquo; Melissa Stark spoke to Daniels, receiver Terry McLaurin, and veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner, with the star rookie getting the first wave of questions.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the viral moment below, and see if you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rookie-quarterback-credits-god-pulling-off-incredible-last-second-win-nfl-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spot a pattern<\/a> with Daniels:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jayden Daniels, Bobby Wagner and Terry McLaurin reflect on Washington&rsquo;s first playoff win in 20 years with Melissa Stark. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOh8ULq8ns\">pic.twitter.com\/fOh8ULq8ns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNFonNBC\/status\/1878660767911666156?\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are a rookie quarterback. You come here on the road, [it&rsquo;s] your first playoff start. You&rsquo;re so calm, so poised,&rdquo; Stark told Daniels. &ldquo;How?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trust in the Lord God,&rdquo; Daniels replied. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing I should worry about, man. I put all my worries on Him, and He&rsquo;ll take care of the rest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nbc-caught-editing-nfl-teams-uniform-accused-woke-cultural-erasure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given that its NBC<\/a>, Stark quickly pivoted the questions towards Wagner at that point.<\/p>\n<p>Look, if you&rsquo;re going based off of television viewership, the NFL&rsquo;s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbas-most-valuable-player-which-five-players-made-the-daily-wires-mvp-rankings\/\" title=\"NBA\u2019s \u2018Most Valuable Player\u2019: Which Five Players Made The Daily Wire\u2019s MVP Rankings?\">tip-top shape<\/a>. The league doesn&rsquo;t exactly need &ldquo;stars&rdquo; created, unlike, say, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6053060\/2025\/01\/10\/nba-ratings-cavaliers-thunder-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewership-challenged<\/a> NBA currently.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, given Daniels&rsquo; present and past comments regarding his very public faith, the NFL would be foolish not to realize what a remarkable opportunity it has.<\/p>\n<p>The modern NFL has never really had a true superstar quarterback who puts his faith so up-front and center like that. With all due respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/glory-god-tim-tebow-gets-best-news-career-live-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Tebow<\/a>, a genuinely good human being, he never quite reached the rarefied air that Daniels &mdash; the player &mdash; is enjoying.<\/p>\n<p>If Daniels continues his ascent as a player (yes, progression obviously is not linear), one of the NFL&rsquo;s most moribund franchises could have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/patrick-mahomes-fire-fans-point-interaction-nfl-ref-controversial-missed-calls-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a>-esque superstar on its hands.<\/p>\n<p>And if Daniels does reach those lofty Mahomes- or Tom Brady-type heights? Imagine the hearts, minds, and souls he can reach as one of the NFL&rsquo;s very best players AND one of its most vocal proponents of faith.<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders next play when the team travels to Detroit on Saturday to face the top-seeded, juggernaut Lions in a game that Washington <em>should&nbsp;<\/em>lose.<\/p>\n<p>But if the Commanders and Daniels can keep up this play and pull off the massive upset?<\/p>\n<p>You already know who Jayden Daniels will give glory to, first and foremost.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Their last playoff victory occurred during George W. Bush&#8217;s presidency when they defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2006. Fast forward to 2025, and the Commanders have achieved another playoff win under similar circumstances, beating the Bucs 23-20 in Tampa Bay to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. If you&#8217;ve been following this uplifting NFL narrative, you likely know that star rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels expressed his gratitude after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following their victory, NBC Sports&#8217; Melissa Stark interviewed Daniels along with receiver Terry McLaurin and veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner. During this interview, Stark praised Daniels for his calm demeanor as a rookie quarterback making his first playoff start on the road and asked how he managed it. Daniels attributed his composure to his faith: &#8220;Trust in the Lord God&#8230; I put all my worries on Him.&#8221; After this response, Stark shifted her focus to Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>From a television ratings perspective, it&#8217;s clear that the NFL is thriving and doesn&#8217;t need to manufacture stars like other leagues might struggle with viewership issues. However, given Daniels&#8217; outspoken faith both now and in previous statements, it&#8217;s an opportunity for the NFL not to overlook.<\/p>\n<p>Historically speaking, there hasn&#8217;t been a superstar quarterback who has so openly embraced their faith like Daniels does today\u2014Tim Tebow being an exception but not quite reaching Daniel&#8217;s current level of acclaim as a player. If Daniels continues improving (noting that progress isn&#8217;t always linear), he could become a superstar akin to Patrick Mahomes for one of football&#8217;s struggling franchises.<\/p>\n<p>Should he reach such heights comparable to Mahomes or Tom Brady? The impact he could have by being one of football\u2019s top players while also advocating for faith would be significant. The Commanders are set to face off against top-seeded Detroit Lions next Saturday\u2014a match they are expected to lose\u2014but if they manage an upset? It\u2019s clear where Jayden Daniels will direct his gratitude first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jayden-Daniels.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7425,34528,7765,48445,48444],"class_list":["post-2389826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-god","tag-live-tv","tag-overtime","tag-playoff-win","tag-rookie-qb"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jayden-Daniels.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389831,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389826\/revisions\/2389831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}