Jayden Daniels — Week 6: 300 Yards, Short at the 17

Jayden Daniels threw for a season-high 300 yards against the 49ers and finished one throw short: 29 of 40, 2 touchdowns, no interceptions, 4 sacks for 39 yards and +1.7 expected points added (EPA) on 45 dropbacks, in a 23-17 loss. EPA is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position.

The night split at halftime. His 14 first-half dropbacks were worth -5.3 EPA, and San Francisco led 20-3. His 31 after the break were worth +7.0. Down 23-3 late in the third, fourth and 5 at the 49ers 31, he hit Stefon Diggs short right for 13 yards, +3.3 EPA, and found Diggs for the 1-yard touchdown on the same drive. Down 23-10 early in the fourth, third and 8 at the 41, his 23-yarder to Antonio Williams plus a roughing-the-passer flag put the ball at the 9, +3.3 EPA; Rachaad White caught the 9-yard touchdown on the next snap.

The last two drives came up short. Down 23-17 with 2:00 left, fourth and 3 at the 49ers 17, he threw deep right for Treylon Burks and it fell incomplete: -3.0 EPA and -22.1 points of win probability, the biggest swing of the game. With 52 seconds left he moved Washington from its own 46 to the 49ers 28, then an intentional-grounding flag cost 12 yards and 10 seconds, and he was sacked for 18 on the final snap.

The accuracy was the best of his four games. Completion percentage over expected (CPOE), which compares completions with what each throw's difficulty predicts, was +17.6, against +2.1 through Week 5. The efficiency was not: +0.04 EPA per dropback, against +0.19 on 100 dropbacks through Week 5. He scrambled 3 times for 11 yards, after 16 scrambles in his first three games.

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