Few quarterbacks can boast the accolades that Commanders QB Jayden Daniels has through the first four weeks of the 2024 season.

The Commanders' second-overall pick has quickly jumped to the forefront of the Offensive Rookie of the Year conversation as Washington currently claims the top spot in the NFC East and a 3-1 record. The 2023 Heisman Trophy winner's 82.1 completion percentage is the highest completion percentage that any quarterback, not just a rookie, has posted through the first four games of any NFL season. Daniels has scored a combined seven touchdowns while only throwing one interception.

"It's a long list," head coach Kevin Stefanski said on how Daniels has impressed him so far this season. "The completion percentage is impressive. The ability to make plays within the scheme, outside of the scheme, throws down the field. He's a tough kid, smart, just very impressive."

One area in which Daniels has particularly stood out is his ability to perform while being pressured. When under pressure, Daniels has the second-highest quarterback rating in the league at 124.5, the highest completion percentage over expected and the most expected points added per dropback.

"Pretty rare," Stefanski said of Daniels' pocket presence. "And this is a guy that everybody watched on Saturday. So, we kind of knew his style, knew how he plays but it certainly translates, and he's done a great job."

Daniels is a true dual threat quarterback, having made plays with his feet all season. Only Ravens QB Lamar Jackson has more rushing yards among quarterbacks than Daniels through the first four weeks of the season.

LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah said that Daniels, who has 218 rushing yards this season, reminded him of Jackson, who has won two Most Valuable Player awards.

"Obviously Lamar is a Pro Bowl, All-Pro type of quarterback, but (Daniels) will get there eventually," Owusu-Koramoah said. "I think just looking at him, watching him, watching Washington kind of progress as a football team, I'm sure that he will get there one day."

With Daniels under center, the Washington rushing attack has been effective all season. Washington ranks in the top five in runs of 10 or more yards, rushing touchdowns and rushing yards per play. RB Brian Robinson has 307 rushing yards and three touchdowns and is one of just 11 players to reach 20 or more miles per hour on a rushing play this season – with another being Daniels. RB Austin Ekeler, who is currently in concussion protocol after sustaining a concussion in Week 3 against the Bengals, has been a contributor in both the passing and rushing game as well as serving as an explosive option on the kick return team.

"Ekeler, obviously, has been a good running back for a long time. He's good in contact. He's able to run great routes and he's been a force in the pass game," Owusu-Koramoah said. "And then [Robinson], he's also a guy who's a little bit bigger and can run through tackles and is a very physical running back."

The Browns run defense has struggled at times this season, allowing 16 rushes of 10 yards or more, including seven last week against the Raiders. Missed tackles were also an issue for the Browns in Week 4, as the Raiders averaged nearly five yards after contact per carry.

"Obviously, we we're trying to find a place where we stop the run consistently, and that's where we'll focus on as well," Owusu-Koramoah said. "But we also want to focus on the collective Washington offense."

Rounding out the Washington offense, their group of pass catchers has been one of the most productive in the league this season, led by WR Terry McLaurin.

McLaurin has quietly been one of the top pass catchers in the league since he was drafted in 2019. In four of his five seasons as a pro, he's totaled over 1,000 receiving yards, falling just 81 yards short in his rookie year.

"He's always going to be where he's supposed to be," CB Denzel Ward, who was McLaurin's teammate at Ohio State, said. "He's a great receiver, good routes, fast guy and he's just somebody that's accountable, somebody that you could count on. I know for a young quarterback, looking for a guy that's going to be somewhere, Terry's a guy that's going to be there."

When asked about McLaurin being an underrated receiver, Stefanski quickly said "not by me." McLaurin leads the Commanders with 191 receiving yards and two touchdowns this season.

"He's always done it at a high level," Ward said. "And you watch him and how he moves, how he comes out of cuts, and he always, from my perspective, looks like he's always where he's supposed to be when he's supposed to be there. So that's very friendly to the quarterback."

Washington's other two leading wide receivers, Olamide Zaccheaus and Noah Brown, are in the top 30 in yards per route run and EPA per target.

"Those are great receivers over there that they've got, and definitely looking forward to going against those guys," Ward said.

The Browns have been effective in limiting their opponents' top targets but have allowed explosive plays at times this season, giving up 10 passing plays for 20 or more yards.

"We've got to make sure that we're finishing the tackles," Ward said. "I know for myself, we've got to wrap up and just get guys down to the ground."