Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels has an impressive array of physical talents, but coach Dan Quinn says what really sets Daniels apart is his work ethic.
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When the Commanders drafted Jayden Daniels with the second overall pick last April, the hope was that he'd help the team go back to being a contender in the NFC in the years to come. That hope was misguided because it only took a few months for Daniels to change the fortunes of the franchise.
Jayden Daniels went from being a draft afterthought to the second pick. After his breakout rookie season, why wasn't he taken first?
Jayden Daniels ran out of time to rally for one more can-you-believe-it comeback. The rookie quarterback who led the Washington Commanders to six consecutive victories entering the NFC championship game had won the first five on the final play of scrimmage.
A week after knocking off the heavily favored Lions, Daniels is again ready to "let my play do my talking” in Sunday's NFC championship.
Jayden Daniels, meet Slinging Sammy Baugh. The Commanders’ dynamic rookie quarterback accomplished a feat in his playoff debut that no quarterback in the NFL had done since Baugh during the franchise’s first season in Washington in 1937.
Jayden Daniels is getting praised around the league after leading the Washington Commanders to the NFC championship game against the odds and expectations
As Washington Commanders players streamed into the visitor postgame locker room, a 68-year-old wearing a gray suit and burgundy baseball cap awaited them. Minority team owner Mitchell Rales shook staff and player hands,
Quinn's second shot at being an NFL head coach is going incredibly well so far, and it's partly because of lessons from his previous stops.
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A prime example of this, witnessed firsthand by Hernandez, was at the end of last week’s game against the Detroit Lions. At the top of a very steep ramp leading to the Commanders’ locker room–after playing one hell of a Divisional Round Playoff game–Daniels stood and waited for his teammates. And not just any teammates.