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The Athletic: “The Commanders missed their opportunity to build a contender during Jayden Daniels’ rookie contract window”

LSU fans had a strong reaction to an image of Jayden Daniels on the video board

Three years after quarterback Jayden Daniels put together a Heisman-winning season at LSU, the attitude of the fan base has taken a sharp turn. It’s a direct result of the recent dust-up over the re-issuance of No. 5, a move to which Daniels had a strong reaction. Beyond launching a thousand jokes, it prompted many of the 100,000-plus who attended Saturday night’s Clemson-LSU game to have a strong reaction to an image of Daniels on the video board. The ESPN college football account on Twitter has posted a clip of former LSU players in the NFL (not to be confused with former NFL players at LSU), cycling through one NFL team at a time. When the Commanders page landed, showing Daniels and K’Lavon Chaisson, the reaction went from generally positive to loudly negative. It’s no surprise, but it’s the first tangible piece of evidence regarding the collective fan reaction to seeing Daniels’s name and likeness

Commanders Jayden Daniels is ready to remind everyone who he is - Daily Slop

Daniels: “I’ve got to beat this blitzer; let me get the ball out; let me be accurate and give my guys a chance, or let me check to something else”

Jayden Daniels: I can't live off what I did in 2024

Commanders QB Daniels reflects on 2024, eyes Week 1 start

Jayden Daniels: I can't live off what I did in 2024

Jayden Daniels acknowledges that his past success at LSU won't guarantee future performance in the NFL, emphasizing the need to focus on his current play

John Spytek on Fernando Mendoza: His time is coming, but he's got to earn it

Raiders GM John Spytek discusses quarterback Fernando Mendoza's development and potential for the upcoming season

Trade: Jayden Daniels, Matthew Stafford, George Kittle +3 more

Commanders cut QB Sam Hartman

Commanders cut QB Sam Hartman

He’s ready’: Jayden Daniels, Commanders confident in 2026 season prep

Commanders confident in 2026 season prep

Jayden Daniels: I've said everything I needed to say about my LSU jersey number

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels does not want to talk about his battle with LSU about the school not retiring his jersey number

Commanders offense called 'worst I've ever seen' in years vs. Ravens: Fact or fiction from joint practice

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- If a neutral observer only saw the tail end of the Washington Commanders ' joint practice with the Baltimore Ravens , they would have said Washington more than held its own. In the final drill, both teams got one possession, trailing by four with under a minute left. The Commanders' defense got a fourth-down stop when Mike Sainristil intercepted Lamar Jackson . The Commanders' offense followed that up with Jayden Daniels fading away from heavy pressure and lofting a beautiful pass to Antonio Williams for a touchdown. The Commanders' sideline erupted and stormed the end zone. But if said observer had watched the entire two-hour session, they might have thought the two teams didn't even belong on the same field. Baltimore's thorough dominance was both eye-opening and telling of where both teams stand with the regular season two and a half weeks away. Training camp and the preseason deliver us a lot of information at once. Some of it proves to be overreaction, but some of it proves prescient. As such, let's play a game of "fact or fiction" from Wednesday's developments. By far the biggest mismatch was the Commanders' ragtag offense against Baltimore's defense, a unit already loaded with talent and poised to be one of the league's best under new head coach Jesse Minter. Yes, Washington was without three starting offensive linemen -- LT Laremy Tunsil (torn triceps) will miss extended time, if not the whole season; C Nick Allegretti (calf) continues to miss much of training camp; and RG Sam Cosmi (illness) was also out -- and its top two running backs, Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White . But at a time when teams are supposed to be building and evaluating depth, Washington looked in disarray. As longtime Commanders beat writer Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic posted ... This is the worst I’ve ever seen the Commanders’ offense in years. Inoperable offensive line. There were multiple miscues on snaps, the most basic aspect of football at any level, as fifth-round rookie center Matt Gulbin got first-team reps. Julian Good-Jones , who had been working at center in Allegretti's absence, shifted to right guard with Cosmi out but hardly fared any better. Tanoa Togiai also worked in with the first team. If the day could be summed up in one play, it was Daniels being forced to field a wayward snap, only to throw an interception to Kyle Hamilton on a play doomed from the start. "I feel like we were just out of sync, a little bit, with our combos," RT Josh Conerly Jr . said . "There was a little bit of a mixup in the lineup as well, so there were some guys next to each other that haven't worked next to each other all camp." Daniels found Terry McLaurin for one chunk gain but otherwise was limited mainly to underneath throws, scrambles and would-be sacks. "Not the best day that I thought we could have had, all-around, from myself to everybody else, but these are the opportunities that you get to learn from," Daniels said. "Good thing about it, man, it's August." He's right. It is August. But August is slowly slipping away, and not in the right direction. In preseason Week 2 -- the only preseason action the starters got -- Daniels was heavily pressured on his first play and sacked on his second. Washington ran a draw on third down to escape any further damage and punted. As such, this joint practice seemed to be a crucial one, and it did not go well. The offensive line is, plainly, a mess. The Commanders were never anticipating Gulbin playing significant snaps (and he still might not). Good-Jones has played two NFL snaps, back in the 2023 season finale. Togiai is an undrafted rookie. They are back-of-roster or practice-squad players. "I gotta do my job at the end of the day," Daniels said. "They have to do their job. I'm never one to go out there and complain about X, Y and Z, because at the end of the day, I can [only] control what I can control. ... Julian, Matt, they're doing a tremendous job up front w [... truncated ...]

Jayden Daniels admits Commanders had "not the best day" in joint practice with Ravens

Washington’s quarterback and center report a rough joint practice, highlighting offensive line struggles and injuries

Justin Herbert, Chargers' Starters to Play in Preseason Finale

The plan is for all of the Los Angeles Chargers starters, including quarterback Justin Herbert, to play in the preseason finale on Thursday against the Los Angeles Rams, minus safety Derwin James and pass-rusher Khalil Mack, according to Alex Insdorf. New offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel has been effusive in his praise of Herbert as he learns his offense this summer. The 28-year-old former sixth overall pick in 2020 from Oregon had at least 4,000 passing yards in each of his first three years in the NFL, but he is now on a run of three straight seasons with fewer than 4,000 yards. In 16 regular-season starts in 2025, Herbert threw for 3,727 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions behind a bad offensive line in L.A. If the Bolts' offensive line can protect Herbert better, he will have a great chance to return to the 4,000-yard passing mark in 2026 in his seventh NFL season under McDaniel. RotoBaller currently has Herbert ranked as the No. 7 fantasy QB, behind only Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, and Drake Maye

Jayden Daniels explains why preseason cameo vs. Lions was ‘very valuable to me’

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels played just three snaps in a 17-13 preseason loss to the Detroit Lions

Jayden Daniels makes a three-play cameo for Commanders at Lions

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels made his preseason debut on Saturday. If you blink, you may have missed it. Daniels got the start and handled one drive. It was a three-and-out that netted one yard. In the three plays that Daniels won on the field, he was 0-for-1 passing and suffered a 10-yard sack. Sam Hartman and Athan Kaliakmanis, a seventh-round rookie from Rutgers, played quarterback after Daniels. Backup Marcus Mariota is currently out with a knee injury. He’s expected to miss the rest of the preseason with an MCL sprain. The Commanders play the Ravens next weekend before opening the regular season at Philadelphia

Jayden Daniels makes a three-play cameo for Commanders at Lions

Jayden Daniels made his preseason debut for the Commanders on Saturday

Jayden Daniels is active for the Commanders on Saturday

Jayden Daniels is active for the Commanders on Saturday, along with Stefon Diggs and Terry McLaurin

Commanders preseason: How Jayden Daniels fared vs. Detroit Lions

Jayden Daniels' performance in the Commanders' preseason game against the Detroit Lions

NFL preseason Week 2: Jayden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy, Shedeur Sanders among those expected to play Saturday

Jobs remain on the line as Week 2 of the NFL preseason continues

Jayden Daniels, will he or won’t he? - Daily Slop

The decision on whether Jayden Daniels will participate is expected before noon today