Dan Quinn announces Jayden Daniels is officially QB1
The expected announcement happened, Dan Quinn named Jayden Daniels as the Week 1 starter. He said the rookie QB earner the starting job, and hit all the markers the team had set for him throughout the offseason and preseason. Daniels had his best practice before the team went to Miam for a joint practice and preseason game. He’s a rare competitor who has had a remarkable start to his NFL career.
Quinn was asked a non-Jayden Daniels question about the injury to rookie LB Jordan Magee. He suffered a meniscus injury and had surgery on his knee, but it’s not season-ending. Quinn said that rookies LT Brandon Coleman (shoulder/pec) and DT Johnny Newton (foot/soft tissue) would be at practice this week, and Coleman was further along in his return to full participation.
Dan Quinn
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Starting QB Jayden Daniels:
Coach Quinn: “He’s ready and he’s earned the right” pic.twitter.com/cx4PrP9EEB
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) August 19, 2024
Jayden Daniels has officially been named the starting QB for the Commanders, per Dan Quinn. “He’s earned the right to do that. He’s really put in the work,” Quinn said.
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 19, 2024
Dan Quinn says Jayden Daniels has earned the chance to be QB1 and has been “absolutely outstanding” this camp. pic.twitter.com/OtDlZLsaeL
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 19, 2024
Quinn said knew that Daniels would get to the point where he was the starting QB, but he and Peters were more concerned with how he got there. Quinn said he didn’t miss a beat and hit every marker
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
Daniels’ best practice:
Quinn said the practice before the Commanders went to Miami was the best practice he had seen the QB go through. Talked about his command and production. Daniels only had one incompletion that day
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
“Rare competitor”:
Dan Quinn calls Jayden Daniels a “rare competitor” and says he’s had a “remarkable start here.” Daniels has earned the respect of teammates and coaches.
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 19, 2024
Quinn talked about how rare Daniels is as a competitor. He knew that from the draft process, but seeing it firsthand on your own team is another thing entirely
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
Competition:
Quinn said they could have named Daniels the starter earlier, but they wanted to set a standard that competition is one of the top priorities for their culture
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
Team leaders:
Dan Quinn does not want Jayden Daniels to be the leader of this Commanders team…at least not yet.
DQ said, “what Jayden’s got across is I’ve put the work in and people trust me…as a young player you’re really trying to earn respect.” pic.twitter.com/JpYtbyDpBV
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) August 19, 2024
@Commanders DQ, says Jayden has to just be himself and do his job and not necessarily be the leader of the team. There are others that are emerging as those guys also. He mentioned Mike Sainristil also.
— Brian Mitchell (@BMITCHLIVE30) August 19, 2024
Daniels playing in the preseason finale?:
DQ not ready to declare if Jayden Daniels plays Sunday night in preseason finale
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 19, 2024
Telling Daniels he earned the starting job:
Dan Quinn told Jayden Daniels earlier today that he was naming him QB1. They met to go over some pre-game prep — Quinn asked Daniels to think of things he would change with warmups, the process before games, etc. — and informed him after of the pending announcement. Quinn told…
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 19, 2024
Jordan Magee:
Correction on this: Quinn misspoke and clarified that it was a meniscus injury https://t.co/cWDYd8amIL
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
Brandon Coleman/Johnny Newton:
Quinn said T Brandon Coleman (pec/shoulder) is a “little further along” than DT Johnny Newton (foot/soft-tissue injury). Expects them to do individual work early in the week. Uncertain when they’ll return to full-team drills. Quinn said he’ll have a better idea late in the week.
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 19, 2024
Quinn said Johnny Newton and Coleman will get individual reps but get a better sense on his team drill work later this week. Both players are improving, Quinn said
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) August 19, 2024
Kicker competition:
On the PK situation Dan Quinn said, “The competition for us at that spot is not settled by any stretch, along with other positions.”
— John Keim (@john_keim) August 19, 2024
Cornerback competition:
DQ on corners: Impressed by Castro-Fields, thought Forbes had best week of practice, thought BSJ had good week but “would like to have that one back” on TD pass coverage
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) August 19, 2024
Dan Quinn said they’re still “in the middle of that” in determining the best combination of outside corners, with Benjamin St-Juste, Emmanuel Forbes and Michael Davis.
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) August 19, 2024