The Washington Commanders chosen Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 decide within the 2024 NFL Draft with the objective of fixing their fortunes, and one of many gamers he’ll be counting on could not be happier in regards to the quarterback’s arrival.
“I do not know if I can say this, however that is the quarterback that I needed,” Commanders huge receiver Jahan Dotson stated about Daniels on Tuesday, in line with NFL.com. “However yeah, I used to be pleased once we drafted him, I am actually wanting ahead to constructing a relationship with him, furthering our relationship, as I’ve recognized him prior to now, however he is been good up to now. He is solely been right here a pair days now, however he has huge issues coming for him.”
Dotson additionally defined that he and Daniels have a pre-existing relationship, as the 2 have labored out collectively prior to now.
Daniels was the second quarterback chosen within the draft, as USC star and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was taken by the Chicago Bears at No. 1. Washington took Daniels over North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Oregon’s Bo Nix, who had been all chosen within the prime 12.
Daniels gained the 2023 Heisman Trophy at LSU, throwing for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns, and dashing for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns.
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Dotson, who the Commanders chosen with the No. 16 decide within the 2022 NFL Draft out of Penn State, is getting into his third season. Throughout his two seasons in Washington, Dotson has averaged 42 receptions for 520.5 yards and 5.5 touchdowns per season. He missed 5 video games in his rookie season attributable to a hamstring harm.
Daniels takes over a Washington offense that averaged simply 312.8 complete yards (twenty fourth within the NFL) and 19.4 factors (tied for twenty fourth) per sport final season. As for the remainder of its quarterback room, Washington traded 2023 starter Sam Howell to the Seattle Seahawks and signed veteran Marcus Mariota to a one-year deal.
The Commanders are coming off a 4-13 season and have a brand new head coach in former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, whose offensive coordinator is former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury.
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