Jayden Daniels was declared questionable to return to the Commanders-Vikings game after getting planted on an interception return.
The Commanders are sitting on the outside of the NFC playoff picture with a 3–9 record entering Week 14. Nevertheless, hope emerged ahead of game dayPerhaps unsurprisingly, the young quarterback looked rusty against a fierce Brian Flores defense in Minnesota.
The Commanders were shut out in the first half and Daniels tried to get something going on the first possession of the second half. He failed, throwing an interception to linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel. Unfortunately, Daniels was sent flying on the return and appeared to get injured once again. Hustling back to try and prevent Van Ginkel from returning the interception for a touchdown, Daniels was flattened by defensive back Isaiah Rodgers, blocking for his teammate. The quarterback appeared to land on his injured elbow and remained on the turf bent over in pain as Van Ginkel was taken down by another Commanders player.Daniels hustled off the field a few moments later but entered the blue tent on the sideline and was later declared questionable to return with a left elbow injury. He was replaced by Marcus Mariota, who would proceed to throw an interception of his own on the following possession. Hopefully Daniels didn’t re-injure his elbow on the play. Even if he didn’t, the Commanders seem likely to hold him out. The sophomore signal-caller could use the snaps, but he is clearly the future of the franchise at quarterback. There’s no reason to trot him back out there after he got hurt again for what will almost certainly be a meaningless game against Minnesota regardless of the outcome.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.
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