Jayden Daniels made his long-awaited debut as the quarterback of the Washington Commanders during Wednesday’s opening of training camp. Sure, Daniels was with the Commanders in the spring, but with all of the hype surrounding him this offseason, fans couldn’t wait to see their new franchise quarterback in camp.
The Commanders opened training camp with some red zone work. Daniels, who has yet to be named the starting quarterback, split reps with veteran Marcus Mariota. Head coach Dan Quinn said on Tuesday that he was in no rush to name Daniels the starter.
“When he is ready, we’ll know,” Quinn said. “When he’s ready, he’ll also know.”
During Wednesday’s practice, Daniels certainly looked the part, throwing touchdown passes to Kazmeir Allen and Brian Robinson Jr.
Here’s the touchdown pass to Robinson.
Starting off strong 🎯@Seatgeek | #RaiseHail pic.twitter.com/SaR0dNa02i
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) July 24, 2024
Zach Selby of commanders.com summed up Daniels’ performance:
Another TD from Daniels to Kaz Allen. Daniels is having an exceptional start to camp. Just finished this team drill 4/4 with one handoff. Other than one PBU, he’s been pretty flawless #RaiseHail
— Zach Selby (@ZachSelbyWC) July 24, 2024
Scott Abraham of ABC 7 in Washington, D.C., gave us “the best 73 seconds of your day.”
Commanders fans,
This is your rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels during today's first training camp practice.
It might be the best 73 seconds of your day. pic.twitter.com/2ZuuiKdV5w
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) July 24, 2024
Here’s Daniels showing off his accuracy in drills:
🎯from Jayden pic.twitter.com/quBVqDEE12
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) July 24, 2024
Can Daniels follow up on Wednesday’s performance with another solid outing on Thursday? We’ll have you covered here.
