Joe Theismann Impressed with Jayden Daniels in Preseason Debut
Redskins great Joe Theismann likes what he saw in the small sample Saturday from Jayden Daniels with both his arm and legs in Washington's first preseason game.
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00:00it's incredible that we get all the hype obviously knew he had to be the number one pick had
00:05all the hype, all the Heisman trophy and the, the way he played ball and everything that
00:10we've seen going up until this football game on the road in New York, which is a different
00:16experience. You know, being that you, you know what it's like, it's different to open
00:19at home and then it's different to be on the road. And he comes out and he does some really,
00:24really special stuff. And you, you know, you basically want to save yourself as advertised.
00:30It's a very small sample, which, but I think it's enough to get us excited about his ability.
00:36And I think it's a little bit of an indicator of what cliff Kingsbury wants to do with this
00:40offense. We have not necessarily been a very good downfield football team and that's the
00:45way you score points. And that's, and you know, our biggest thing has been, you know,
00:49we've been scoring around 20, 21 points and it's just not enough in this league today
00:53to be able to win football games. So you have to get the chunk yard. You have to throw the
00:57ball down the field. And that dime he threw yesterday was very, very impressed.
01:02You know, and he does that in practice all the time, Joe. And I, but when you look at the,
01:07the, the, the running play, when he went into the end zone, you, you see how that defense was
01:12playing very, very careful in a sense, which I think is going to make other defenses have to
01:17be concerned about the ability for him to do that as well.
01:20You really have to, I mean, it's the thing about having the ability to run,
01:24it's the threat by itself that creates opportunities. And that's exactly what
01:28Jayden is able to do. You know, the read option is something that's become a big part of football
01:33of the last five, 10 years, I guess, five, seven years. And you need someone with that
01:37athletic ability. But the thing you have to temper yourself as a young guy is you have to
01:42know when to run and you have to know when not to run. And that, that, that is something that
01:48I've noticed watching in practice a little bit. He has great pocket discipline. He's not in a
01:52hurry to get out of there. They're going to call running plays for him to be able to use his legs,
01:56which is great. And he's going to be smart about it. That's the big thing. He has to be smart
02:01about running. Somebody asked me this the other day. Well, what do you, what do you expect from
02:05Jayden Daniels? I want him to play 17, at least football games. I want to see him line up every
02:11week because each week he lines up, he's going to learn more. He's going to get better. And this
02:16is the big thing that you mentioned. You know, this, when, when you studied film, if you could
02:22study yourself, you know, why you made the decisions that you made. It's the same thing
02:27at the quarterback position. It's one thing to sit in a quarterback room and watch somebody work,
02:32but you don't know what's in his head. Now, if you're out there on the field and you're making
02:36decisions, you know why you made it. And that's something you can improve on. And so for me,
02:42if he stays healthy, I think we're going to be perfectly fine. And that's the big thing. And,
02:46you know, it's, it's a demanding season. It's a lot different than college ball.