Commanders name rookie Daniels as starting QB

Washington Commanders will start the new season with second overall pick Jayden Daniels as their quarterback

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00:00Adam and I were most excited about watching how he would and the how has been absolutely outstanding.

00:08He went through the whole thing. He didn't miss a beat.

00:11Hit the targets that, you know, we had put in front of him.

00:15You know, we talked about the practices against the other teams, the game.

00:18So he's ready and he's earned the right to do that.

00:22He's really put in the work while being surrounded by some excellent teammates here.

00:27And in that case, I wanted to make sure I singled one of them out.

00:31In a perfect scenario, a young QB would, you know, have a leader to also learn from.

00:38But perfect rarely happens.

00:41But we do have that in Marcus Mariota.

00:44And him sharing nine years of gold with Jayden, I think, has been something that's really cool for us to see.

00:51Rookie QBs usually don't get that, and we do.

00:54And when QB rooms are special, that energy can be felt throughout an entire team, and we have that.

01:01So really cool to say.

01:02So apologies for having you come up with new storylines for today.

01:06But Jayden Daniels is our starting quarterback.

01:11Drop the mic, Chick.

01:13I didn't see that coming.

01:14Yeah, of course you didn't. Yeah.

01:17You're pressuring me so much over the last few weeks, I thought it was time to promptly tell you

01:22I'd know, you'd know, he'd know.

01:25If we can go back to the kicking situation, I'm just kidding.

01:29What a buzzkill that John is, huh?