Welcome to the Commanders - Jayden Daniels

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Rating: 90.9 Rank: #2 Forty: 4.50 Jayden Daniels' 2023 season is a case study in the traits NFL scouts salivate over in a dual-threat quarterback. His mobility and arm are tailor-made for m...

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[Canadian Hog]

Much like Griffin, I think this guy has the chance to electrify the fan base. A dynamic playmaker on offense has been something we have been lacking for a very long time in Washington. While Daniels was not my preferred choice, it is difficult to not be hopeful. Daniels is a cut above the other QB prospects by all accounts in the most important skill area required to be successful in the NFL as a QB - that being processing skills. This will give him a chance. Beyond that, let's remember that environment and coaching will be as big a part of his success as any other factor moving forward.

On a side note, there is no way that the best player in Washington for the past ten years should have to give up his number to Daniels. Tress Way is arguably one of the best special teamers in team history. Find yourself a new number, kid.

 

[burgold]

So, my morning thought about Jayden Daniels is about Joe Burrow. Like Daniels, the year before the draft Burrow was an afterthought. A probable fifth rounder. Then, both had a monster, record breaking season. Few questioned whether Burrow was a one hit wonder and I haven't heard too many make that complaint about Daniels. Thing is, you can make the argument that Daniels has been consistently better than Burrow prior to their final years in college. Burrow reportedly just made a huge jump where everything clicked and stayed clicked. Daniels had been solidly, consistently good before his meteoric Heisman season. So, there's a ton of reason to be excited and happy here.

The shadow of RGIII and all the QBs we've seen destroyed still haunts me. I was astounded Howell survived the season. It's a question whether he did psychologically, but he made it through without going on IR. Daniels doesn't look built to take that kind of punishment. Our o line is somewhat better, but still far from a good o line. I'm not sure it even rates as high as an average line. So, how does that impact Daniels and his development?

The ceiling is high. The floor is also high. The risk remains.

 

[burgold]

Much like Griffin, I think this guy has the chance to electrify the fan base. A dynamic playmaker on offense has been something we have been lacking for a very long time in Washington. While Daniels was not my preferred choice, it is difficult to not be hopeful. Daniels is a cut above the other QB prospects by all accounts in the most important skill area required to be successful in the NFL as a QB - that being processing skills. This will give him a chance. Beyond that, let's remember that environment and coaching will be as big a part of his success as any other factor moving forward.

On a side note, there is no way that the best player in Washington for the past ten years should have to give up his number to Daniels. Tress Way is arguably one of the best special teamers in team history. Find yourself a new number, kid.

This is really about Heath Shuler isn't it? You don't want to see another player wear his jersey?

 

[Canadian Hog]

This is really about Heath Shuler isn't it? You don't want to see another player wear his jersey?

Personally, I always had a soft spot for Donovan McNabb and his short, but legendary stint in DC.

 

[Boone]

I wouldn't describe Daniels as a one hit wonder. Yes - he had an incredible 2023 season. But his 2022 season was very very good and he got better every season of his college career - which is exactly what you want to see.

I think one of the most encouraging things about this selection is that it appears that the pick was never in serious doubt. Based on Adam Peters post-selection comments, it was Jayden Daniels the whole way and they never wavered. This is the guy the new braintrust wanted, and they got their man.

He is the most electric QB in this draft and I would argue the most polished and mechanically sound and accurate passers in this draft.

 

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[Neophyte]

I find myself unable to be excited about this. I want to be excited. Truly.

I'm not arrogant enough to call this a mistake. I know Peters and Quinn have forgotten more about football than I've ever known and I trust them. Today, rather than being filled with hope for the future, I'm left searching for the root cause of my malaise. Part of it is that as much as Peters put on the tape and saw the guy he wanted, I never did. As much as going through the process cemented Daniels as the guy in the Peters' mind, it made me want him less.

One of the two of us is suffering from some massive confirmation bias. I hope it's me.

The draft is a lot like Christmas. There are months of build-up, secrecy, decorations, and gifts wrapped in pretty packaging. However, Christmas loses a lot of its magic when you know what the gift is ahead of time and that may be playing into my gloom as well. We have been hammered for months with how Daniels was the guy. So much so in fact, that Caleb Williams became something of the forgotten man even though he was the #1 pick last night. I desperately wanted the media, and most of the armchair QB Fans on Twitter, to be wrong.

I wanted clear evidence that my front office is above the level of "groupthink" because there is too much of that in the world today. So far, under Harris, we have gone back to being the "we follow our own path" team that I loved so much as a kid. My earliest memories are of Allen's "Over the Hill Gang" - a team of grizzled veterans playing, and winning, at a young man's sport. Then it was Beathard - trading away top picks as often as not and building a roster out of guys whose names even other NFL GMs didn't know. And finally Gibbs - the guy who invented whole new offenses to fit the players he had available and never had a QB the rest of the wanted. I wanted last night to be one more example of that.

I could go on looking for the reason I feel this way but I don't want to be Eeyore to everyone else's Tigger.

I believe in this front office. Even as I recognize that there will be mistakes, I believe in them.

And so Welcome to Washington, Mr Daniels. I apologize for not being more excited. It's not you, it's me. I promise.

And I'll come around, sooner or later.

 

[Enforcer]

Excited for the pick. And look forward to how the new offensive minds will utilize his talents.

 

[burgold]

I think a bunch of us feel both excitement and dread about this pick Neophyte. I know I do.

 

[Boone]

Watch the every down You Tube tape. He's incredibly talented. Aside from injury concerns, which other than this idea his size and rushing style make a serious injury inevitable, he may well be the most talented QB in this draft.

There are no guarantees - but this is not a wishful throwing of a dart at the QB dartboard. Adam Peters and our new braintrust think the kid is a future star. I think we have to embrace that and see what happens.

 

[Boone]

I think a bunch of us feel both excitement and dread about this pick Neophyte. I know I do.

Dread????

Really?

Geez guys.

 

[burgold]

Yep. Dread. The shadow of RGIII looms large. Not to mention the hangover of more than half a dozen other first round busts we've drafted at QB. If you ain't calloused and a bit gun shy then you are better at amnesia than me

 

[Neophyte]

I know, John. Sad isn't it? But burgold hit it on the head when he said dread. At least for me.

Maybe after Arrington, Griffin, and Young, I'm too damaged. The problem is that right now I feel like I've seen this movie.

Maybe I'm a lousy fan now. I don't know.

 

[Boone]

You guys have every right to feel how you feel. There is nothing about the current situation that should 'remind' any of us of anything in the past.

New owner.
New GM.
New Front Office.
New Coaches.
New Players.

It's a new day. Doesn't mean it will all be unicorns and rainbows, especially with a rookie QB draft selection.

But this is an exciting day, not one where 'dread' makes sense... at least not for me.

 

[Boone]

Yep. Dread. The shadow of RGIII looms large. Not to mention the hangover of more than half a dozen other first round busts we've drafted at QB. If you ain't calloused and a bit gun shy then you are better at amnesia than me

What does RG3 have to do with this? Seriously. Why not compare Daniels to Drew Brees or Russell Wilson? Instead, we have to compare him to the biggest disappointment in modern Washington history.

He's not RG3. He's a better QB RIGHT NOW than Griffin was in any single game. All QBs are at risk for serious injury. Daniels has ZERO injury history at the college level. Other than his propensity to take off and his *relative* smaller stature, there is no reason to be convinced he's going to die on the field.

Again, not for me to shout anyone down. Feel how you feel.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

So I guess a lot of the “I’ll be happy with any guy” wasn’t true. I expected there to be some disappointment, but not this much. Good grief fellas. This QB has so many less holes to fix than the other options. The guy is a playmaker. There are no guarantees, but they have a chance to really mold this kid into a great QB. He may not have been your preference, but give the kid a shot.

I’m ready to see where he can go from here. Im ready to see the tapes of him in OTAs, rookie camp, and anywhere else. It’s time to start the new era and see what this man can do.