Commanders Insider Ben Standig: What to Expect from Rookie QB Jayden Daniels | The Rich Eisen Show

I feel like this team is riding under the radar a little bit no one really knows who this Washington Commander team is they got rid of so many guys but then they brought in so many guys and yet one of the big names is obviously the quarterback they selected number two overall jel Jaden Daniels is now the starter are we surprised is it just part of the process because before it was like oh we're not going to play him until he's ready or this and it's like all right look he showed us enough he's a starter how did that process go on him being named a starter uh well let me just say I'm kind of happy at least initially that these this team is is under the radar because the last three and four years they were way above the radar for all the wrong reasons oh yeah I got so I'm happy to have a little bit of normaly uh here in town but yeah no but look this Jaden Daniels thing the minute he was drafted I think it was pretty clear he would be the guy barring you know some poor transition to to the league they brought in Marcus marota have a veteran a responsible move but clearly Daniels is the better quarterback not just in the future but right now watching this unfold in practice and you know they've been Dan Quinn's talking about competition this really is it's more than just a buzzword in Camp this is really what he is preaching across the board because they're not just simply uh bringing in some new players they're trying to reshape the entire tone of this organization that hasn't won a playoff game since 2005 so in the case of Daniels I I think he just didn't want to declare a starter knowing that he wants to see other people battle at other positions but it's been pretty clear for a while that Daniels would be the guy for most of training camps he's been getting the first team reps he started both of the preseason games and again frankly he just is better and he's been really on target with a lot of deep throws the staff has been really impressed with his decision- making in the pocket and uh where to throw the ball and he's also been a pretty good guy in the locker room there's no Diva Vibes at all he's just one of one of the team and uh yeah they've he's checked all the boxes but they wanted to make sure they went through every box not just rush the process so now we've got Caleb Williams will be the starter week one Jaden Daniels will be the starter week one Bo Nicks now the starter in week one as well they've all hit the Milestones that they needed to see uh from their head coach but I feel like we don't talk enough about their offensive coordinator in Washington Cliff Kingsbury former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals we know about his college background as well what is this offense now going to look like what have you seen so far from practice and even the early parts of preseason that this offense can look like led by Jaden Daniels so it's a big it's a big question for sure and obviously one thing the staff knows is their big Advantage coming into the year is that people don't know exactly what's going to happen because everything is is very different but that said you know Cliff Kingsbury is not going to completely change what he did in Arizona and in college a lot of uptempo uh offense a lot of two three four receiver uh you know they'll have shots down the field and Jaden Daniels works perfectly as that sort of read option quarterback that goes with this sort of fast breaking offense that said we haven't really seen much of uh other than the uptempo part and the the formations the the the routes have been under wraps they are barely throwing the ball down the field at all in in the preseason they've also got a pretty good run game in in Brian Robinson and Austin Eckler and it's not going to surprise me at all if they lean hard into that Duo both to help Daniels you know get acclimated as a rookie and also there are questions on the offensive line particularly at tackle so again I think he's going to go up Tempo I think he's going to move his receivers around a bit more than people might uh think but we'll see what happens when the gamees turn real but it's a real chance to be a fun offense especially if Daniels can can get going quickly and I don't see why he's not going to be able to do that catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to3 Eastern for free

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