The Washington Commanders fell to 3-4 on the yr due to their 44-22 blowout loss to the rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, and what’s extra is that star quarterback Jayden Daniels is coping with one other damage.
Daniels suffered a hamstring damage within the third quarter after being sacked by Shemar James. He limped off the sphere holding the again of his proper leg and was later dominated out for the rest of the competition.
Daniels has already missed two video games this season because of a knee sprain suffered within the Week 2 loss in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. As a highly-touted prospect popping out of LSU, there have been issues about sturdiness given his smaller body. Washington sadly has expertise in terms of No. 2 general choose quarterbacks and sturdiness issues.
Sunday night time, Daniels’ mom took to social media to ask followers to cease “manifesting” former Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III on her son.
Like Daniels, Griffin received Offensive Rookie of the 12 months in 2012 after main Washington to double-digit wins and a playoff look. Nonetheless, within the wild-card sport in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks, Griffin tore his LCL and ACL. Griffin injured the knee 4 weeks prior, and it grew to become a serious debate if the rookie quarterback ought to have even been enjoying in that sport.
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When Griffin returned to the sphere in 2013, he wasn’t the identical participant. He went 5-15 in his closing 20 begins for Washington, and was finally launched. The participant that lit the District of Columbia on hearth for one yr would go on to make simply seven extra NFL begins for the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens earlier than calling it a profession.
Regardless of the numerous other ways Daniels’ mother’s submit may have been acquired, RG3 had a respectful response:
Griffin informed CBS Sports activities final yr that he desires Daniels’ success to last more than his did, and he believes that is doable as a result of Daniels truly has construction in Washington.
“Josh Harris and that possession group created that ‘progress’ setting to the place Jayden could possibly be the chief he’s below Dan Quinn, and that’s one thing that I needed to study all through my NFL profession,” Griffin stated. “I obtained that in Baltimore with Steve Bisciotti, Ozzie Newsome, Eric DeCosta and John Harbaugh. They created a ‘progress’ setting for Lamar Jackson, so it was nice to see and I’ve seen that with Josh Harris and this Washington Commanders entrance workplace. They’re doing a tremendous job of permitting the gamers to exit and play and be their greatest selves.”
There are a variety of similarities between Griffin and Daniels. Each received the Heisman Trophy, had been No. 2 general picks for Washington and had historic rookie seasons. Hopefully the similarities cease there.
