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ASHBURN, Va., -- With the Chicago Bears on the clock holding the first pick in the 2024 NFL draft, Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters gathered scouts, coaches, executives and other Commanders' personnel in the team's makeshift War Room to make the announcement many had long anticipated.
Many in the organization had expected they would select LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. But nobody knew for certain. And now, after telling members of the ownership group separately earlier in the day, Peters made it official.
He told them, according to one person in the room, they are getting a "young man who loves football" that would help them "change this franchise forever.