Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels hasn’t looked like himself, and there are no easy answers.
He missed throws, struggled to escape when running and rarely pushed the ball down the field. He threw his third interception of the season. He got stopped on a fourth-down rollout, a play that had worked for him several times earlier this year, and once, when he took an early hit, he grimaced in pain.
Afterward, Daniels and Coach Dan Quinn said the rib injury he suffered Oct. 20 was no longer affecting him. They said he wasn’t limited by the cut between the pinkie and ring finger on his throwing hand, which the team closed with a medical adhesive.