What lies ahead, though, is not just a challenge. It’s a burden.
“I’m going to come in and really just try to play my role, whatever that is,” Daniels said Thursday night in a Zoom call with reporters.
Ha. Good one, Jayden. Your role is starting quarterback. From Day One. More than that, it’s to provide stability at a position — the most important position — for a franchise that doesn’t know anything of the sort.
This was Josh Harris’s first draft as the Commanders’ owner. It was the first draft for Adam Peters, Harris’s handpicked general manager.