Commanders name rookie Daniels as starting QB

Washington Commanders will start the new season with second overall pick Jayden Daniels as their quarterback

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00:00Adam and I were most excited about watching how he would.

00:04And the how has been absolutely outstanding.

00:08He went through the whole thing.

00:09He didn't miss a beat, hit the targets that we had put in front of him.

00:15We talked about the practices against the other teams, the game, so

00:19he's ready and he's earned the right to do that.

00:22He's really put in the work while being surrounded by some excellent teammates

00:26here, and in that case, I wanted to make sure I singled one of them out.

00:31In a perfect scenario, a young QB would have a leader to also learn from,

00:38but perfect rarely happens, but we do have that in Marcus Mariota.

00:44And him sharing nine years of gold with Jaden, I think,

00:48has been something that's really cool for us to see.

00:51Rookie QBs usually don't get that, and we do.

00:54And when QB rooms are special, that energy can be felt throughout an entire team,

00:59and we have that, so really cool to say.

01:02So apologies for having you come up with new storylines for today, but

01:07Jaden Daniels is our starting quarterback.

01:11Drop the mic, chick.

01:12I didn't see that coming.

01:14Yeah, of course you didn't, yeah.

01:18You're pressuring me so much over the last few weeks,

01:20I thought it was time to promptly tell you.

01:23I'd know, you'd know, he'd know.

01:25If we can go back to the kicking situation, no, I'm just kidding.

01:27What a buzz kill that John is, huh?