Jayden Daniels' Knee Injury Impact on Washington's Season

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00:00The Jaden Daniels questions, though, not as straightforward.

00:04An MRI on a knee sprain, he seems to be in doubt this week,

00:08and markets are reacting that he's going to miss this game this weekend,

00:12or at least shorting that price a little bit,

00:15sit at a key number of three.

00:18But again, for Washington, Joe, with their expectations,

00:23Jaden Daniels missing a week, not your favorite.

00:26Okay, fine.

00:28Jaden Daniels missing a month?

00:30Jaden Daniels with a knee sprain losing mobility?

00:33This is a dangerous spot now for Washington.

00:35We're waiting for more clarity around this situation.

00:38It is, and he's your franchise guy.

00:41There's no doubt about it.

00:42So there's no reason to rush him back from a knee injury just to win football games

00:48when you have a backup that can win you some games as well.

00:52And that is where Washington is.

00:54I would much rather be overly cautious with Jaden Daniels,

00:58saying, you know what, if the timeline is three or four weeks,

01:02let's rest him five or six to make sure that he's 100% because a knee is no joke.

01:09He tears that knee.

01:10It's over.

01:11His game, the way he elevates, and we've seen multiple mobile quarterbacks throughout their career,

01:16RG3 and others that have been banged up and never been the same again with a knee injury

01:21or a significant injury to their body.

01:24So for Jaden Daniels, yeah, you have to take an overly cautious type of approach,

01:29but I don't think it changes the win total for Washington.

01:31I still think they're capped at nine wins.

01:35You're lower on them.

01:35You know, I still think right here they can win games.

01:39I don't think they're elite, but they're good enough with the playmakers that you have

01:44in the backup to say, you know what, we can win nine games because I believe in Dan Quinn as well.

01:49The tricky bit though, Joe, this is a team who's on the road now in four of their next six games.

01:55Tough.

01:56If later by, a week 12 by, you'd love to, you know, mix that in here.

02:01If Jaden Daniels is going to miss time, he's going to be missing games at Atlanta,

02:06at the Chargers, at the Cowboys, at the Chiefs, paired with the home Vegas and home Bears games.

02:12It's definitely not, you know, it's not the soft part of the schedule that he would be missing.

02:16It makes things difficult for Washington in an NFC East that could be a battle.