Commanders have déjà vu in the worst way after Jayden Daniels injury | Monday Morning JB

What a cruel blow for Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders.

“It sucks,” backup quarterback Marcus Mariota said after the Commanders lost their star quarterback with a dislocated left elbow just before halftime of a 37-20 defeat to the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. “You can’t really ever put it into words. You watch that kid battle through all that he went through last year and just very, very unfortunate.”

Commanders coach Dan Quinn said that X-rays revealed that Daniels did not sustain a fracture, and that there is no timeline for his return. After flying back with the team, he will undergo an MRI on Monday.

Yet after Daniels missed 10 games last season, including three contests after he dislocated the same elbow in Week 9 and then the final four games of the season after re-injuring the elbow in the first game after he returned, it’s a sobering dose of déjà vu.

Daniels, 25, didn’t miss a game during his phenomenal rookie season in 2024.

“Man, we are bummed for him,” Quinn said. “I thought he was really playing his (butt) off. We will rally so hard around Marcus until Jayden’s back. That’s what we talked about as…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/