Commanders Announce Jayden Daniels Injury Update
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The MRI results are in for Washington Commanders starting quarterback Jayden Daniels on Monday afternoon. Daniels, the second-year quarterback out of LSU, suffered an apparent hamstring injury in the third quarter of Sunday's loss to the Cowboys.
Their D is in tatters. Their best wide receivers are injured. The Commanders are flirting with disaster by playing Jayden Daniels on Monday.
Things did not go according to plan for the Washington Commanders on Sunday afternoon in their Week 7 matchup against their NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys.
Jayden Daniels' right hamstring injury is “not significant or long-term,” Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn said Monday, but added that he does not know yet whether the quarterback will be available to play against the Kansas City Chiefs.
In the days since Jayden Daniels' fumble in Washington's loss to Chicago, the QB has been forced to answer for himself again, but for an entirely different reason. He's owned his mistake and hopes to put it all to rest in Week 7.
The NFC East rivals are at an early-season crossroads as the Commanders visit the Cowboys (2-3-1) on Sunday, with Daniels looking for a worthy encore to a fabulous rookie season that included a trip to the NFC championship game and a porous Dallas defense facing questions about how to keep a season from spiraling out of control.
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The Bears' game-winning drive was set up by a Jayden Daniels fumble on a hand-off to Jacory Crosley-Merritt with 3:10 left. On third-and-1, Daniels mishandled the exchange, and the Bears recovered at their own 44. D'Andre Swift took over from there, rushing for 34 yards on the final drive to set up Moody's kick.