You mentioned it, Tom. The washer is named
Jaden Danos as their starting quarterback. Something I think
it's fair to say we have expected ever since the
moment they draft him. But the fact that he
has earned it, the fact that he really has
grinded his way. There has been a very,
very good sign for the Washington Commanders, but don't
just take my word for, let's talk to someone
who was there right there in person, not just
at the Commander's last game, although certainly he was
, but also at the week of practice, Cameron
Wolf, welcome inside to the Insiders. Uh Tell
me a little more about Jaden Daniel and what did
you learn for your time watching him? Ian,
I'm ready. Those are the words that Jayden Daniels
told to me uh Thursday after practice first two words
and he said, I'm counting down the days to
Tampa. I can't wait for it to be real
. And we learned today he's officially been named as
starting quarterback, but this has been what they've been
prepping for for months in Washington when I talked to
Dan Quinn after that practice, he was discussing about
how Daniels was getting ready for the Tampa Bay Bucks
by facing the Dolphins, exotic blitzes and this Florida
heat. And so really, this is a rookie
quarterback who Quinn called California. Cool. He's earned
this job with impressive camp command comfort within this offense
all summer and it was really impressive watching Daniels this
week. He shined in the red zone and practiced
shredding the middle of the field, which was a
predraft question mark, had a lot of touchdowns there
and in the game, he had excellent ball placement
. There was a play there that we're seeing in
the highlights here where he threw a Terran mcclure past
three yards, literally threw him into yards after catch
17 yards after there. That's something Washington really wants
him to magnify. And when I talked to Daniels
, he said the biggest adjustment for him has been
the speed of the defensive fronts. They get there
really fast. And so the, the way they've
adjusted to that fall out really quickly, his time
to throw from snap to throwing out was less than
two seconds in the preseason. The fastest of any
quarterback that's intentional. They want to have no huddle
and tempo. They want him to be able to
protect himself, given all the pressure, the pressure
he's going to face. And one last thing he
did run in one play, a 13 yard rush
and he did not slide. Dan Quinn said he's
in double secret probation. A little Animal House reference
there. Uh that's gonna be a balance for them
all season. Jay Daniel says he's never practiced on
a slide, but they have to keep him upright
and so they're comfortable and confident with his quarterback.
Just hopefully he slides a little bit more. One
of the most important things, get these guys to
slide. You need them healthy for as many games
as they could possibly be out there.