Landover, MD. — Issues had been going so effectively at first of the Washington Commanders’ 40-7 win over the Carolina Panthers.
The workforce had gotten on the board because of a pick-six from Commanders exterior linebacker Dante Fowler Jr. Then the protection got here up with a three-and-out to get the ball again to the offense for the primary time and with a seven-point lead.
Then, on the offense’s first snap of the sport, Washington quarterback-extraordinaire Jayden Daniels held onto the ball on an possibility learn and escaped up the proper facet of the sector and into Panthers territory.
The run gained 46 yards, and gave the impression to be the play the place Daniels injured his rib(s). Abruptly, issues weren’t going so effectively anymore.
Requested when he knew his quarterback was injured, Commanders coach Dan Quinn mentioned, “After the primary drive. So, possibly on the finish of the primary drive, you recognize, proper after we’re down by the aim line.”
Washington obtained a subject aim off the drive and pushed the lead out to 10. Little did the workforce know then that they did not want any extra factors. Nonetheless, within the second, there was much less pleasure than there ought to have been given how the general sport was shifting.
After the sport, Quinn could not supply way more info apart from a timeframe for when he may be capable of.
“I can’t provide you with an replace on Jayden,” Quinn mentioned following the sport. “However I’ll simply as quickly as we discover out. We’ll do some additional assessments tomorrow after which after we get collectively within the afternoon, we’ll provide you with an replace.”
Extra assessments on Monday will hopefully reveal extra info – the publicly shared type. And after we subsequent converse with Quinn at 3:30 p.m. ET through Zoom, there’ll hopefully be excellent news for Daniels, the Commanders, and the NFL if we’re being sincere. In any case, they need their Daniels vs. Caleb Williams matchup subsequent weekend simply as a lot as anybody else.
Firstly, nonetheless, Quinn and his employees will prioritize the wants of the participant over that of the workforce as a complete and even the league. Simply because it has in previous damage conditions like with defensive sort out Johnny Newton and extra lately working again Brian Robinson Jr.
“If he can go, then that may be the case,” Quinn mentioned about how he’ll deal with Daniels’ taking part in standing shifting ahead. “And if he cannot, then we cannot. However we cannot put (him) or some other guys into an area the place they may jeopardize one thing.”
After Monday, the subsequent cheap probability to count on an replace could be Wednesday, the day the beginning quarterback in Washington sometimes meets with the media for his weekly press convention.
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