While this rookie class won't immediately transform Washington into a Super Bowl contender, getting a potential franchise quarterback in Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 pick and filling several holes all over the roster is a good start for the new regime led by Quinn and general manager Adam Peters.
Dan Quinn was pumped to know Jayden Daniels will soon be throwing passes for the Washington Commanders and “fired up” about the rest of the talent coming from the NFL draft.
It starts, of course, with Daniels, the Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU who was the second of six QBs taken in the top 12, a league record. The Commanders didn’t show their hand about Daniels being their guy over North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., though Peters called it nearly unanimous within the front office.
The 23-year-old from San Bernardino, California, knows enough about the Commanders’ veteran offensive players from top wideout Terry McLaurin to running back Brian Robinson Jr. But part of the job this draft was replenishing at skill positions around Daniels after releasing Logan Thomas and losing Curtis Samuel in free agency.
Already having 2022 Pro Bowl selections Daron Payne and Jonathan Allen and 2022 second-round pick Phidarian Mathis made defensive tackle a position of strength. But that didn’t stop the Commanders from using their second pick, No. 36, on Illinois’ Jer’Zhan Newton. The departures of safety Kam Curl and cornerback Kendall Fuller made the secondary an area of concern. Given Quinn’s preference for turnover-forcing defensive backs, Michigan cornerback Mike Sainristil and Washington safety Dominique Hampton could be difference-makers on defense.
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