Dan Quinn Announces Jayden Daniels as the Commanders Starting QB

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Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn addresses the media and announces that Jayden Daniels is officially the team's starting quarterback.

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00:00Adam and I were most excited about watching how he would.

00:04And the how has been absolutely outstanding.

00:08He went through the whole thing.

00:09He didn't miss a beat, hit the targets that we had put in front of him.

00:15We talked about the practices against the other teams, the game.

00:18So he's ready and he's earned the right to do that.

00:22He's really put in the work while being surrounded by some excellent teammates

00:26here, and in that case, I wanted to make sure I singled one of them out.

00:31In a perfect scenario, a young QB would have a leader to also learn from,

00:38but perfect rarely happens.

00:41But we do have that in Marcus Mariota.

00:44And him sharing nine years of gold with Jaden, I think,

00:48has been something that's really cool for us to see.

00:51Rookie QBs usually don't get that, and we do.

00:54And when QB rooms are special, that energy can be felt throughout an entire

00:59team, and we have that, so really cool to say.

01:02So apologies for having you come up with new storylines for today.

01:06But Jaden Daniels is our starting quarterback.

01:11Drop the mic, chick.

01:12I didn't see that coming.

01:14Yeah, of course you didn't, yeah.

01:16You're pressuring me so much over the last few weeks,

01:20I thought it was time to promptly tell you, I'd know, you'd know, he'd know.

01:25If we can go back to the kicking situation, no, I'm just kidding.

01:27What a buzzkill that John is, huh?

01:32With Jaden, you talk about the check marks along the way.

01:35What did you learn maybe even in the last week that just kind of said, okay,

01:38he's for sure ready, let's go?

01:41I think the practice before we left to go down to Miami was the best one

01:47I had seen from him on the Tuesday prior to us leaving that Wednesday.

01:52The command of it, the accuracy, the details of it,

01:56that was one of the best practices I'd seen him have,

02:00was the best practice I'd seen him have.

02:01And so I think that was more in line with who he is, what he does,

02:07the checks, the calls, the communication, the delivery of the ball.

02:11He was just really on point, so it was just cool to see all of that come to life.

02:16Has anything about this surprised you about where he's at in the development?

02:19It didn't surprise me.

02:21We knew we would get here, but we were just excited to see how we would.

02:26And so seeing him hit all the spots, this is a rare competitor.

02:30And those are the things that I knew about him, but

02:33seeing it in your own building, on your own team, around new teammates,

02:39that was cool to see.

02:40And so he's just had a remarkable start to things here.

02:44He's earned the respect of teammates and coaches and people inside of the building.

02:49And he's very thankful to be part of a group with the quarterback and

02:55the coaches and helping him get ready, that's a big deal too.

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