Commanders QB Jayden Daniels out of Cowboys game
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Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn's Monday update on starting quarterback Jayden Daniels' status was a good news and bad news situation. The good news, Quinn said, is that an MRI exam showed the hamstring injury Daniels sustained in the third quarter of Sunday's 44-22 loss to the Dallas Cowboys is not a long-term injury.
The Jayden Daniels-Patrick Mahomes matchup was one NFL fans circled in the spring. Will we see that matchup next week?
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.