Jayden Daniels Injury Update
Jayden Daniels, the Commanders’ rookie quarterback, landed on the team's injury report Monday with a right wrist issue. Yeah, not exactly the headline anyone wanted after a confident 21-6 win over the Giants.
Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) reported on Twitter that the Washington Commanders listed quarterback Jayden Daniels with a right wrist injury.
Still, breathe easy: Washington didn’t practice, and the official line is that Daniels “would have been a full participant,” so this sounds way more like Thursday-night-football caution tape than a five-alarm fire. JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) shared on Twitter that while Jayden Daniels appeared on the injury report, he doesn’t believe it will affect the quarterback’s availability for Thursday night’s game.
Daniels didn’t miss a beat on Sunday, taking every single snap, tossing for 233 yards and a touchdown, and true to form, dashing for 68 more on the ground over 11 carries.
If you saw the game, there wasn’t a whisper of wrist trouble. It almost feels like the football version of suddenly remembering you scraped your knee after a playground win. What does “full participant” even mean when you’re talking about a rookie who seems addicted to outrunning linebackers and bouncing up after hits? If anything, it’s mildly reassuring: the Commanders know there’s a big game on deck (Packers, Thursday night, the schedule never sleeps) and aren’t hiding anything.
Heck, if you follow NFL injury updates long enough, you know teams sometimes list their entire bench with “toe soreness” just to keep opponents guessing. Is it gamesmanship, medical overcaution, or just paperwork? For fantasy managers and fans, the answer is: he’s expected to play, and unless they wrap his right arm like a mummy, don’t sweat it. The rest of the report is a bit more classic Monday-after-football fare. Punter Tress Way is laid up with a back problem, and skill guys Noah Brown (knee) and Austin Ekeler (shoulder) are limited (ugh, the latter always seems to pop up on fantasy rosters like a recurring bad dream).
The good news: John Bates, Daron Payne, and Deatrich Wise Jr. are labeled “full participants,” that’s football-speak for “put your game face on.” If you’re pulling for Daniels, his steady play and apparent resilience promise some hope. Wrist injury? Sure, maybe he’ll tape it up, high-five a teammate with his left hand, and keep carving up defenses. In football, as in life, sometimes the “injury” is just a footnote. Let’s just wait until Thursday, and if his wrist is bugging him, maybe teach him to throw lefty. Stranger things have happened.
