State of the 2024 Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels must show he has what it takes to succeed

Washington traded away Sam Howell, who led the NFL with 21 interceptions last year, and snagged Jayden Daniels with the second overall pick in the draft. The Commanders have had 12 starting quarterbacks since 2018, which is the highest total in the NFL in that span, and they’re about to name a new Week 1 starting QB for the seventh consecutive season. Presuming Daniels gets the gig, though, this will be the first time in years Washington fans actually feel true hope (there’s that word again!) at the game’s most important position. In 2023, Daniels led the FBS with 4,946 total yards and won the Heisman Trophy. He threw for 40 touchdowns last year, with just four interceptions. And he added 10 rushing scores. Daniels is the first quarterback drafted by Washington with a top-10 pick since Robert Griffin III in 2012, and he’s delivering the same type of excitement that RGIII did back then. I know a lot of fantasy people will be drafting him like they drafted Anthony Richardson last year. Hopefully, unlike Griffin and Richardson, Daniels enjoys a clean bill of health in Year 1.