{"id":114087,"date":"2024-04-21T01:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T01:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114087"},"modified":"2024-04-21T01:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T01:51:02","slug":"espn-reverses-course-on-commanders-heisman-winner-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/espn-reverses-course-on-commanders-heisman-winner-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Reverses Course on Commanders, Heisman Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1843926529-e1713645025426.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Jayden Daniels\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"591\" data-img-load-time=\"1518\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The back-and-forth over whether or not LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was sold on playing for the\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0at the No. 2 overall seemingly came to an end on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter\u00a0reversed course on comments he made Thursday that Daniels might be interested in playing for a team other than the Commanders, who have the No. 2 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion stemmed from the Commanders hosting a group visit for\u00a0four quarterbacks\u00a0that included Daniels, North Carolina\u2019s Drake Maye, Michigan\u2019s J.J. McCarthy and Washington\u2019s Michael Penix Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels\u2019 agent, Ron Butler, liked several tweets critical of the Commanders\u2019 decision to host all four quarterbacks at once which sparked several reports of Daniels souring on Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I think (Daniels) thought that he was going to get more face time there than he actually did,\u201d Schefter said on Friday. \u201cIt didn\u2019t work out exactly that way, but Jayden Daniels knows that he can\u2019t control where he goes in the draft and his opinion doesn\u2019t matter where he wants to go. It\u2019s all up to the team. Right now, Jayden Daniels is prepared to go wherever he\u2019s drafted. Most people still believe it continues to be number two to the Washington Commanders. That still looks to be the favorite spot, but because of some speculation this past week, people wondering whether he would go, whether they would take him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the matter is, Jayden Daniels knows that he\u2019s not a free agent here, he has to go where he\u2019s drafted and if it does turn out to be Washington, as a lot of people still believe, he\u2019s prepared to go to Washington and be a Commander and try to be the face of the franchise that many coaches believe he will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Few Rookies Have Been Able to Choose Teams<\/h2>\n<p>Daniels trying to force his way out of playing for a certain team would have been unprecedented for a No. 2 overall pick. It\u2019s almost unprecedented for a No. 1 pick.<\/p>\n<p>Twice in modern NFL history, quarterbacks that were going to be selected No. 1 overall forced the hand of the teams that wanted them at that spot.<\/p>\n<p>In 1983, Stanford\u2019s John Elway said he would not play for the\u00a0Baltimore Colts, who selected him at No. 1 then traded him to the\u00a0Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning said he would not play for the\u00a0San Diego Chargers, who selected him at No. 1 then traded him to the\u00a0New York Giants.<\/p>\n<p>In 1986, Auburn running back Bo Jackson told the team with the No. 1 pick, the\u00a0Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that he would not play for them. In that case, the Buccaneers still selected Jackson and lost his rights one year later.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Daniels Could Change Fortunes for Commanders<\/h2>\n<p>Daniels, 6-foot-4 210 pounds, was the second Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback to come out of LSU in the last five years, following 2019 winner\u00a0Joe Burrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith five seasons of starting experience under his belt, Daniels possesses a rare blend of playmaking talent and command from the pocket,\u201d wrote\u00a0NFL analyst Lance Zierlein. \u201cHe\u2019s tall but slender, so there will be concerns about durability, considering how often he ran in college. However, teams must also recognize that he has no issues sitting in the pocket and working through progressions as a platform thrower with good mechanics and footwork.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. 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