Jayden Daniels addresses if he’d play for Commanders

Jayden Daniels spoke with reporters at a pre-draft occasion on Wednesday and insisted he “100%” would fortunately be a part of the Washington Commanders in the event that they make him the second decide of the player-selection course of on Thursday evening. 

“I am blessed to go wherever I am known as,” Daniels defined, in keeping with Eric Edholm of the NFL’s web site. “Whoever calls my cellphone, (when the) commissioner will get up and says my title, I will be blessed, and they will get my all. That is one of the best … one of the best alternative. I’ll say they imagine in me, so I am gonna put within the work.”

Whereas ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter generated some buzz when he reported forward of this previous weekend that Daniels had “an curiosity in being” with a workforce apart from Washington, Schefter seemed to stroll that story again on Monday. Hours earlier than Daniels addressed the subject, Dianna Russini of The Athletic revealed that “the idea across the league” was that Daniels was “anticipated” to go to the Commanders by way of the draft’s second decide. 

On Wednesday afternoon, Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated reported he’d “be surprised if the Commanders” traded the second decide to any workforce trying to land Daniels. Breer added he’d be “fairly stunned at this level if” Washington does not choose the LSU quarterback.

“I am similar to y’all, I actually do not know what is going on to occur,” Daniels stated about what seems to be an unlikely commerce state of affairs. “I’ve folks saying (to me), ‘Hey, something can occur on draft day.’ However we’ll see.”

A number of NFL analysts, scouts and coaches have named Daniels one of the best general quarterback on this yr’s draft class forward of USC Trojans star Caleb Williams. It is considered a lock that the Chicago Bears will draft Williams first general, and it seems Washington will take Daniels over Drake Maye of the North Carolina Tar Heels and J.J. McCarthy of the Michigan Wolverines. 

As of late Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook listed Daniels as a large betting favourite at -550 odds to be the draft’s second decide. Barring the emergence of a so-called “Godfather supply” for that asset, Washington ought to use the decide on Daniels.