Jayden Daniels’ camp frustrated with team favored to draft him

The Washington Commanders had been probably simply doing their due diligence, however what they really did was stoke the fires of controversy lower than per week from the 2024 NFL Draft.

Washington introduced in 4 of the highest quarterback prospects within the 2024 class — LSU’s Jayden Daniels, North Carolina’s Drake Maye, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. — in for a bunch go to, which didn’t sit proper with Daniels’ agent, Ron Butler, based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

“It didn’t appear to go over too properly with…Ron Butler, who sounded off on social media final evening that he didn’t appear significantly happy with the method,” Schefter said. “I believe Jayden Daniels thought it will be a go to with simply him assembly with the Commanders. Many individuals assume that Jayden Daniels will wind up being the No. 2 total decide, however the Commanders primarily opened up the method.”

Whereas Commanders basic supervisor Adam Peters defended the decision to have the group go to, stating it was a optimistic for the crew’s inside evaluation to see them work together in a bunch setting, he and the crew took some warmth for the way it has dealing with the analysis course of.

Professional Soccer Speak’s Mike Florio even went so far as to counsel Washington goes out of its method to make sure Daniels doesn’t wish to play for the crew.

“I’m going to get drafted by some of the dysfunctional franchises within the NFL over the past quarter century, they’ve acquired new administration, why would I wish to play right here?” Florio said. “Present me one thing that makes me wish to be a part of this crew for the subsequent 5, 10 or 15 years. … Since you by no means must persuade the man to say yest to you, you begin doing all this bizarre [expletive] that’s all flowing from the truth that we’ve got the facility to resolve who goes the place.”

Daniels is the betting favorite to be the No. 2 total decide in subsequent week’s draft behind USC’s Caleb Williams.