Football 301 Playbook: How Jayden Daniels and Commanders can attack the Eagles in a tasty Thursday matchup

To say the Washington Commanders have exceeded expectations in 2024 is a wild understatement.

At 7-3, they’ve already blown past their preseason betting total of 6.5 wins with seven games to spare. Retread head coach Dan Quinn, at one point seeming more like a consolation prize in the Ben Johnson sweepstakes than a preferred hire, has brought his infectious energy and attitude, and shifted the mindset of an entire organization. Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, who was last seen in the NFL ejecting out of Phoenix and from a listless Cardinals team and needing such a life reset he took a trip to Thailand, has turned a unit led by a rookie QB, a frustratingly underutilized wide receiver and a smattering of glue guys and role players into one of the best offenses in the NFL. The Commanders are second in offensive DVOA, success rate, and EPA per play, just like we all expected.

That rookie QB, Jayden Daniels, was thrown into the deep waters of a Todd Bowles defense in Week 1, and after his initial struggles, has found a way to keep his head above water and swim no matter where the currents are going.

Despite a Week 10 loss, it has all come together for the Commanders in a quicker and more cohesive way than even the most optimistic Commanders fan or organization member could have fathomed. With a juicy Thursday Night Football matchup on tap between the Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles, I wanted to look at exactly why this Commanders offense and Daniels have been not only a pleasant surprise, but an actually good unit that has given defenses fits. And I’ll examine at how that might look against an Eagles defense that has been morphing into a top-end unit in their own right.

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Publish date : 2024-11-14 05:51:53

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