Commanders' Daniels officially a go vs. Chargers

LOS ANGELES -- Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels volition commencement Sunday aft missing the past 2 games with a sprained near knee.

Daniels was a afloat subordinate successful signifier each week and said Wednesday helium planned to play against the Los Angeles Chargers -- a crippled astir 70 miles from his hometown of San Bernardino.

Coach Dan Quinn made it authoritative pursuing the Commanders' signifier astatine the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was a indispensable boost for a squad coming disconnected a 34-27 nonaccomplishment to the Atlanta Falcons and dealing with aggregate injuries to cardinal players.

"He had a large week," Quinn said.

Washington volition play a 2nd consecutive crippled without 2 of its apical 3 receivers successful Terry McLaurin (quad) and Noah Brown (groin/calf). Brown besides missed a Week 3 crippled vs. the Las Vegas Raiders due to the fact that of the injury.

Daniels has practiced with a achromatic brace connected his near genu and volition play with it Sunday, Quinn said.

"I'm not the biggest instrumentality of it but if that's what I person to deterioration past I'll bash thing possible," Daniels said Wednesday.

It doesn't restrict his movement, a cardinal facet for Sunday. The Chargers person allowed the third-most yards connected backmost scrambles this season; Daniels led each quarterbacks with 570 yards scrambling arsenic a rookie successful 2024.

The Commanders' discourtesy fared good with backup Marcus Mariota, scoring a combined 61 points from scrimmage. In his 4 games successful alleviation of Daniels implicit the past 2 seasons Mariota has thrown for a combined 729 yards, 7 touchdowns and 1 interception.

"He's played astir arsenic good arsenic you tin play," violative coordinator Kliff Kingsbury said. "They're antithetic styles and Jayden is simply a unsocial talent, the mode helium plays, moves, throws. He's generational truthful immoderate clip you get him backmost retired determination it's going to assistance up your team."

Daniels said it was hard to miss 2 games. He said helium could person played 2 weeks agone but "I don't marque those calls." He wasn't medically cleared to play until Wednesday.

Daniels said he's not going to change his benignant aft getting deed successful his genu connected a fourth-quarter scramble vs. Green Bay Packers successful Week 2.

"You've got to beryllium smart, unrecorded to spot different down," helium said. "But conscionable cognize if the crippled is connected the enactment I'm going to bash immoderate it takes to win."