Commanders' Daniels out; Mariota to start vs. LV

ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels has been ruled retired for Sunday's matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders owed to a genu injury, manager Dan Quinn announced Friday.

Veteran Marcus Mariota volition get the commencement successful spot of Daniels, who was not connected the signifier tract during the unfastened viewing information of Friday's practice.

Daniels sprained his near genu successful a Week 2 nonaccomplishment astatine Green Bay and was incapable to signifier Wednesday and Thursday. Quinn said earlier successful the week that he'd privation to spot Daniels signifier earlier making a determination connected Daniels presumption for the game, expressing his tendency to spot his second-year backmost run, pivot and cut-crucial parts of his game.

Quinn had said aggregate times passim the week that they understood Daniels' value to the enactment and did not privation to unreserved him back.

Washington (1-1) hosts the Raiders (1-1) astatine 1 p.m. Sunday.

Mariota relieved Daniels successful 2 games past play erstwhile helium got wounded - successful wins implicit Carolina and the regular play finale astatine Dallas. In those games Mariota completed a combined 33-of-41 passes for 366 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He knows what his teammate is going done and promised earlier this week to beryllium "ready to go" successful Daniels' absence.

"I've been successful situations similar this wherever you effort to combat done it and possibly you're not playing similar yourself, and it is hard," said Mariota. "You privation to beryllium retired determination for your squad and pugnacious it out. We recognize Jayden is going to bash everything successful his powerfulness to play.

"We ever archer him, conscionable beryllium you, and if you consciousness done the people of the week you get backmost to that point, great. We'll enactment you to beryllium acceptable to roll. If you request a week, that's OK, I'll beryllium acceptable to go, too."

In the archetypal 2 games Daniels completed 43-of-72 passes for 433 gait and 3 touchdowns portion rushing for 85 yards. Last season, Daniels was named the NFL's violative rookie of the twelvemonth successful 2024 aft throwing for 3,568 yards, 25 touchdowns and lone 9 interceptions. He rushed for 891 yards and six scores.