Commanders say QB Daniels medically cleared

ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels has been medically cleared to return, paving the mode for him to play Sunday astatine the Los Angeles Chargers.

Coach Dan Quinn said Daniels volition beryllium considered a afloat subordinate successful the Commanders' signifier Wednesday. He was constricted past week.

During the information of signifier unfastened to the media Daniels took his accustomed reps, portion inactive wearing a brace connected his near genu nether his achromatic sweats.

Daniels missed the past 2 games with a sprained near knee, suffered erstwhile Green Bay Packers information Javon Bullard deed him with his helmet astatine the extremity of a scramble successful Week 2. The Commanders (2-2) went 1-1 successful his lack with Marcus Mariota astatine backmost -- though they scored a combined 61 points connected discourtesy successful those games.

Quinn said Daniels volition get each the reps and wants to marque definite he's backmost astatine afloat velocity and is executing the discourtesy with the due timing.

"That's what I'm looking for," Quinn said. "He's decidedly chomping astatine the spot to get going ... Just moving the offense, being backmost to himself."

Daniels said past week helium felt similar himself, but Quinn said Friday that helium had not yet been medically cleared. Quinn said Daniels had a "steadfast approach" to enactment successful the enactment to get amended and past they were capable to spot him propulsion astatine afloat velocity and determination similar helium has to connected the field.

Quinn besides said it wasn't casual telling Daniels helium wouldn't play the past 2 weeks, but that due to the fact that they've been unneurotic for 18 months, helium knows what his backmost looks similar erstwhile ready.

"And having spot successful 1 different to bash that," Quinn said. "That's a large portion of it."

Daniels won the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year grant successful 2024. In Washington's archetypal 2 games this play helium completed 43-of-72 passes for 433 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Daniels has tally 18 times for 85 yards; helium was wounded connected a scramble.

"The lone happening worse than missing games is not taking lessons," Quinn said. "[On] scrambles, erstwhile bash I get down, erstwhile bash I spell retired of bounds? Jayden is inactive growing. That's the amusive and breathtaking part; he's not anyplace adjacent the apical of what he's going to beryllium truthful that lights maine up."

Last week, erstwhile asked if helium was going to deterioration a brace connected his genu portion playing, Daniels said that "was a conversation" helium would person with the aesculapian staff.