Dan Quinn sheds light on decision to keep Jayden Daniels on the field, but it won’t be answers Commanders fans want to hear

Commanders fans won’t like Dan Quinn’s answer about Jayden Daniels being in the game.

Josh Taylor — Washington Commanders News Writer
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The Washington Commanders’ season officially became a nightmare after the worst possible outcome happened against the Seattle Seahawks, and it was avoidable.

Franchise quarterback Jayden Daniels stayed in the game during a 38-7 blowout with eight minutes left, a decision that the coaching staff will think about forever. Daniels tried to score on a run play and went down with a gruesome left elbow injury. He needed an air cast on his arm as he left the field, and now people want answers on why he was still in the game.

Playing your quarterback in a game that’s well over, while coming back from another injury, will result in a heavy debate of why the coaching staff had him out there in the first place. Now that your young quarterback has suffered a severe injury, you have to face the consequences of your decisions.

Dan Quinn speaks on the decision to leave Jayden Daniels in

Everyone wanted to hear from head coach Dan Quinn after the game and get insight into what went into the decision to keep Daniels in the game before the injury happened. Fans probably won’t like what he had to say when he was asked if pulling him was a consideration.

“Yeah, not in that space,” Quinn said. “I mean, obviously, like, the hindsight, you don’t want to think that way where an injury could take place. Obviously, we’re more conservative in that spot, to you know, run and hand off and not have reads to go. But just the end result, I’m bummed.”

Quinn was then asked more specifically if Daniels’ playing style added any extra thought, since he likes to scramble and is more prone to getting hit. He was also asked if the play just wasn’t what they had called up.

“Obviously, I’m just gutted by this,” Quinn added. “Bummed. You know, we don’t have any read plays on it. And the one that he was on injured is, you know, there’s usually a runner or throw to the flat. It’s not a scramble. So it wasn’t a designed read or play, you know, into that spot. If we run it, you know, 50 times, it’s either hand off or throw, you know. So it’s, yeah, it’s a bummer, man, in a big way.”

Regardless of what the coaching staff’s thought process was for keeping Daniels on the field in a blowout, it goes against everything they preached about regarding doing the right thing and protecting the quarterback during his two other injuries this season.

This is the kind of decision that will quickly spark discussion about changes that need to be made, whether they like it or not.

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