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Jayden Daniels is tired.
At the Washington Commanders' mandatory minicamp on Wednesday, starting quarterback Jayden Daniels said he is done talking about last year. One thing is certain: Daniels is tired of talking about the 5-12, 2025 season. He was asked about it again on Wednesday, and he frankly shed light, revealing his feelings. He doesn't want to talk about it anymore.
It's tough to say what the right answer was to the question asked of Daniels. Once again, as is so often the case in life, there are two sides to each coin. The media have had so little opportunity to speak with Daniels directly since the completion of the dreadful 2025 season. Consequently, I fully understand why Daniels was asked about his struggles in 2025.
On the other hand, though Daniels has only spoken with the media at an earlier Organized Team Activity (OTA), Daniels has talked with many others in the national media, many friends, many family members, teammates, coaches, and the front office. He has relived last season repeatedly in his own mind. He watched his offensive coordinator lose his job over the 2025 season performance, the same week, Daniels' mom had spoken out about how she and Jayden loved former OC Kliff Kingsbury.
I don't know where you draw the line. Certainly, Daniels should expect to be asked about last season. He should expect questions about his missing 10 games, the many injuries to skill position players, his own injuries, and the team losing 12 games the very next season after they won 12 regular-season games. Each of those is fair game.
But for how long? Certainly, once this season begins, absolutely no one in the media should expect Daniels to be forced to talk about the disappointments of the 2025 season. When should Daniels say, 'Enough is enough, 2025 is in the past, we are moving on to 2026 now.'
Perhaps Daniels could have told the media something like, "Tell you what, guys, I will answer your questions today about 2025. But I think you should know going forward, when I am back here next month for training camp, I am only talking about this year, this season, this team, and moving forward. Everybody understand? Now, to your question about last season's struggles..."
Last Sunday, our pastor preached from the book of Proverbs. He reminded us that in our day-by-day journey, we will often find ourselves uncertain of what the right thing to do is. He then told us not to ask ourselves, 'What is the right thing to do? But rather ask ourselves, "What would be a wise thing to do?"
Perhaps that is a better way to look at this situation for Daniels. Seek to understand that the media is trying to do their job, provide them sufficient notice of when you are finished talking about last season, and then wisely, keep the boundary you have set with the media.
Oh, it is so much easier to sit out here and come up with a helpful solution when we are not the ones under the lights, isn't it?
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels made himself clear about 2025
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At the Washington Commanders' mandatory minicamp on Wednesday, starting quarterback Jayden Daniels said he is done talking about last year. One thing is certain: Daniels is tired of talking about the 5-12, 2025 season. He was asked about it again on Wednesday, and he frankly shed light, revealing his feelings. He doesn't want to talk about it anymore.
It's tough to say what the right answer was to the question asked of Daniels. Once again, as is so often the case in life, there are two sides to each coin. The media have had so little opportunity to speak with Daniels directly since the completion of the dreadful 2025 season. Consequently, I fully understand why Daniels was asked about his struggles in 2025.
On the other hand, though Daniels has only spoken with the media at an earlier Organized Team Activity (OTA), Daniels has talked with many others in the national media, many friends, many family members, teammates, coaches, and the front office. He has relived last season repeatedly in his own mind. He watched his offensive coordinator lose his job over the 2025 season performance, the same week, Daniels' mom had spoken out about how she and Jayden loved former OC Kliff Kingsbury.
I don't know where you draw the line. Certainly, Daniels should expect to be asked about last season. He should expect questions about his missing 10 games, the many injuries to skill position players, his own injuries, and the team losing 12 games the very next season after they won 12 regular-season games. Each of those is fair game.
But for how long? Certainly, once this season begins, absolutely no one in the media should expect Daniels to be forced to talk about the disappointments of the 2025 season. When should Daniels say, 'Enough is enough, 2025 is in the past, we are moving on to 2026 now.'
Perhaps Daniels could have told the media something like, "Tell you what, guys, I will answer your questions today about 2025. But I think you should know going forward, when I am back here next month for training camp, I am only talking about this year, this season, this team, and moving forward. Everybody understand? Now, to your question about last season's struggles..."
Last Sunday, our pastor preached from the book of Proverbs. He reminded us that in our day-by-day journey, we will often find ourselves uncertain of what the right thing to do is. He then told us not to ask ourselves, 'What is the right thing to do? But rather ask ourselves, "What would be a wise thing to do?"
Perhaps that is a better way to look at this situation for Daniels. Seek to understand that the media is trying to do their job, provide them sufficient notice of when you are finished talking about last season, and then wisely, keep the boundary you have set with the media.
Oh, it is so much easier to sit out here and come up with a helpful solution when we are not the ones under the lights, isn't it?
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: Jayden Daniels made himself clear about 2025
Continue reading...
