Joe Theismann urges Jayden Daniels to play smart, 'protect yourself' after latest injury

Washington Commanders fans saw their franchise backmost spell down with an agonizing wounded yet again earlier this week, arsenic Jayden Daniels dislocated his near elbow successful gruesome fashion.

Unfortunately, that has not been an uncommon show for Commanders fans, arsenic they've seen akin injuries to Joe Theismann, Robert Griffin III, and Alex Smith.

This volition beryllium the 3rd abstracted clip this play successful which Daniels has missed time, with the 2 different stints coming from hamstring injuries. With Daniels’ injuries, the Commanders’ play has derailed aft an NFC Championship Game quality successful Daniels’ rookie season, though.

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Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels (5) runs the shot defended by Seattle Seahawks linebacker Drake Thomas (42) during the 2nd fractional astatine Northwest Stadium.  (Amber Searls/Imagn Images)

Despite the play being each but over, Theismann said the Commanders should fto Daniels backmost connected the tract lone if helium is "medically cleared 100%, that helium would not hazard further wounded to immoderate of the injuries that he's had."

"I deliberation being capable to spell backmost and play astatine immoderate constituent would beryllium beneficial to him to proceed to grow. You person to retrieve he's lone successful his 2nd twelvemonth and hasn't played a batch successful his 2nd year. And the lone existent mode you larn however to play this crippled is being retired connected the field, due to the fact that you person to negociate situations, you person to expect coverages, you person to support yourself," Theismann said successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital.

Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels (5) is helped disconnected the tract aft injuring his limb successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, successful Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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The "protect yourself" portion whitethorn really beryllium the astir important aspect, particularly for a moving backmost similar Daniels.

"This is the 1 happening I archer each young quarterbacks erstwhile I get a accidental to beryllium astir them: Don't number connected the rules to support you. Protect yourself, tally retired of bounds, slide, propulsion the shot away. Always deliberation of the adjacent opportunity, the adjacent play, due to the fact that it doesn't bash you immoderate bully to effort and instrumentality a changeable oregon effort and get peculiar worldly erstwhile you’re hurt. You can’t larn erstwhile you’re hurt," Theismann said.

"Same happening with Jaxson Dart — portion of his crippled is running. OK, fine. Anthony Richardson, his crippled was running. You're not gonna tally implicit these guys, and here's the happening — this is what I see. What radical don't recognize is that arsenic a wide receiver, you get to support yourself a small more. As a moving quarterback, erstwhile you get hit, you're not utilized to getting pounded. You're not utilized to going to the ground. It's not an mundane occurrence for you arsenic a quarterback. You're successful a battalion of radical erstwhile you driblet back, but erstwhile you get retired into unfastened space, you get tackled. The happening that happens is your caput hits the crushed — that's wherever the concussions occur. You ticker quarterbacks successful the pocket, their bottommost hits the ground, past each of a sudden, bang — that's wherever you get each the concussions. And erstwhile you’re successful the unfastened field, you’re casual meat. Hopefully he’ll beryllium smarter aft this. You don’t person to amusement you tin run. There are times and ways to run, and times and ways not to run. Protect yourself."

New York Giants backmost Jaxson Dart reacts aft scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, successful Chicago.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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The Commanders did not enactment Daniels connected injured reserve, a motion that helium could travel backmost to the tract sooner alternatively than later.

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