BREAKING: Commanders Provide SHOCKING Jayden Daniels Injury Update Before High-Stakes Raiders Game – Fans Left Stunned
The Las Vegas Raiders are in need of a bounce-back win after losing to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 2. Pete Carroll and his team will travel to the Nation’s Capital to face the Washington Commanders.
Moreover, the Silver and Black could face a Commanders side without their best player, Jayden Daniels. The Washington quarterback suffered a left knee injury last Thursday in the loss to the Green Bay Packers, casting doubt on his availability for Sunday’s game against the Raiders.
On September 17, the Commanders’ head coach, Dan Quinn, provided an update on the issue.
“So Jayden had a good rehab session [on September 17],” Quinn told reporters (h/t
Commanders Will Be Cautious With Jayden Daniels
While Washington, like Las Vegas, will want to have a bounce-back win, and Daniels will want to be out there, Quinn and the coaching staff are being cautious. It’s only Week 3, so they don’t want to risk their star quarterback aggravating an injury and being out longer than needed.
“We’re going through that process,” Quinn added. “That’s him as a competitor, but we also recognize the importance of the person, the player, what he means to the franchise. So we’re also going to be smart, not just fast, in this assessment.
“So it was a good start to the week for us, throwing the movements at the position. So I know we’ve talked a little bit about return to play, but there are position-specific skills that you do for each one. So he hit those today, which was a good start. And then, like I said, I’ll give you the final update on Friday.”
Raiders QB Geno Smith Will Be Motivated
Although it’s uncertain whether Daniels will play, the Raiders will have their starting quarterback under center. Moreover, Geno Smith will be looking for a bounce-back performance after a disastrous showing on Monday Night Football against the Chargers.
Smith completed 24 of 43 passes for 180 yards with his three interceptions. Furthermore, the veteran quarterback couldn’t find the end zone in the challenging loss.
“I’ve got to learn from it,”
“But you can never just say you can flush it. You’ve got to learn from it. I’m going to be super hard on myself—extremely hard on myself—because that’s all I know. I’m going to get better this week; I’m going to find ways to get better from, and we’ll be better as a team as well.”
Browns’ Offense Faces Terrifying Test Against Packers’ Elite Defense
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The brewing storm heading toward Cleveland this Sunday isn’t meteorological — it’s the Green Bay Packers’ ferocious pass rush that’s set to test the Browns’ struggling offense and their immobile 40-year-old quarterback.
Orange and Brown Talk podcast host Dan Labbe framed the central question haunting Browns fans: “How does (Joe Flacco) deal with that pressure and that defense that the Packers are bringing to town and is it going to look like it did Sunday or is he going to be able to get this figured out and maybe get rid of the ball a little quicker, not turn the football over, make better decisions? That’s going to be honestly probably the determining factor.”
The numbers tell a grim story. The Packers arrive with eight sacks (tied for second in the NFL), 18 quarterback hits (second in the NFL) and 33 pressures (among the league leaders). Their defense is clicking while Cleveland’s offense remains stuck in neutral.
Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot didn’t mince words about the situation: “The Browns offense, the offensive line is going to have an enormous task trying to keep Joe Flacco upright in this game. And he’s also going to have to run those bootlegs and those keepers. The Browns are going to have to try to run the ball somehow, some way, however they can do it.”
What makes this matchup particularly concerning is the stark contrast between the two units. Green Bay’s defense appears in mid-season form while Cleveland’s offense is struggling with the fundamentals.
“I do think it’s in part because they conducted a four-way quarterback competition in camp,” Cabot added. “I do think that set back this offense in terms of continuity and cohesiveness. But it’s also just the fact that you are dealing with now a 40-year-old quarterback who really wasn’t supposed to be the starter for this football team this season.”
The Browns might need to get creative with jet sweeps, end-arounds, and jumbo packages to establish any offensive rhythm. But the elephant in the room remains the turnover battle — a statistic where these teams couldn’t be more different.
“I think the issue with this game specifically, and why I have a hard time seeing the formula to win is just because they have been turning the ball over,” said Browns beat reporter Ashley Bastock. “And there’s no way you’re gonna beat this team if you lose the turnover battle. You’re not gonna win most games if you lose the turnover battle.”
The Browns have now gone nine straight games losing the turnover battle, while the Packers consistently win that crucial statistical category. Cleveland hasn’t forced an interception since playing Denver last year, a streak that seems almost statistically impossible.
This matchup has all the makings of a perfect storm — an elite defense against a sputtering offense, a turnover-hungry team against a turnover-prone one, and an immobile quarterback against a relentless pass rush.
If there’s any silver lining, it’s that the NFL regularly produces unexpected results. As Bastock noted, “weird things happen in this league all the time.” The Browns will need every bit of that unpredictability to pull off what would be a shocking upset on Sunday.
