Commanders Pegged To Land 5x All-Pro For Jayden Daniels (Report)
The Washington Commanders are off to an incredible start in 2024. Through their first six games, they’re 4-2 and sit alone atop the NFC East. Rookie Jayden Daniels has surpassed all expectations as the starting quarterback and has looked like a veteran starter at times.
His play has put Washington a prime destination for star athletes. One of whom could wind up in the Nation’s capital very soon.
Commanders Pegged To Land 5x All-Pro For Jayden Daniels (Report)
The 33rd Team’s Marcus Mosher highlighted how star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins could wind up in Washington:
The Washington Commanders have a 1.5-game lead in the NFC East, and this appears to be their division to lose. The Cowboys are a mess, and the Eagles have major issues on both sides of the ball. Sitting at 4-2, the Commanders have an easy schedule the rest of the way, and 10+ wins certainly aren’t off the table.
Washington has been one of the league’s top offenses through six weeks (29.7 PPG), but it has been reliant on Terry McLaurin, Zach Ertz, and Austin Ekeler to carry its passing offense. All three players are 29 or older, and Ertz and Ekeler don’t have the best track record when it comes to injuries. Jayden Daniels would really benefit by having another option in the receiving game that can beat 1-on-1 coverage.
DeAndre Hopkins is the best receiver who might be able to, and he is stuck on one of the league’s worst pass offenses. The Titans are 1-5, and it’s clear that they have no chance of making a second-half run to the postseason. While they likely won’t be “sellers” at the deadline, trading a 32-year-old Hopkins does make sense as they try to rebuild the offense.
Another reason why this fit makes sense is that Hopkins has already played in Kliff Kingsbury’s offense when he was the head coach in Arizona. Hopkins loved playing with Kingsbury and averaged nearly 80 receiving yards per game in their final year together (2022).
Hopkins isn’t capable of posting those types of numbers anymore, but the Commanders don’t need him to. They just need him to be a reliable and consistent No. 2 receiver, and he can certainly still do that.
