Jayden Daniels injury update: NFL Insider provides possible timeline for Commanders QB

Jayden Daniels, dealing with a hamstring injury, was reported as out on Wednesday for the Commanders’ matchup in Kansas City for Week 8 on Monday Night Football. ESPN’s Adam Schefter has now added further to his status.

Schefter shared the latest on Daniels while on ‘Get Up’ on Thursday morning. He thinks, based on the current timeline of Lamar Jackson, who has been out since Week 5 and is still uncertain to play in Week 8 with a hamstring injury himself, that Daniels could potentially miss more than just this one game here for the Commanders.

“Not going to play on Monday night. It’s going to be Marcus Mariota in Kansas City, which…(can go) better than people think. Marcus Mariota steps in, but Jayden Daniels has that hamstring injury,” Schefter said. “And, look what Lamar Jackson just missed. He missed two games, the bye and we still don’t know whether he’s back three weeks later. Jayden Daniels might be, might be, on a similar timeline, which could derail Washington’s season.”

Daniels exited the 44-22 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon with this hamstring injury. The MRI results on it showed he avoided anything “significant or long-term,” according to Dan Quinn on Monday, but he was then reported as out for their next game as of Wednesday.

What makes this more possible is the short turnaround from Week 8 to Week 9 for the Commanders. Washington will go to Kansas City for Monday Night Football, but will then play the Seattle Seahawks on the following Sunday. He may only be reported or listed as out for this week as of now, but if his rehab doesn’t see the right amount of progress by next week, it could cost him as many as two games in seven days’ time. Washington then doesn’t have a bye until Week 12.

In the 22-point loss in Arlington, Daniels was 12-22 (54.5%) for 156 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 35 yards and another score. He, due to a knee injury as well this season, though, has already missed two games against the Las Vegas Raiders and Atlanta Falcons, with him at 61% completion for 206.2 passing yards per game with eight touchdowns and one interception, while running for 42.2 yards and that lone score in his five games.

Nothing is official yet as far as Daniels. That said, at least out of potential precaution by the team, it could still be a multi-game absence for him, which would be less than ideal in the nation’s capital with Washington already at 3-4 overall to be third in the NFC East.