For the final 30 years or so, the Washington Commanders have been NFL laughingstocks, and it has disturbed long-time followers who bear in mind a time when the workforce was one of many extra profitable franchises within the league.
Within the Eighties and early-Nineteen Nineties, they gained three Tremendous Bowl championships below head coach Joe Gibbs, however two generations of followers have solely recognized the workforce as one which merely can not work out the best way to have even a contact of success.
However now, with new possession in place and a possible franchise quarterback in Jayden Daniels, the No. 2 choose on this 12 months’s draft, the Commanders could lastly be heading in the right direction.
On their official Twitter account, they let or not it’s recognized that all the gamers they drafted this April at the moment are formally signed.
Our total 2024 draft class is formally signed 🖊️ pic.twitter.com/9XKwEnwXPv
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) June 14, 2024
Daniels had a whale of a 2023 season at LSU, throwing for 3,812 yards and 40 touchdowns and including 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns on the bottom.
He gained the Heisman Trophy and a slew of different particular person awards, and in most years, he probably would’ve simply been the No. 1 choose within the draft.
However Washington additionally has just a few different incoming rookies who might grow to be viable gamers.
Defensive lineman Jer’Zhan Newton was one of many extra extremely ranked defensive linemen coming into the draft, whereas Mike Sainristil is a promising cornerback.
With the No. 100 choose within the third spherical, Washington took Luke McCaffrey, a large receiver out of Rice College who’s the youthful brother of San Francisco 49ers star working again Christian McCaffrey, the reigning Offensive Participant of the Yr.
He’s additionally the son of two-time Tremendous Bowl champion Ed McCaffrey, and he posted 992 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns final season.