The Washington Commanders followed up their first day of fans present for training camp with their first day in pads on Monday.
Of course, Commanders fans were present as well which only amplified the excitement around seeing this year’s squads go toe-to-toe with as close to a full array of weapons at their disposal as we’ll see until the first preseason game against the New York Jets.
Even if the team isn’t going at each other fully it was good to see the competition at training camp ramped up, and it was even better to see the rookies on the Washington roster hold their own against the vets.
We’ve been calling our breakdown of quarterback Jayden Daniels’ practice performances our ‘Eye On The Tiger’ on Locked On Commanders, so why not fold it over here to the Sports Illustrated platform, right?
On the day, in teams, Daniels completed five of his eight pass attempts throwing two touchdowns and getting sacked once (he wasn’t actually hit because it’s practice, but Daron Payne would have notched a sack following initial pressure by Jonathan Allen if allowed).
The two touchdown passes came in goal line work with one going to the right side to receiver Olamide Zaccheus and the other to the left to running back Austin Ekeler.
