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Commanders QB Jayden Daniels Enjoyed the Bye But Stayed in Football Mode

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1 year ago

December 12, 2024

Commanders QB Jayden Daniels Enjoyed the Bye But Stayed in Football Mode

Bye weeks are opportunities for players on teams like the Washington Commanders to get some rest, take a break from the grind that is the NFL season, and sometimes reconnect with the communities they come from and live in.

For Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, his first NFL bye week was a chance to do it all.

Before visiting the Children’s National Hospital in his local Washington community this week Daniels went back home to southern California where he held a holiday toy drive back at his high school. An opportunity and event that brought him some respite, but also an opportunity to show that he hasn’t forgotten where he came from.

Dec 1, 2024; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) runs with the ball Tennessee Titans linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. (56) during the second half at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images / Amber Searls-Imagn Images

“I stayed moving around, didn’t do too much, kind of let the body, mind and soul rest and reset. But I was out there to be able to spend time with family and friends, and blessed enough to do a toy drive back in my whole high school,” Daniels said of his bye week activities.

“It’s dope. I love being able to see the joy on kids’ faces. And obviously during different circumstances, obviously at the children’s hospital yesterday, just be able to go out there and bring some joy with them, interact with them. And then back home, be able to get some toys to some people that might be less fortunate and might be struggling to provide for their kids with some toys. So, it was dope to be able to be a part of that.”

While he was enjoying the ‘bigger than football’ moments of the week Daniels never let football get too far away from his mind though. Something that is expected from a rookie who shows the work ethic of a seasoned pro and a passion for the game that is both natural and enduring.

“I kind of stay in that mode,” Daniels said when asked if its been hard at all to get back to football after the break. “I know what’s ahead of us and we gotta go out there and compete and try to win some football games. But I mean, it’s always good to step back for a minute and kind of just reset and take the football hat off and just, we could be able to go out there and be a regular person. Not get caught up in, ‘Oh, I gotta watch film,’ or do this, or I gotta go lift and stuff like that. It is good to kind of just reset, be around the people that kept me grounded and keep me humble. And it was, but once I knew I got back out here, I knew it was time to go.”

Not only is it time to get back to playing, it’s time to get back to winning, something the Commanders did the last time they were on the field hosting the Tennessee Titans.

That win put Washington one step closer to securing a playoff spot, a great achievement for any team, let alone one with a rookie quarterback drafted No. 2 overall just this year.

Beating the New Orleans Saints this weekend is going to take focus, and a team effort, and features an opponent that will not give any leeway for a team if it struggles to regain its football footing. Fortunately, it looks like Daniels and his teammates never let the reality of their situation stray too far while getting some much-deserved rest and relaxation.

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Deceased man may have slashed neck on window trying to break into DC home

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January 29, 2026

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Deceased man may have slashed neck on window trying to break into DC home

Workers discovered a man’s body in a bush at a home in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon.

Detectives are investigating the possibility the man was trying to break into a home on Idaho Avenue in Cathedral Heights, sources familiar with the investigation told News4. He may have cut his neck on window class trying to get inside.

Police have not released details about the man.

The investigation closed Idaho Avenue near Massachusetts Avenue for a few hours Thursday afternoon.

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Saudi and Israeli officials visit Washington to discuss possible strikes on Iran, Axios reports

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January 29, 2026

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Saudi and Israeli officials visit Washington to discuss possible strikes on Iran, Axios reports

Jan 29 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is hosting senior defense and intelligence officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia for talks on Iran this week as U.S. President Donald Trump considers military strikes, Axios reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Uncertainty over the possibility of military action in Iran has lingered after Trump said last week that an “armada” was heading toward the country but that he hoped he would not have to use it.

The Israelis traveled to Washington to share intelligence on potential targets inside Iran, while Saudi officials sought to help avert a wider regional war by pushing for a diplomatic solution, the Axios report said.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that Riyadh would not allow its airspace or territory to be used for military actions against Tehran, state news agency SPA reported earlier this week.

Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson and Alison Williams

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Washington Lands QB From Stanford

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January 26, 2026

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On Monday, On3 Sports insider, Hayes Fawcett, was first to report that former Stanford quarterback Elijah Brown transferred to Washington, officially ending his tenure on The Farm. This comes nearly two weeks after Brown entered the transfer portal, and he will head to Seattle with three years of eligibility remaining.

Brown will presumably to be the backup to Demond Williams at Washington. Williams, who signed a $4 million deal to play for the Huskies at the end of the season, initially entered the transfer portal himself on Jan. 8.

But after backlash and threatened legal action by the university, he ultimately decided to stay with the program for the ’26 season. As a result, Brown will likely use this season to continue to develop and compete for the starting job in 2027 after Williams’ presumed departure for the NFL.

A former four-star recruit, Brown started for parts of two seasons at Stanford, playing in three games with one start as a true freshman, which was limited due to an early season injury.

As a redshirt freshman in 2025, Brown played in six games with three starts, finishing the season with 829 pass yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. His best game of the season came against North Carolina on Nov. 8, where he threw for 284 yards, one touchdown and one interception in a 20-15 loss.

A star at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, Brown started all four of his years at the school and became only the fourth player in school history to earn the starting quarterback job as a freshman.

In his sophomore season, after throwing for 2,581 yards and 30 touchdowns, Brown led Mater Dei to a perfect 12-0 record and the CIF Open Division Title. As a junior, Brown once again shined for Mater Dei, throwing for 2,785 yards, 31 touchdowns and four interceptions as the program went 12-1.

After another dominant season that saw Brown throw for over 2,900 yards and nearly 40 touchdowns while winning another state title, he committed to Stanford over offers from several other big name schools including Alabama, UCLA, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan. After signing with the Cardinal, he became the highest rated quarterback to commit to the school since Tanner McKee in 2018.

But Brown’s college career has been far from what was expected. After a promising college debut against Cal Poly in his true freshman season, Brown injured his hand and missed basically the whole season, playing in only two other games where he struggled.

In 2025, Brown lost the starting job in training camp to Ben Gulbranson and even after replacing Gulbranson late in the season, he never was able to get Stanford’s offense to that next level. When he found success, it was typically late in games once the outcome was more or less decided.

New head coach Tavita Pritchard has a strong reputation for developing quarterbacks which could have benefitted Brown, but after Stanford signed Davis Warren from Michigan, in addition to bringing in new recruits such as Michael Mitchell Jr., the QB room got too crowded for Brown.

Now, Brown will be coached by another elite offensive mind in Jedd Fisch, a coach he hopes will bring out the best in him and have him playing like the four-star recruit he came into college as.