Jayden Daniels: Offense must fight through adversity

In one of his press conferences ahead of Thursday night’s game against the Eagles, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said there was “a lot more under the hood” on offense while discussing the team’s success on that side of the ball through the first 10 weeks of the season.

Signs of that success were hard to find in the 26-18 loss to the Eagles. The Commanders gained just 264 yards in the game, and much of that came on a late touchdown drive with the team already down 16 points.

The play came after the team picked up a season-low 242 yards in a 28-27 loss to the Steelers, and quarterback Jayden Daniels was asked what has changed for the unit over the last few weeks.

“For us? Man, we’ve got to execute,” Daniels said via a team transcript. “We haven’t executed like we were before at the beginning of the season. So we have to go back and, as I said, look at ourselves in the mirror. How can we improve? How can we keep improving? It’s a long season so there will be ups and downs, but how can we fight through adversity?”

Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s tenure as head coach with the Cardinals was marked by offenses that flamed out in the second half of the season, and Washington will have some extra time before their next game to work on ways to ensure that same win. not happen to them.