Dan Quinn: Commanders are bummed for Jayden Daniels, will rally around Marcus Mariota

Published September 20, 2026 08:14 PM The Commanders don’t yet know how serious Jayden Daniels’ elbow injury is, but the tone of coach Dan Quinn’s post-game comments suggested that Daniels will be out for a while.Quinn talked about the importance of supporting both Daniels and backup quarterback Marcus Mariota, who finished today’s game against the Cowboys and will apparently be starting for the Commanders next week.“He did injure his left elbow, it was a dislocation. X-rays showed no fracture. He’ll travel back home with the team. More imaging tomorrow,” Quinn said after the game. “Man, are we bummed for him. I thought he was really playing his ass off. And we will rally so hard around Marcus until Jayden is back.”It’s the second year in a row that Daniels has dislocated his non-throwing elbow. Last year, Daniels missed four weeks with the injury, returned for one game, re-aggravated the elbow in that game, and then missed the final four weeks of the season.How much time Daniels misses now remains to be seen, but Quinn summed Daniels’ injury up by saying, “It sucks.”