Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said there was no discussion in leaving quarterback Jayden Daniels in the game, a prime-time blowout against the Seattle Seahawks in which Daniels suffered a gruesome left elbow injury.
With the benefit of hindsight, Quinn said, it could have played out differently.
"The hindsight, you don't want to think that way, where injury could take place," Quinn told reporters after the 38-14 loss. "You're more conservative in that spot, running and handoffs and not have reads to go."
Daniels had already missed three games due to injury – a knee ailment that kept him out Weeks 3 and 4, and a more-recent hamstring injury that caused him to miss the Commanders' game six days prior against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Halfway through the fourth quarter and the Commanders trailing 38-7, Daniels took a shotgun snap from the Seahawks' two-yard line. Seahawks linebacker Drake Thomas wrapped him up and flung the quarterback, listed at a generous 210 pounds. Daniels' left arm landed awkwardly and bent in a way that no arm should.
