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The Washington Commanders blew out Pete Carroll and the Las Vegas Raiders at home, 41–24 on Sunday with backup quarterback Marcus Mariota under center.
They’ll be without second-year quarterback Jayden Daniels, who suffered a knee sprain on the first play of the fourth quarter against the Packers. Though he finished the game, Daniels missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday and was officially ruled out against the Raiders on Friday.
The Washington Commanders were without starting quarterback Jayden Daniels in Week 3 against the Las Vegas Raiders due to a knee injury. Rather than sending him out to play through a strain and potentially risk further aggravating his injury, the team made the right decision and started backup QB Marcus Mariota.
Washington Coach Dan Quinn announces that the second-year quarterback will miss a game for the first time in his NFL career.
On top of that, defensive tackle B.J. Hill was limited on Thursday with due to non-injury-related rest, while linebacker Logan Wilson returned to full practice after being limited with ankle injury. Rookie defensive end Shemar Stewart remains out with his own ankle injury.
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