Warren Sharp isn’t giving Jayden Daniels’ 2025 season any weight at all.
The NFL analyst, who appeared on “The Al Galdi Podcast” on Thursday, said he is essentially setting last year aside when evaluating the Washington Commanders quarterback. Sharp was making his fourth straight offseason appearance on Galdi’s show to preview Washington’s upcoming season, and he made it clear he doesn’t see 2025 as a useful measuring stick for Daniels.
“Last season, I am not even factoring it into my analysis of Jayden Daniels,” said Sharp. “His EPA drops massively, his yards per attempt goes from 7.4 to 6.7.
His completion percentage drops from 69 percent to 61 percent. I don't care about any of those statistics.”
The reason, as Sharp laid it out, is simple: Daniels’ second NFL season was wrecked by injuries. He was hurt four times during the year, and after the first game following his initial injury, he showed up on the injury report for every game. Daniels ended up playing in seven of 17 games, with only the opener not featuring him on the injury report.
The injury issues didn’t stop with the quarterback. Terry McLaurin, Washington’s top receiver, was barely on the field with Daniels all season.
Sharp noted that Daniels and McLaurin were together for just five days during the 2025 regular season. They played in the first game and then again in a Thursday night matchup against the Packers, and after that, they never took another snap together.
That kind of overlap - or lack of it - is hard to ignore, even if it belongs to last season now. Daniels himself told the press at recent minicamp that he wasn’t talking about 2025 anymore, and that seems to fit the moment. The Commanders’ quarterback is moving forward, and Sharp is doing the same.
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