Overview
- Daniels dislocated his left elbow late in the first half of the Week 2 game on Sunday and was ruled out of that contest.
- After travel to multiple specialists this week and imaging review, general manager Adam Peters said Friday that surgery is not on the table and the team has not discussed placing Daniels on injured reserve.
- NFL reporting characterizes Daniels as week-to-week and notes that avoiding IR suggests the club hopes he can return within about four weeks rather than missing the mandatory four games on IR.
- Marcus Mariota will start for Washington in Week 3 as the team begins a short-term plan that leans on non-surgical rehab and medical guidance to time Daniels’s comeback.
- Players and coach Dan Quinn pushed back on viral clips that suggested teammates abandoned Daniels, and the injury’s recurrence — he dislocated the same elbow last season — raises roster and durability questions the team must manage through upcoming games including a Week 4 London trip.