Injury alert
Out — elbow injury
Practice: Limited in practice — elbow injury
Updated Fri 10:09 AM ET · Est. return Oct 11 · Source: ESPN injury report · Practice: NFL official injury report, week 4 (via nflverse)
Is Jayden Daniels playing this week?
OutJayden Daniels is listed as Out for the week 4 game against the Indianapolis Colts (elbow injury). Out means not expected to play.
Estimated return: Oct 11.
Official practice report (week 4): Limited in practice, elbow injury.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 9:30 AM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:18 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
From the beat
What reporters are saying about him, last 3 days.
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (elbow) ruled out vs. Colts - ESPN
Stephen Holder @HolderStephen · 1d ago · View on X
Jayden Daniels was ruled out
John Keim @john_keim · 1d ago · View on X
Jayden Daniels (elbow) ruled out for Week 4. Marcus Mariota will start for the Commanders.
Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL · 1d ago · View on X
Jayden Daniels "limited" in practice.
Ben Standig @BenStandig · 2d ago · View on X
Injury ripple · Week 4
Jayden Daniels out: Marcus Mariota takes over Commanders' offense
Jayden Daniels is out with an elbow injury, and Marcus Mariota becomes the clear starter based on how Washington has used him without Daniels in the past. Athan Kaliakmanis and Sam Hartman are the other options on the roster but neither has thrown 10-plus passes in a game the last two seasons.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Ruled out — find a replacement.
Why we say out
- Out — elbow injury.
- Averaging 26 pass attempts a game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 12.7 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~21 pts
- Vegas line
- WAS underdogs by 4.5
- Game total
- 46.5
- IND vs QBs
- 10% more points
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Age
25
Height
6'4"
Weight
210 lb
College
LSU; Arizona State
Experience
2 seasons
Draft
2024 · Pick #2 (WAS)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?EPA / play
0.077
Success rate
38%
WPA (sum)
-0.18
Opponent adj.
-0.100
Plays graded
53
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 2 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Time to throw | Aggressiveness | CPOE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.41s | 14.7% | -4.8% |
| 2 | 2.91s | 17.6% | +1.2% |
What do these mean?
- Time to throw:
- Average seconds from snap to release.
- Aggressiveness:
- Share of throws into tight coverage, with a defender within one yard of the receiver.
- CPOE:
- Completion percentage over expected. Compares actual completions to what the difficulty of each throw predicts.
- Expected comp %:
- The completion percentage the throws would be expected to produce.
- Completed air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on completions.
- Intended air yds:
- Average distance the ball travels in the air on all attempts.
- Air yds differential:
- Completed air yards minus intended air yards. Negative means completions come shorter than the throws attempted.
- Air yds to sticks:
- How far the average throw travels past (or short of) the first-down marker.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.