The Washington Commanders will have their hands full on Sunday. Injuries have again hit Washington, with starting defensive tackles Daron Payne and Javon Kinlaw, and star wide receiver Terry McLaurin, all recently ruled out for the season. This week, reserve wide receiver Dyami Brown was the latest injured Commander. Worse, emerging receiver Treylon Burks will miss Sunday’s game with a foot injury.
Still, most importantly, the Commanders have a healthy Jayden Daniels. The franchise quarterback has played the last three games with a bulky brace on his twice-dislocated left elbow, and it hasn’t limited him. That’s encouraging.
A healthy Daniels is one reason Fox analyst Mark Schelereth believes the Commanders’ offense keeps improving.
“Offensively,
I don’t even think they’ve kind of hit their stride,” Schlereth told “Grant and Danny” of 106.7 The Fan in Washington, D.C. on Friday. ”They’re going to have some guys (Sunday vs. Rams), and Burks is going to be out this weekend. So, that’s going to hurt them a little bit because he’s made some big plays for them. But I just feel like every week, your quarterback, Daniels, has gotten a little bit better. I like, kind of where you live in the run game, kind of sitting in that wide zone, having some schematic things off of that wide zone. Obviously, as a player, Stefon Diggs is amazing. Watching Antonio Williams the last couple of weeks, he’s been fun to watch. That guy, I think he’s going to be a legit big-time receiver for them."
Washington’s continued offensive improvement is why Schlereth likes its chances to win the NFC East.
“They just keep getting better and better. And that’s the football team, for me, that I look at in this division, and I sit there and say, ‘I know they’re 2-4-1, but why not Washington? Why can’t they win this division? I think they can.’”
Schlereth, a longtime former NFL offensive lineman who spent six years in Washington, is on the call for the Commanders and Rams on Sunday for Fox Sports.
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Fox NFL analyst believes Commanders can win NFC East because of offense
