If the Washington Commanders want to make a breakthrough, they will need to find the perfect quarterback.
Sam Howell’s tenure as the team’s starting quarterback may come to an end due to his late-season troubles, a new coaching staff, and the Commanders’ selection with the second overall pick.
The qualities that Kliff Kingsbury, the new offensive coordinator for the Commanders, has disclosed as a must for a quarterback may indicate the player the organization should target in the 2024 NFL Draft.”When the money’s on the table, you got to be able to make some plays with your feet [and] move around enough to escape a bad play,” Kingsbury stated. It’s not necessary to run like quarterbacks Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens or Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals, but you should be able to move a little bit to give yourself some time because these days’ defenses, pass rushers, and D Line are all very skilled.
Additionally, you want that athlete to put in the most effort on your squad when it comes to the intangibles. The reason those folks get the kind of money they do is because you want them to lead those guys every single day when he enters the building and elevate it.
There aren’t two athletes like USC quarterback Caleb Williams and LSU’s Jayden Daniels more adept at creating opportunities and saving the offense. Daniels won the SEC OPOY award and the Heisman Trophy in the previous season, while Williams won the Heisman Trophy in 2022 and the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year award.
In three seasons, Williams threw 93 touchdown passes and ran for 27, while Daniels completed five seasons with 89 touchdown passes and 34 touchdown runs. Daniels, who ran for over 1,000 yards and completed over 4,000 yards passing last season, was the most exciting dual-threat quarterback in the country.
Drake Maye, the quarterback for UNC, isn’t as spectacular a runner as Williams or Daniels, but he might have some last say in matters. During his three years in college, Maye rushed for sixteen touchdowns and completed 63 passes.Williams is known to Kingsbury from their time together at USC, but if the Chicago Bears choose to select him with the first overall choice, he might not even be available at No. 2.
The coach declared, “There’s no doubt about it—he’s a great kid.”Although the draft process is still in its early stages, general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn’s revelation of what they are looking for in a quarterback may indicate where Washington will ultimately go if they believe they can select their franchise quarterback at No. 2.
