Marcus Mariota will be the Commanders’ starting quarterback for any games Jayden Daniels misses due to his left elbow injury. And Mariota and Daniels will both be team captains for the remainder of the season.
Commanders coach Dan Quinn announced Friday that the five Commanders who were chosen as team captains before the season got together and decided they wanted Mariota to be captain, not only while he is the starting quarterback, but also when he returns to the No. 2 job when Daniels returns.
“I thought it was a really cool thing: The captains huddled up to me earlier in the week and said, ‘We’d like to make Marcus our sixth captain,'” Quinn said. “I thought, what a great tribute to brotherhood from these guys who asked. They were all as involved as you can imagine. I thought it was great too. What a great example of teamwork and leadership.”
The Commanders say Mariota’s status as captain for the remainder of the season is not an indication he will start for long, as the team expects Daniels to be back soon. But even if Mariota spends most of the season on the bench, he will wear the captain’s C on his jersey.
In addition to Mariota and Daniels, the Commanders’ captains are wide receiver Terry McLaurin, linebacker Frankie Luvu, safety Jeremy Reaves and punter Tress Way.
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