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Jayden Daniels out for Commanders game at Chiefs; Marcus Mariota will start

Monday’s game will be the first time Mariota has started opposite Patrick Mahomes; his two starts against the Chiefs, in the 2016 regular season and 2018 postseason, were either before Mahomes was drafted or during his rookie season, when Alex Smith was Kansas City’s starter.

Mariota went 1-1 as the starter during Daniels’ two-game absence, guiding the Commanders to a dominant win over the Raiders and a loss on the road to the Falcons.

Washington was without its top three receivers in the loss in Dallas — Terry McLaurin (quad), Noah Brown (groin, injured reserve) and Deebo Samuel (heel) — and lost starting defensive end Dorance Armstrong because of a knee injur

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