That Jayden Daniels might regress after his AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year breakout should surprise no one.

That the quarterback's Washington Commanders might take a step back, too, after going 12-5 and participating in their first NFC title game in more than 30 years isn't all that shocking, either.

What was harder to predict — yet has come to pass — is that Daniels would miss nearly half of Washington's games, that he would be just one of several starters lost to injuries and that a six-game losing streak would drop coach Dan Quinn's team to 3-8 heading into its bye week, likely rendering the rest of the schedule meaningless beyond draft positioning.

“These rough spots, they happen in our league. I hate it,” said Quinn, in his second season in charge of the Commanders with genera

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