Commanders' Jayden Daniels says he's taking injury day by day - ESPN

HERTFORDSHIRE, England — Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels said he doesn't have any concern about potentially reinjuring his dislocated left elbow once he returns to playing.

«That's what the brace is for,» he said Thursday. «If I had that concern, I would have gotten surgery.»

Daniels was a limited participant in practice for the second consecutive day Thursday at the five-star luxury resort where the Commanders (1-2) are staying ahead of Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts (1-2).

But it remains uncertain whether Daniels will play. If not, then Marcus Mariota will make a second consecutive start. When asked if he was surprised to even be back on the field so soon after a second dislocation, Daniels said, with a smile, «What do you think?»

Then he said, «I'm not surprised. Everything I went through, everybody said I would be good to go if I'm able to be out there Sunday. But I'm taking it day by day.»

Daniels dislocated his left arm in a Week 2 loss at Dallas, the second time he suffered that injury to his non-throwing arm. He dislocated it in Week 9 last season, then aggravated it five weeks later at Minnesota. Washington decided to then shut him down for the rest of the season.

After his latest injury, Daniels visited multiple specialists in New York and Los Angeles. Multiple experts in this field told ESPN that it's rare for someone to have surgery after a first dislocation because the rate of recurrence is between 1% and 2%. But the percentage shoots up after a second one — depending on how much the ligaments loosened.

But the specialists did not recommend surgery; Daniels also just wanted to play.

«I love playing football, I get paid to play football,» Daniels said. «Everybody is hurting. I