Side-by-side Video Of Jayden Daniels And Robert Griffin Iii Getting Hurt Is Eerie

The Commanders held their activity Sunday nighttime erstwhile Jayden Daniels went down owed to a gruesome elbow wounded that each but spells nan extremity of his 2nd NFL season. Daniels sewage wounded during nan meaningless, garbage clip minutes of Week 9's blowout nonaccomplishment to nan Seahawks, causing fans and pundits alike to inquire why Daniels was still playing successful nan game.

Former Washington backmost Robert Griffin III was among those weighing successful connected Daniels's injury, having been successful a akin business galore years ago. Griffin saw his once-promising profession successful Washington get derailed by injuries, nan astir superior of which was an ACL tear successful his correct knee during a 2013 chaotic paper playoff crippled successful his rookie season.

A side-by-side video of Griffin's and Daniels's respective season-ending injuries show really eerily akin they were—not nan wounded itself, of course, but nan conditions successful which they occurred.

Both players sewage wounded against nan Seahawks, successful Washington's stadium and astir nan 5-yard-line:

Though Daniels's mom recently changeable down comparisons betwixt her son's and Griffin's NFL careers, location are admittedly immoderate parallels betwixt nan 2 fixed Daniels's injury-riddled 2nd twelvemonth successful nan pros.

Griffin sent prayers and good wishes to Daniels aft his elbow wounded and also posted a two-minute-long video connected X (formerly Twitter) pinch nan caption, "WHY WAS JAYDEN DANIELS EVEN STILL IN THE GAME?!?!?!"

"My first thought is, why is he still successful nan game?" Griffin said. "I understand you want to play to nan end, but pinch nan injuries that he's already had this year, and nan injuries that he had past year, why is he successful nan game? It doesn't make sense."

It should beryllium noted that location is 1 large quality betwixt Daniels's and Griffin's injuries: whereas Daniels was afloat patient entering nan game, Griffin had suffered a LCL strain successful his correct knee nan period anterior to his injury. The erstwhile Washington backmost later conceded that he astir apt "did put myself astatine much consequence by being retired there."

Following Week 9's loss, nan Commanders fell to 3-6 connected nan play and now person an extracurricular changeable successful nan NFC playoff title pinch their prima backmost retired for nan foreseeable future.

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