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Jayden Daniels may have only 23 games (including the playoffs) under his belt, but his veteran center saw a mature rookie throughout the 2024 campaign.
Daniels was the second overall choice of the Washington commanders last year and brought them to the NFC title game with an offensive rookie this year.
“He’s so cool, calm and collected. You can also see him on TV, his face is just locked inside, he’s in the zone. That’s what he is. He’s very positive, always smiling, always having fun, it’s his flow mode. But it was great, you had the veteran feeling from him today one,” Commander’s Center Tyler Biadasz told Pakinomist Digital in a recently interview.
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Washington Commanders Center Tyler Biadasz (63) is preparing to flip the ball to Quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) against Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. (Mark J. Refilas/Imag images)
Biadasz came to the commanders last year after spending his first four years with Dallas Cowboys, so the Veterans Center and Rookie -Quarterback had to come quickly to gel with each other.
It was definitely a learning curve for Biadasz that went from blocking a pocket passer in Dak Prescott to the guy who had almost 900 dangerous yard’s last season.
“When you go through a camp and you go throughout the year with him, I think the biggest feature is, how certain plays evolve through the timing, right? And for o-line men your job is to block forever, right? And there are certain timing of certain plays that can be more action-specific or a play. Rolodex or a play to get a better afterwards, “Better,” “Biadasz said.
“But just in general how he plays the game, a specific timing or just how he sees the defense and maybe third-down look or even first-and-10, there is a good amount of things that you cover in your first year with each other when he came in last year. And this year I felt like we really hit to run in terms of knowing how each other sees it, but also how he communicates and makes calls home. To know big game, and go back and see how we can adjust things forward and continue to have that connection every week.
Washington commanders Quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) Klemmer Commander’s Center Tyler Biadasz (63) before exercise on day two of training camp at Orthovirginia Training Center in Commanders Park. (Geoff Burke/Omag- Pictures)
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But it may be even more important for the duo to grow off the field. So they went together to participate in a Campbell’s advertisement that also contained Daniels’ mother.
“It was really cool to connect just before the season started because you have that summer vacation and I had to get in touch with Jayden again just before the season started,” Biadasz said. “And having the unique commercial, a lot of laughs, a lot of fun, it was a cool, especially bonding moment, certainly. And also with the traditional Campbell soup that grew up, I would always see it in commercials and so, so it’s great …
“The connection is huge, chemistry is huge, and who you are out of the field with your quarterback as a center, it goes a long way. And it goes a long way with every position, but I think QB and Center is very unique in how much, it’s almost a lot of telepathy in a way to know what the calls are and it goes to get that feeling of the connection.”
Biadasz and Daniels seem to have it all found out. But now they fine -tune their engine to make it pure horsepower.
Washington Commanders Center Tyler Biadasz (63) shakes his hands with commanders Quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) during exercises on day one of MiniCamp in Commander’s Park. (GEOFF BURKE/IMAGN -PICTURES)
“The greatest part [entering this season] was knowing how we did things and how we did, what certain areas can we be more efficient in and run this lane even higher, “he said.” Having these conversations in OTAs and going through it … you go into the small marginal details that in guys may not think about but in terms of the game, so you [Jacory Croskey-Merritt] Find a gap of a hole and he can pop in seven, 15, even longer. Just how our running backs can work like that, but even how we can achieve even more explosive gains. And when you do, you get the desired results. “
