The Washington Commanders added some veteran pieces last offseason. There figure to be plenty more roster changes in the coming months, as the Commanders try to rebound from a 5-12 campaign and continue building around franchise quarterback Jayden Daniels.
So who would Daniels add, if his bosses were listening?
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“There’s a couple individuals that are out there. Maybe somebody from Arizona State in my past,” Daniels told Yahoo Sports’ Nate Tice on on radio row in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX this week.
“Lives on the west coast?” Tice followed up.
“Yeah, most definitely,” said Daniels, who was appearing on behalf of Xfinity.
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It’s pretty easy to connect those dots to Brandon Aiyuk, the disgruntled San Francisco wide receiver who, by general manager John Lynch’s own admission in January, “has played his last snap with the 49ers.”
Aiyuk, who spent a season as Daniels’ teammate at Arizona State in 2019 and has been friends with him for years, was placed on the 49ers’ reserve/left squad list in December and didn’t play a snap for the 49ers in 2025. He signed a reported four-year, $120 million contract extension just before kickoff of the 2024 season, but hasn’t played for San Francisco since tearing his ACL and MCL in Week 7 of that year.
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The 49ers placed Aiyuk on the active but physically unable to perform (PUP) list ahead of training camp last summer. Questions hovered over when he’d be ready to play again, but and reports began to surface the 49ers were getting frustrated with Aiyuk’s behavior behind the scenes.
It certainly feels like Aiyuk will be playing elsewhere next season despite being under contract with the 49ers.
Daniels seems to want it to be Washington.
“There’s people like that out there. I don’t wanna give too much,” Daniels said. “But when that time comes, hopefully we can sign those types of players.”
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