Commanders

Former Commanders HC Jay Gruden and current HC Dan Quinn spoke about the team’s situation given the injury to QB Jayden Daniels.

“I want to show the world that this guy is back,” Gruden said in an appearance on Grant and Danny. “You know, I’m tired of the narrative, ‘He’s too little. He’s going to get injured all of the time.’ I want to have a great last two games of the season. I want to win both games and put the NFC East on a warning track for the Washington Commanders, come next year, when he’s fully healthy for 17 games.”

“I think it’s important as Jayden’s getting good going, learning to play like this position at the highest level competitively, also doing it safely, and those are reps, you know, that you develop as well,” Quinn said Monday. “It’s a skill just like throwing and processing. And so, all those things are important. That’s not something we really discussed internally. The first part for us, honestly, was how are we going to get the player better and let’s dig in on that first, not knowing the exact timeframe. So, that’s really where the focus was right away and right off the bat. We knew we had the bye coming and then we’d have a chance to regroup and huddle up and kind of push from there.”

• Commanders WR Terry McLaurin returned to practice Monday on a limited basis, Quinn said. The team hopes to ramp up his activity as the week goes on. (Ben Standig)
• Quinn on DB Will Harris playing this week: “It looks good” and “we’re very optimistic.” (JP Finlay)
• Quinn said the team hasn’t pondered the idea of resting Daniels if he’s healthy: “That’s not something we really discussed, internally.” (Tom Schad)

Eagles

The Eagles blew a 21-0 lead in Week 12 after scoring 26 points in the previous two games. Despite the struggles, Philadelphia HC Nick Sirianni isn’t considering any staff changes and has OC Kevin Patullo’s back for the job he’s done.

“No, I haven’t. Again, we are always looking for answers,” Sirianni said, via Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. “As coaches, we’re always looking for answers and we’re never into assigning blame. It’s just looking for answers. I think what sometimes can happen is it’s like, ‘It’s just this.’ Well, it’s not just that. It’s every piece of the puzzle; coaching, playing, execution, scheme, everything. We’ve got to be better in all of those aspects. Yesterday, I thought Kevin did a good job of calling it. Obviously, he’s going to want plays back just like every player and myself, we all want plays back. When you’re going through it like that, that’s what you’re always looking at. It’s never in football just one thing, even though you’re always trying to find answers. So, no, I haven’t considered that.”

Giants

Giants interim HC Mike Kafka said that DL Dexter Lawrence was fighting to go back...