NFC Notes: Jayden Daniels, Za’Darius Smith, Commanders, Cowboys, Eagles

NFC Notes: Jayden Daniels, Za’Darius Smith, Commanders, Cowboys, Eagles
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Commanders

  • Commanders HC Dan Quinn on QB Jayden Daniels‘ status: “I know there will be lots of questions about our QB, but here’s what I know – he had an MRI and is truly day to day. What does that mean for Sunday? I can’t tell you that now, will have more on Wednesday.” (JP Finlay)
  • Quinn believes RB Chris Rodriguez will be back in the fold, but he’s comfortable with seventh-round RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt as a pass blocker. (Finlay)
  • He doesn’t plan to replace RB Austin Ekeler with one player, but instead a committee. (John Keim)

Cowboys

  • Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on the LB Micah Parsons trade: “We’re going to be getting players in the top 30 (draft picks). We’ve got two years of getting Green Bay’s top 30 player. And that should do some damage for us. And then we add that to the picks we’re going to have anyway, and that should do some damage. Now, by the way, in between that time, there are 30 other teams other than the Cowboys playing without Micah this week. There are ways to play defense and scheme that don’t necessarily involve any player, whether it be Deion Sanders, looking way back, or who it is, a lot of people won a lot of games and didn’t have Deion Sanders on the field for them. How’d that happen? That’s called, you’ve got to have about, minimum, 40-something players to play this game. Between being available with a nick or an injury, plus at the same time, just availability from the number of snaps in a game. You can’t go out there and rush the passer for 60 plays a game at all. My point is, all of this weighs into the consideration, and it was so much thought out over the last months that we needed an opportunity to see if our trade was there.” (Jon Machota)
  • Cowboys DE Jadeveon Clowney believes he has “a lot” left in the tank and believes he could be a great fit for a team that needs edge rushers: “I like the secondary. I like that they got Kenny Clark. I said I think I can help their team. They just needed some edge rushers, and I felt like I can go out here and help this defense.” (Machota)
  • Clowney on his first impressions of Dallas: “I’ve been on 7 teams and this place is a lot different than any place I’ve been. They got a lot for these guys. They’re a little spoiled. Jerry Jones spoils his teams. You gotta play well when you’re spoiled like this. You want to be in a place like this for a while. Play good so you can stay around.” (Machota)
  • Jones on Clowney: “He’ll add some real depth. He’s very credible. He’ll help us.” (Jon Machota)
  • Clowney’s agent talked about the move: *“Playing for the Dallas Cowboys was the priority Day 1 upon his release from...