There is no overarching narrative to the Commanders’ joint practice on Thursday; there were some good and some not very good moments.
Hey, it’s only the tenth day into this 2024 preseason. So, no need to overreact to what transpired in today’s joint practice with the Jets in New Jersey.
It was a joint practice on August 8, and the most significant thing to come out of Thursday might have been that the regular season opener at Tampa against the Buccaneers is to the day, September 8, a month away.
Where there were questions coming into Thursday’s practice, there will still be questions. Remember, this was the first scrimmage action prior to the first preseason game.
Jayden Daniels moved the ball around to several players and Dyami Brown made a nice catch deep. Daniels seemed to process at times and hit a few checkdowns as well.
Jayden Daniels threw a beautiful pass to Dyami Brown who made the impressive one-handed catch 🔥🎯
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— brandon (@JayDanielsMVP) August 8, 2024
Corner Emmanuel Forbes collected an interception during the 7-on-7 reps. However, he also gave up some sizeable yardage in man coverage. Benjamin St-Juste also gave up a big pass gain; keep in mind these were not against Aaron Rodgers, who sat out Thursday.
At times, Andrew Wylie and Brandon Coleman have been the starting offensive tackles. Well, neither one of those guys worked in scrimmage reps against the Jets defense. No word on what type of injury kept Coleman out Thursday. NFL coaches don’t need to publicly report injuries, and consequently, most of the time, they won’t.
Both kickers missed multiple kicks today. Apparently it was not that good a day for either Ramiz Ahmed or Riley Patterson.