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Here is the Commanders’ nominee for the 2024 Salute to Service Award

It’s Salute to Service Month. Who is the Commanders’ nominee?

The NFL, in conjunction with the USAA, annually awards players, coaches, staff, and alumni who have demonstrated a commitment to honoring and supporting military and veteran communities. On Friday, Jeremy Reaves was announced as the Washington Commanders 2024 Salute to Service Award nominee.

Head Coach Dan Quinn elaborated a bit on this during his weekly Friday press conference.

“We announced that today in the team meeting and we rely heavily on the military and some of the influence they have because I just, I felt like they have done team better than anybody.”

The Commanders on their team website took a moment to convey to the public that Reaves has gladly done more than his share to recognize and support the military and their families.

During his time with the team, Reaves has taken part in countless military base visits across the DMV – creating meaningful touchpoints between armed forces, their families and the Commanders community. During training camp, Reaves is often the last player on the field spending time empowering members of the military and veteran communities. Additionally, he has made numerous visits to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where he spent time with our wounded, ill, and injured service members thanking them for their sacrifices.

Quinn went out of his way to express what type of player in the locker room Reaves is for the organization. “Great teammates make great teams, and Jeremy Reaves is a great teammate, and so we’re all really pumped for him to be our nominee for the Salute to Service award because, yeah, he represents everything that you’d want in a teammate, and that’s why I thought it was so impactful today.”

Reaves was the Pro Bowl special teams representative after his glowing 2022 season on the Washington coverage teams. In addition, when Adam Peters became general manager, he pursued and re-signed Reaves during the early free-agent signing period.

Reaves has four tackles this season, playing only four defensive snaps, but 138 special teams snaps.

The prestigious award, presented annually by USAA and the NFL, honors a league member who demonstrates an exemplary commitment to honoring and supporting the military community. USAA holds the designation of Official NFL Salute to Service Partner. 

Quinn names Commanders’ Week 8 game captains

Dan Quinn with the ultimate praise for Jeremy Reaves.

Washington head coach Dan Quinn actually had some news Friday, other than Jayden Daniels.

As usual, on Friday, Quinn announced the captains for the upcoming weekend’s game. Friday, with the press, Quinn announced his captains for Sunday’s home 4:25 kickoff against the Bears would be G Nick Allegretti, S Jeremy Chinn, and S Jeremy Reaves.

Quinn then elaborated on what each of this week’s captains have done for this team in 2024.

“So much of Nick’s leadership shows up with the offensive line, the toughness, the line of scrimmage, and he is an absolute warrior.” Allegretti came to Washington this offseason, following his first five seasons in Kansas City.

“Defensively, it’d be [S] Jeremy Chinn. And I just see this growing taking place with Jeremy. He’s selfless, confident, and communicates well on the sideline. Chinn, still only 26, was selected No. 64 by the Panthers in the 2020 NFL draft. After his four seasons with the Panthers, he signed with Washington as a free agent last March.

Regarding a fan favorite in Jeremy Reaves, “This dude is revered here, both on the grass and off and on it. He’s an absolute slayer, so we love the energy that he brings and all this stuff. So, that is good.” Reaves is in his seventh NFL season, all with Washington. He was voted to the Pro Bowl as the Special Teams player for his play during the 2022 season.

Prior to the start of the regular season, Quinn announced he would not have team captains for the season. Instead, he would name captains on a week-to-week basis. He feels this can be an ongoing motivation throughout the season.

 

Commanders Quinn was joking, but…

What was Dan Quinn really thinking?

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn joked again Saturday night with the press following the Commanders 13-6 loss to the Dolphins in Miami.

When Jayden Daniels called an audible for an empty backfield deep throw to Dyami Brown, Quinn joked later, using the Top Gun movie as an analogy.

Saturday, when Daniels, who is quite thin, allowed himself to take a hit on a called-run play, Quinn again joked with the media, this time using an Animal House movie reference to Daniels now being on “double secret probation.”

Quinn is good with people. He is wise and experienced, and he knows how to deflate or de-escalate a situation for the public or the media.

But don’t fool yourself. Quinn was not happy. And why should he be? You know they told Daniels several times this week to get a first down and get down, avoiding taking a hit.

We caught a glimpse of Quinn on the sideline, wasting no time showing Daniels he was not happy with Daniels’s decision not to slide.

Quinn and Kliff Kingsbury have watched the LSU film. They are not stupid. They know well, quite well, that Daniels is young and naive when it comes to taking hits. Several of the hits he took at LSU were entirely unnecessary and not wise on his part.

The coaches have Daniels’ and the team’s best interests at heart. Do you think they want to face the Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys with Marcus Mariota or a healthy Jayden Daniels?

When the real games begin in September, the hitting will be much more intense, and Daniels risks injuring himself and the team if he doesn’t learn now when to run and when to slide.

Dan Quinn was right. So right, if you noticed, standing to Quinn’s left on the sideline was safety Jeremy Reaves, and he was also telling Daniels to get down and avoid the risk.

That tells us all that Daniel’s teammates really believe in him and want the best for him. They want him healthy. Now, it’s his turn to learn it, and he should learn it now.

The old saying is true: ” Men learn from experience, but wise men learn from the experience of others.”