Jon Gruden Breaks Down Commanders Offense With Qb Jayden Daniels Msn

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 17, 2025, 4:08 AM

jon gruden breaks down commanders offense with qb jayden daniels msn

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." It's not merely a cliche, a motivational pop culture saying to manipulate people. Jon Gruden, in an interview last week with Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, asked about the importance for Daniels to have a routine in his daily life. Daniels, responding as he did, revealed he believes hard work does actually defeat talent in the long term. "It's (routine) the biggest thing," began Daniels. "Consistency is the biggest thing in this league, having a consistent routine.

You got to redefine it each and every year as you get older, but finding your routine as fast as possible, that's probably going to set you up for the most success in the... When Gruden asked Daniels when he felt he improved during the season, Daniels' answer was surprising. Daniels didn't mention the MNF win over the Bengals, despite his stats being incredibly good. Nor did Daniels mention the convincing performance in road wins against the Cardinals and Giants. The Washington Commanders have found a special young man in Jayden Daniels. It’s not often that you see a quarterback play with the confidence and poise of a veteran right out of the gate.

Perhaps that has to do with all the experience he had in college, or maybe it’s just his personality. Whatever the case, Daniels looks like a man among men out there. That’s why former Washington coach Jay Gruden gushed about his decisiveness. Time crunch?Get all your NFL news here in just 60 words Jayden Daniels had quite the stellar and mercurial rookie campaign with the Washington Commanders. He threw for just over 3500 yards and added another 891 on the ground last season.

This dynamic playmaking ability, combined with his synergy with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, led to the former LSU star winning Offensive Rookie of the Year. The 24-year-old quarterback recently shared a bit of inside information on how he led the offense to such great heights last season — while, of course, padding his own stats along the way. He revealed that the Kingsbury-led offense is built around pro-style concepts. And interestingly, they don’t even need to huddle. Daniels would often call quick, muddle huddles after each play, and that would be enough. His players already know where to line up from there, which also gives the opposing defense less time to regroup.

And if anything unexpected comes up, Daniels can always fall back on hand signals. “I think for us, we got pro-style concepts,” Daniels told Jon Gruden on his podcast. “We just, we don’t huddle half the time. Or a majority of the time, I would say. Not even half of the time. Sometimes we might huddle.

It’s like a little muddle huddle, where I’m like speaking to everybody. Might give a little hand signal here and there. But it’s unique and it fits us.” Rookie seasons aren’t supposed to go as well as Jayden Daniels’ did in 2024. The second pick in the draft, Daniels joined a Washington Commanders team that had won just four games the previous year. Together with a new coaching setup and some key veteran additions, he turned the franchise on its head in 2024, winning 12 regular-season matchups before reaching the NFC Championship Game.

Now, with rival teams all too familiar with the player’s elite strengths, Daniels has revealed how he intends to keep terrorizing NFL defenses in 2025 and beyond. During an appearance on Jon Gruden’s YouTube channel for Barstool Sports, Daniels revealed how he intends to prevent things from going stale in 2025. Daniels revitalized an entire city with his performances last season, injecting a sense of pride in a previously downtrodden fan base. Gruden put it to Daniels that, after a year in the league, opposing teams were now far more aware of what to expect when facing him. He then asked the quarterback how he felt about being the guy teams want to stop in 2025. “You know, last year, nobody, like I just said, knew what was coming out of the huddle.

We had no idea what plays you were gonna run and what spin you were gonna put on the plays. But now, I know every team in the league has made you the No. 1 offseason project. You know these coaches are sitting in there, day in, day out, studying you. How does that motivate you? And what does that make you feel like?”

Jay Gruden spent almost six seasons as head coach of the then-Washington Redskins before he was fired in 2019, making him the most successful coach of the Daniel Snyder era. The legendary Joe Gibbs coached for only four years in his second stint before walking away, but he led Washington to two playoff berths. These days, Gruden is an analyst covering Washington and the rest of the NFL. Gruden roots for the Commanders now that Snyder is no longer the team's owner. Like everyone else, Gruden is a huge fan of Washington rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. After the Commanders blew out Arizona on Sunday, Gruden tweeted the following.

Jay Gruden isn't the only one in his family who is a fan of Daniels. His older brother, Jon, the former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Buccaneers and Raiders, revealed uniquely how much he enjoys Daniels. Me too Jon Gruden. Me too. #metoo pic.twitter.com/OdOvWNt2Pw

Jon Gruden Breaks Down Commanders Offense With Qb Jayden Daniels Msn

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