#2024-nfl-draft

#2024-nfl-draft

When the Washington Commanders selected Jayden Daniels at No. 2 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft, they immediately formed new rivalries with the teams that selected quarterbacks directly before and after them. That would be the Chicago Bears (Caleb Williams) and the New England Patriots (Drake Maye). In Year 1, Washington won every battle. Daniels was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and took the Commanders to the NFC Championship game. The other two clubs combined for nine wins.

"No. We weren't close to trading," Wolf said. "We felt like we knew what Drake could be and, obviously, here we are. So maybe the timeline's a little bit faster than some people thought, but from Day 1 he's put his head down and worked, and he's a tremendous competitor and teammate. And obviously the improvement has shown this year on the field."

Anytime two NFL teams draft a pair of quarterbacks with high picks in the same class, they are compared to each other for the foreseeable future. Such has been the case with the Washington Commanders and Chicago Bears. The Bears selected Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in 2024. The Commanders took Jayden Daniels at No. 2. Washington's first season of the new era resulted in an NFC Championship game appearance, with its signal-caller winning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Chicago won five games. The two teams also played each other in Week 8, and the outcome significantly altered the course of both of their campaigns. Now, they'll do it again on Monday Night Football.

A year ago, the New York Jets wanted Malachi Corley so much that they traded up and selected him with the first pick in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft. On Tuesday, they cut him, a source confirmed to ESPN. Corley, buried near the bottom of the depth chart throughout training camp, becomes the highest-drafted player from 2024 to be released, according to ESPN Research. The regime that picked Corley was fired last season, which certainly didn't help his chances.