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By Mark Kern
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Jayden Daniels will be out on Sunday as the Washington Commanders take on the Las Vegas Raiders after suffering a sprained knee in Week 2.
In the loss to the Green Bay Packers, Daniels was hit early and often. He was sacked four times, and took a beating throughout the game.
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The offensive line got stronger in the off-season, as their big move in the off-season was to acquire Laremy Tunsil from the Houston Texans. However, the line has struggled early in the season, as Daniels was sacked seven times in the first two games.
The right side of the line has had the biggest issues, and the team announced on Friday that it would be change up the rotations, with Andrew Wylie replacing Nick Allegretti at the right guard position.
Wylie has been around for a long time, as he has 88 career starts in his NFL career. He has spent time with teams such as the Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Chargers practice squads. His first break was with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2018.
During his time in Kansas City, he was a part of two teams that won the Super Bowl, helping Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs handle vaunted defenses like the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles.
During the off-season in 2023, he signed a three-year, $24 million contract with the Commanders. He has played in 29 games the past two years at right tackle, but the team announced that Josh Cornerly would be the guy at that spot this year.
Any time a franchise quarterback is forced to miss time because he is getting hit too much, the team is going to look at changes on the offensive line.
Up next for the Commanders is a Raiders defense that has six sacks through their first two games. Obviously Maxx Crosby gets a lot of the talk as the leader on that team, but defensive tackle Jonah Laulu already has three sacks on the season.
It is still early in the season, but the Commanders are a team that was in the NFC Championship game last season. Expectations are sky high because of what Daniels brought the team last year. This team still has enough talent to make a run in the NFC, but that hinges on whether or not the offensive line is going to protect whoever is quarterback.
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