Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (ribs) does not have an injury designation for Sunday’s game against the Giants.
The rookie had a full practice Friday after limited practices the previous two days.
He played through the injury last week, taking all 74 snaps, after two missed practices and a limited practice. So, he is healthier this week and isn’t expected to have any limitations.
The Commanders ruled out offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas (ankle), and they list running back Brian Robinson (hamstring) as questionable.
Center Tyler Biadasz (thumb) and wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus (hamstring) returned to full participation Friday and have no designation.
The Commanders aren’t sure if they’ll have running back Brian Robinson in the lineup when they try for a season sweep of the Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Robinson was limited in practice all week due to a knee injury and he is listed as questionable to play this weekend.
Robinson missed one game earlier this year with a knee injury. He has 101 carries for 461 yards and three touchdowns on the season.
Austin Ekeler and Jeremy McNichols would get the work in the backfield if Robinson is unable to go this weekend.
Tackle Cornelius Lucas is the only other player with an injury designation. He’s been ruled out with an ankle injury.
The Giants will have running back Tyrone Tracy when they take on the Commanders on Sunday.
Tracy has cleared concussion protocol and is set to play in Week 9.
A fifth-round rookie, Tracy has rushed for 376 yards with two touchdowns so far this season. he had 145 yards and a touchdown in last week’s loss to the Steelers.
Notably, the Giants won’t have either of their regular kicking specialists. Punter Jamie Gillan (left hamstring) will miss another game after he didn’t practice all week. But kicker Greg Joseph (abdomen) was added to the injury report and is now out after he didn’t participate on Friday.
Matt Haack is set to continue his punter duties while practice squad kicker Jude McAtamney is in line to make his debut.
When the Giants played the Commanders earlier in the season, they elected to have Gillan kick after Graham Gano injured his hamstring early in the game.
Receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (Achilles) is doubtful while linebacker Ty Summers (ankle) is questionable.
Giants running back Tyron Tracy Jr. left Monday night’s game with 4:03 remaining after his helmet slammed against the turf.
In concussion protocol, he did not practice Wednesday.
But Tracy took a positive step Thursday, practicing on a limited basis.
Punter Jamie Gillan (hamstring) and receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton (Achilles) were the only Giants who had a second consecutive rehab day.
Offensive lineman Joshua Ezeudu (knee) and wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette (ankle) returned to limited work after missing Wednesday.
Linebacker Matthew Adams (knee), defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence (rest), outside linebacker Brian Burns (Achilles/biceps) and offensive tackle Jermain Eluemunor (hip) were upgraded to full participants Thursday.
The Giants added offensive guard Jon Runyan Jr. to the practice report with a foot injury. He was limited.
Cornerback Adoree’ Jackson (neck) and cornerback Cor’Dale Flott (groin) were among those who again were limited. Both players have missed the past two games.
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels remained limited in Thursday’s practice as he continues to deal with a painful rib injury.
It is a step forward, though, as the Commanders quarterback missed two practice days last week before a return to a limited practice Friday. He played all 74 snaps Sunday, completing a 52-yard Hail Mary on the final play for a miracle win over the Bears.
Daniels, who is expected to play against the Giants on Sunday, said Wednesday that his ribs are sore.
The Commanders had two changes to their report Thursday: Offensive tackle Brandon Coleman (concussion) returned to limited work, and defensive end Clelin Ferrell (knee) was downgraded to out of practice.
Offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas (ankle) and linebacker Frankie Luvu (shin) did not practice again Thursday.
Center Tyler Biadasz (thumb), running back Brian Robinson (hamstring) and wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus (hamstring) remained limited.
Wide receiver Terry McLaurin (ankle) continues to be a full participant.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the names of nine coaches who have been selected as semifinalists for election as part of the Class of 2025.
The group features four Super Bowl-winning coaches and three who won multiple rings. Tom Coughlin won two titles with the Giants, Mike Shanahan won two with the Broncos, and George Seifert won two with the 49ers.
Mike Holmgren is also a semifinalist and he won a Super Bowl with the Packers while falling short when he took the Seahawks to the game later in his career.
Bill Arnsparger, Chuck Knox, Dan Reeves, Marty Schottenheimer, and Clark Shaughnessy are the other semifinalists. Coughlin, Holmgren, Reeves, Schottenheimer, Shanahan and Shaughnessy were all semifinalists for election last year as well.
The members of the coach blue-ribbon committee will select one finalist to be presented to the entire selection committee for possible election in 2025.
The NFL doesn’t just deploy the secret, rigged, kangaroo court of arbitration against its employees. The NFL uses it on its customers, too.
Recently, a federal appeals court found that four fans who were injured when a railing collapsed at FedEx Field after an Eagles-Commanders game might be required to pursue their claims in arbitration.
The four fans didn’t buy the tickets. They never saw the tickets. Someone else bought the tickets and invited them to attend.
The lower court ruled that the four fans who were injured weren’t bound by the arbitration requirement in the tickets. The appeals court disagreed.
The case has been sent back to the lower court to determine whether the person who bought the tickets accepted the condition that any claims would be required to go to arbitration. If the person who bought the tickets did indeed accept that term, those who used the tickets are subject to the arbitration requirement, even if they didn’t know about it.
Here’s the provision that appeared in the terms and conditions of the Washington tickets: “ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM, OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TICKET OR THE EVENT SHALL BE RESOLVED BY MANDATORY, CONFIDENTIAL, FINAL, AND BINDING ARBITRATION . . . . HOLDER UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO A COURT OR JURY TRIAL . . . . IF HOLDER DOES NOT CONSENT TO THIS CLAUSE, HOLDER MUST LEAVE OR NOT ENTER THE STADIUM. THIS CLAUSE IS GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT.”
Again, the four people who were injured when the railing collapsed never saw that term. They never agreed to that term. But the federal appeals court found that, if the person who bought the tickets is bound by that provision, they are, too.
There’s a deeper issue at play here, one that will be largely overlooked in the upcoming election. The president appoints all federal judges, at every level. And the clear trend, proven time and again, goes like this: Judges appointed by Republican presidents tend to favor the interests of businesses, and judges appointed by Democratic presidents tend to favor the interests of the individual.
I’ve witnessed this, during 18 years of practicing law before I escaped and never looked back. The law is malleable. The presiding judge has a massive impact in how, and if, justice is dispensed. The proliferation of arbitration clauses has given judges who are inclined to support business interests an easy way to short circuit the process by forcing the case into a forum that makes it much harder for the individual to prevail.
That’s why these companies tuck arbitration clauses into any and all transactions, from the negotiation of an employment contract to the purchase of a ticket to a game.
In this case, the judge who found that the four injured people aren’t bound by an arbitration clause they never saw was appointed by a Democratic president. The judge who wrote the opinion finding that they’re potentially stuck with the arbitration clause they never saw was appointed by a Republican president.
It’s unclear why this basic issue doesn’t get addressed during campaigns. We often hear about it as it relates to the Supreme Court, as to some of the issues (mostly social) that the highest court in the land resolves. We never hear about it as to every other federal court that isn’t the Supreme Court, or as to the impact of the outcome of the election on the ability of the average person to obtain justice against the rich and powerful.
None of it will matter to the outcome of the upcoming election. But if/when someone seeking justice against a large business has the courthouse door slammed in his or her face, how they voted in this or any presidential election won’t change the fact that the door has slammed in his or her face.
One last point. At a time when many are celebrating the fact that the Commanders have turned the page from the dark years of Daniel Snyder to the new beginning under Josh Harris, the effort to force four fans who were injured at the team’s stadium is a lingering blemish on the franchise. Harris, with a snap of his fingers, could withdraw the effort to force these four people to arbitration.
If he’s truly different from Snyder, Harris will do it. Today. Every day that he doesn’t underscores the reality that, in many respects, the new boss is the same as the old boss.
Jayden Daniels had a limited practice Wednesday as he continues to deal with a painful rib injury.
It is a step forward, though, as the Commanders quarterback missed two practice days last week before a return to a limited practice Friday. He played all 74 snaps Sunday, completing a 52-yard Hail Mary on the final play for a miracle win over the Bears.
“I’m still intact,” Daniels said Wednesday, via Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press. “I feel good.”
Daniels, who is expected to play against the Giants on Sunday, said his ribs are sore, and he has no timeline for when he might fully heal.
“I wish I knew,” Daniels said. “It’s just how I feel daily, how I wake up and how I’m able to move around. And the organization here has a great plan, so I’m trusting that and following it.”
Daniels was injured in an Oct. 20 game against the Panthers.
“Pain tolerance is always a big thing,” Daniels said. “That’s pretty much what it came down to.”
Tight end Zach Ertz (rest), offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas (ankle) and linebacker Frankie Luvu (shin) did not practice Wednesday.
Center Tyler Biadasz (thumb), offensive tackle Brandon Coleman (concussion), defensive end Clelin Ferrell (knee), running back Brian Robinson (hamstring) and wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus (hamstring) were limited.
Wide receiver Terry McLaurin (ankle) was a full participant.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the nine semifinalists for the contributor category for the Class of 2025.
K.S. “Bud” Adams, Ralph Hay, Frank “Bucko” Kilroy, Robert Kraft, Art Modell, Art Rooney Jr., Seymour Siwoff, Doug Williams and John Wooten advance to the next round of voting.
Members of the contributor blue-ribbon committee made their selections from a field of 25 in their most recent reduction vote. The committee will discuss the semifinalists at length when it meets virtually Nov. 12 to select one Finalist for the full selection committee to consider for possible election with the new class of enshrinees.
Kilroy, Kraft, Rooney and Wooten reached this point in the selection process last year when coaches and contributors were in the same category. The Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors voted earlier this year to separate the groups and send one finalist from each through to the annual selection meeting to determine the new class.
Reduction votes also are occurring in the modern-era players, seniors and coach categories. Eventually, 20 finalists will be presented at the selection committee’s annual meeting next year in advance of Super Bowl LIX.
The selectors will vote on 15 modern-era players, three seniors, one coach and one contributor.
While the Hall has no set number for any class of enshrinees, the Hall of Fame’s selection process bylaws stipulate that between four and eight new members will be selected.
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels used his mobility to buy nearly 13 seconds to set up and throw the pass that became the Hail Mary that lifted Washington over Chicago on Sunday. Aiding him in that effort were two instances of uncalled holding.
Simms and I talked about it on Monday’s PFT Live. Both non-calls boosted the effort by Daniels to serve up a ball that had a chance to be batted and caught.
It doesn’t change the outcome. Plenty of missed calls happen in football. The Rams cemented their win over the Vikings to start Week 8 with an uncalled face mask. There’s no protest to be filed over it, no matter how blatant the missed call might have been.
Still, the officials did indeed fail to call at least two noticeable instances of holding on the Commanders’ Hail Mary. Whether they didn’t see the holding or they didn’t think it would matter because the Hail Mary is the ultimate camel-through-the-eye-of-the-neeedle play, they didn’t drop a flag.
And, yes, Hail Mary plays routinely entail pushing and shoving that otherwise would be regarded as pass interference. For years, however, the league has deliberately allowed a looser standard in those settings —as evidenced by the difficulty from five years ago in making pass interference calls and non-calls subject to replay review while carving out Hail Mary plays from the frame-by-frame search for contact.
Regardless, when pass interference is blatant on a Hail Mary, it gets called. (Or, as in the case of the Fail Mary, it immediately ends a lockout of the regular game officials.)
The holding that happened prior to the NFL’s latest successful Hail Mary was fairly blatant. And it wasn’t called. It’s OK for Commanders fans to admit it; they’re not going to take the win away.
The broader point is that, no matter what the NFL does to enhance officiating, there’s still enough incompetence lurking in the execution of the job to make people suspicious that something else might be going on.
Even if it’s not.
