Through a 23-year NFL career and after serving as the lead colour commentator for Fox since the 2024 season, Tom Brady has seen a lot of football — but Jayden Daniels’ injury prompted an unexpected reaction.
Brady left viewers shocked when he made a very NSFW comment after the Commanders quarterback went down in pain during Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.
How did Jayden Daniels’ injury happen?
Washington was trailing 17-10 with three seconds left in the first half and had the ball at the Dallas one-yard line when coach Dan Quinn opted to go for the touchdown as opposed to kicking a field goal.
Daniels took the snap and appeared to be tripped by his one of his own linemen as he dropped back, causing him to stumble.
As the quarterback attempted to brace himself and stay on his feet by planting his left arm on the ground, his elbow buckled and then dislocated.
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Daniels was able to throw the ball away as a Cowboys defender hit him, but the QB then grabbed his arm and went to the ground in obvious pain after the play.
He was immediately attended to by medical staff and trainers, with his left arm put in an air cast before he was taken off the field on a cart.
What did Tom Brady say?
As Brady and play-by-play partner Kevin Burkhardt watched the replay, the seven-time Super Bowl champ was taken aback by the footage and said “Oh s***,” live on air.
Brady quickly apologized and later added that the gruesome injury was something he “was not expecting to see.”
The incident wasn’t Brady’s only noteworthy calls of the game. Later on, he described a pass from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb as an “absolute piss missle” and chided Washington defensive back Mike Sainristil for “stinking” in Cover 2.
How bad is Jayden Daniels’ injury?
When play resumed in the second half, backup QB Marcus Mariota took the helm for Washington, but couldn’t lead a comeback. The Cowboys would go on to win 37-20 and Commanders coach Dan Quinn was asked about his decision to go for it with Daniels.
“I thought looking back on it, at the one-yard line, we need touchdowns,” Quinn said of the call. “I don’t regret that call. Obviously any time someone’s injured you play the ‘what if’ game. I don’t think this is one of those times for me.
“I hate that it happened. … I wasn’t hesitant about going into that spot. We’re going to be aggressive in this game against their offense. So I don’t regret that. Obviously, the outcome sucks. But it wasn’t a ‘what if’ or ‘I wish I had done something differently.’”
Daniels suffered a similar injury to the same elbow last season, missing three games before returning and aggravating it.
Quinn said that Daniels would undergo tests on Monday to find the extent of the injury.
“Once I know an update that we can move forward with then I’ll give you that,” Quinn said. “Man, are we bummed for him. He was really playing his ass off.
“We will rally so hard around Marcus (Mariota) until Jayden’s back. That’s what we talked about as a team.”