THE Washington Commanders are back in town this week after a well-deserved week off. Some players stayed in the zone, while others used the bye week to escape the grind. Washington hadn’t had an extended leave since arriving at training camp in July.
Commanders will return to their regular weekly schedule Wednesday for training, but the recruit class made the most of their day off before returning to work.
Jayden Daniels and 13 other members of the recruit class spent Tuesday at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC.
Daniels was dressed as Santa’s helper, while fellow quarterback Sam Hartman was Santa.
Daniels spent time with each child and expressed joy at being able to make them smile.
“Obviously you don’t want anyone to go through the circumstances that they’re going through,” Daniels spoke to Chick Hernandez of WUSA 9 Sports in Washington. “But just to come back, be there, and just bring them joy, see the smiles on their faces and interact with them, I mean, I can’t ask for anything. And that’s something I’ve always wanted to do .Just give back to the kids and help them, inspire them.”
Luke McCaffrey spent time with Riley, who designed his cleats for the NFL’s “My Cause My Cleats,” where NFL players are allowed to wear custom cleats representing a charity close to their hearts. McCaffrey represents “The Logan Project,” which you can learn more about here.
Here’s McCaffrey seeing his custom cleats for the first time.
Riley defeated McCaffrey and Daniels in a card game.
It was a special day for the Commanders’ recruit class, and they seemed to enjoy bringing Christmas cheer to the children.
This article was originally published on Commanders Wire: Where did Jayden Daniels and the other Commanders recruits spend their day off?
