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- Jayden Daniels dislocated his left elbow in Week Two against Dallas and sat out Washington's 33-31 upset win over Seattle in Week Three, where Marcus Mariota went 19 of 31 for 183 yards and three touchdowns as the fill-in starter.
- Daniels flew to London with the team and wore a brace during a light jog-through at Wednesday's practice, which head coach Dan Quinn called "a good step" but said it was "too early to call" his Sunday availability.
- Quinn said a definitive determination on Daniels' status would come by Friday, based on how he responds to Thursday and Friday workload, adding "we won't put him out there before he's ready."
- Daniels suffered the same elbow injury in Week Nine last season, re-aggravated it five weeks later, and missed Washington's final four games — a recovery roadmap Quinn described as "a known entity."
- Sunday's matchup against the Indianapolis Colts at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the first of three London games over the next month and the 43rd regular-season NFL game played in the UK since 2007; Quinn called it his first game coaching in England.
Why it matters: Daniels missed Week Three with the same elbow injury that prematurely ended his 2025 season, and if he's ruled out Friday, Mariota starts a second straight game against a Colts squad that just beat Houston 19-17 — with Washington's star rookie QB facing a recurrence risk rather than a clean bill of health.
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