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One thing Peyton Manning has always been good at is taking notice of the little things that make football players great. It’s something the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback mastered in his maniacal approach to preparation over 18 seasons in the NFL.
So when Manning sees something he like in certain players, people listen.
Manning likes what he sees in the potential combination of Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and veteran wide receiver Terry McLaurin — two players Manning has a long history with — in talking with NBC Sports’ JP Finlay at the Joe Gibbs’ Youth for Tomorrow event on May 16.
“I’m a big fan of Terry; he’s an Indianapolis kid. I knew about him in high school,” Manning told Finlay. “I’m gonna draft Jayden and Terry on my fantasy team.”
McLaurin starred for Indianapolis Cathedral High School then Ohio State before Washington drafted him in the third round (No. 76 overall) in the 2019 NFL draft.
Manning, of course, played 14 seasons for the Indianapolis Colts after they selected him No. 1 overall in the 1998 NFL draft.
McLaurin has established himself as one of the NFL’s very best wide receivers over the last five seasons despite playing with a revolving door of quarterbacks.
McLaurin had 919 receiving yards as a rookie in 2019 and has had over 1,000 receiving yards the last last four seasons. That’s a stretch in which the Commanders have used 10 different starting quarterbacks.
The Commanders haven’t had a winning record since McLaurin has been in the NFL — they made the playoffs with a 7-9 record in 2020. First-year head coach Dan Quinn is the third head coach McLaurin will have played for.
