How NFL teams approach, develop rookie QBs at training camp

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Before Jayden Daniels got to Commanders camp last summer -- before the Commanders even knew for sure they'd be selecting him with the No. 2 pick in the 2024 NFL draft -- new coach Dan Quinn wanted to make sure the situation was right.

"We needed to create an ecosystem," Quinn said when asked about how to break in a rookie quarterback. "And it started, really, with the staff."

It was during Quinn's interview with new team owner Josh Harris and new general manager Adam Peters in January 2024 that he outlined his plan for setting up the first offseason around a rookie QB. After his firing over three years earlier as the Falcons' coach, Quinn spent time analyzing what…