The reality is that playing 17 games plus going through a playoff run is a taxing process, and Daniels felt the physical toll after the season came to an end. Now that he’s experienced it firsthand, it has shaped everything about his offseason routine.
“It’s a long season,” Daniels told Bryan Colbert Jr. on “Next Man Up.” “Now, just put the team around me, ask questions, ask vets and reach out to other individuals [to ask], ‘How did you navigate your first offseason?’”
Regardless of how Daniels has structured his offseason plans, all of it was done to replicate the success he and the Commanders had in 2024.