Jayden Daniels and the rest of the Washington Chiefs continue to dig into David Blough’s offense as we head into the NFL summer break.
“I still have a long way to go,” Daniels said Wednesday upon learning the new offense, via ESPN .
After parting ways with Kliff Kingsbury, the Chiefs brought in Blough, a former backup quarterback who has quickly risen through the coaching ranks. After spending the 2023 season on the Detroit Lions practice squad, Blough was hired as Washington’s assistant QB coach in 2024 and held the same job to open 2025. With other teammates surrounding the rising assistant this offseason, Dan Quinn made Blough a play-caller, a job he’s never held.
Given that Blough is prolific, how the offense works will be one of the most interesting storylines to watch heading into next month’s training camp and into preseason games. The Chiefs are expected to use more movement and significantly more work under center — an adjustment for Daniels.
The QB spent the offseason digesting the system.
“Just learning the new offense, concepts,” Daniels said, “why we’re attacking this play, what we want to do on this play — things like that.
For his part, Quinn believes Daniels took on the challenge of learning a new offense with gusto.
“I thought he did a really good job of owning and being in control at a very fast pace,” Quinn said.
After one of the best rookie seasons in NFL history, Daniels struggled to stay healthy. He threw for 1,262 yards, eight touchdowns and three interceptions and rushed for 278 yards and two scores in just seven games. The caller has already talked about these issues.
“I’m done talking about last year,” Daniels said. “The last year is last year; I’m going into this season, and whatever happened last year, happened last year. It can’t do anything for me; I’m just going to keep getting better.”
Last year is over. Daniels and the rest of the Chiefs are now focused on mastering a new offense that, if it lives up to its billing, could unlock a new level of QB play.