​The Washington Commanders have endured a lot of changes this offseason. Beyond roster changes, the Commanders also brought in new offensive and defensive coordinators, David Blough and Daronte Jones.David Blough was already with the Commanders and was promoted from assistant quarterbacks coach. Because he was already with the Commanders, the learning curve wasn’t as big as it could have been. He has installed a new offensive scheme that changes how the offense will operate and will see Jayden Daniels spend more time in the pocket than using his legs.Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer has thoughts on how Blough’s offense will look and function in 2026.Blough brings new ideas after serving as the team’s assistant quarterbacks coach. This won’t be the Kliff Kingsbury offense he worked under the past two years. There are sprinkles of that, and the Sean McVay–influenced offense he played in under Kevin O’Connell. But there are more of Ben Johnson’s concepts than anyone else’s in what the Commanders are doing, if you had to drill down on the specifics. And that means a pretty significant change for Jayden Daniels, as he heads into his third season after an injury-stricken sophomore campaign. I’d look for Blough to highlight what Daniels is capable of as a passer. You’ll see that in the play-action and keeper game. What might be tougher to pick up is how Blough also plans to leverage Daniels’s football IQ by putting more on him and giving him more command at the line. How Daniels is now working cadence, kills and checks presnap are evidence that he can more than handle it. And, quietly, I get the sense that the staff can’t wait for the football world to see what Daniels is going to be in 2026—especially since a lot of that world seems to have forgotten 2024.After the 2025 debacle, the entire NFL world has dismissed Jayden Daniels’ 2024 season as if it never happened. As if he didn’t play at an elite level before enduring multiple injuries. And the thing with Daniels is that he didn’t have any major injuries; he had several minor ones. He didn’t have to have surgery; he had to rest and let his body heal. Let’s also remember that his major injury was dislocating the elbow in his non-throwing arm, and his throwing arm was never a problem.Daniels is entering 2026 with a chip on his shoulder after the way 2025 went and the lack of respect he’s gotten since getting injured. He didn’t play more than one series in the Commanders’ preseason Week 2 loss to the Detroit Lions, so we still don’t really know what he will look like this season. But it sounds like we can expect his 2024 form to resurface and remind us all why he earned OROY honors.This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: David Blough’s offense changes things for Commanders’ Jayden Daniels