Commanders' Quinn: 'Fair to envision' team drafting QB
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn believes his team will likely select a signal-caller in the upcoming draft.
"I would say it'd be fair to envision we'd be taking a quarterback," Quinn told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network on Saturday. "To say where it'll be happening, I think that's a better question for (general manager) Adam (Peters)."
Washington holds the No. 2 overall selection in the 2024 draft. Jake Fromm and Marcus Mariota are the only quarterbacks on the Commanders' roster, with the latter signing a one-year deal with the team in free agency.
The Commanders traded Sam Howell, their 2023 starter, to the Seattle Seahawks earlier in March. The 23-year-old went 4-13 in 17 starts last season, totaling 3,946 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, and a league-leading 21 interceptions.
USC quarterback Caleb Williams is the heavy favorite to go No. 1 to the Chicago Bears in the draft. After Williams, North Carolina's Drake Maye and LSU's Jayden Daniels are the next two signal-callers projected to go off the board.
"I still have a lot of work to do into that space," Quinn said when asked which quarterback Washington will select. "Unfortunately, (Peters) is way further ahead from going through it, but we really dug in hard on our own team and then the free agent process."
He added: "We still have more visits, people to come in, it's been more time. So, I'd say we're getting closer, but to say we're there yet, not yet."
Quinn also didn't rule out potentially trading down from No. 2.
"I would anticipate (Peters) fielding these calls as it goes through, and usually it's not necessarily later than Nos. 6 or 7, but those people who are usually in the top four or five, there's somebody that somebody has targeted, and I think it's mostly like, 'Well, I've got to take a shot!'"
Washington has nine picks in the draft, including six in the top 100 selections.
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