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The Washington Commanders have been the surprise team of the 2024 season, earning a wild-card spot in the playoffs and defeating the NFC South division winner in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the best team in the NFC in the Detroit Lions. To reach the Super Bowl, they now need to top their NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles.
Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris and his group, which includes Magic Johnson, took over the team in 2023 for more than $6 billion. The team started out 4-13 in their first season with Harris and Co. as the owners, but selected Jayden Daniels, the Heisman Trophy winner from LSU, with the No. 2 pick in the draft.
Jayden Daniels’ poise and collectiveness, along with his innate talent at throwing the football, helped the Commanders to a 12-6 record and their first playoff appearance since 2020. Washington Commanders legend Champ Bailey, who played for the team when it was still called the Washington Redskins, credits Daniels and the team’s recent success to the ownership change.
“(Jayden Daniels) is the real deal. I think you can give him a lot of credit for what that franchise is doing right now, but it all starts at the top,” Bailey said. “Once Josh Harris took over the team, and you bring on the ownership team that he has … these dudes, first of all, they love the Commanders because they’re all sort of D.C. guys. And then you have Magic Johnson, who’s the winner of all winners added to that. So, the culture changes pretty much overnight.”
