Commanders Legend Brian Mitchell Is Excited About Jayden Daniels, ‘Sky Is the Limit’

Jayden Daniels has won over the Commanders’ fanbase so far this year… and also clearly one of the franchise’s best players of all time – as Brian Mitchell tells TMZ Sports he is extremely impressed with Washington’s new star rookie.

Through five games, Daniels has the Commanders at 4-1 and atop the NFC East … and Mitchell says it’s now clear to him that the 23-year-old signal caller’s potential is enormous.

“The sky’s the limit,” the former All-Pro said.

Mitchell – who co-hosts “B Mitch and Finlay,” a D.C.-area sports talk show — told us he could see Daniels’ maturity from a mile away, just after Washington selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the spring draft … but he said what really impressed him the LSU product was how he maintained his drive even after being named the team’s QB1 over the summer.

In fact, the ex-Washington tailback said he’s pretty confident Daniels will last… a key to the city – and more – lies in his future.

“If he keeps this up,” Mitchell said, “he can have this city, this state, this area and everyone around – he can feed them out of his hands!”

While great so far, Daniels will have a big test on Sunday… when he and the Commanders take on the Ravens in Baltimore. Mitchell tells us he expects a great match, but if his former team were to lose it, he warned fans to remain optimistic.

Finally, Mitchell explained that the entire organization looks different now that they have new ownership in addition to a new QB and head coach.