He understood the franchise culture makeover that began when Rales and Josh Harris — who stood with his wife, Marjorie, to Rales’ left — bought the team from Dan Snyder in 2023, and McLaurin understood a year later when Quinn arrived and galvanized a collection of young players and past-their-prime veterans to reach a conference title game in their first season together.

The record-breaking rookie quarterback may owe some of his success to virtual reality. If the Washington Commanders beat the Philadelphia Eagles in today’s NFC Championship game, Jayden Daniels will become the first rookie ever to be starting quarterback in the Super Bowl,