The Washington Commanders have practiced the art of patience when it comes to moving on to the next item on their short and long-range calendars, not putting any move ahead of the ones that need to come before it.

This includes Commanders head coach Dan Quinn not only declining to name a starting quarterback ahead of training camp, but not even mentioning the presence of ‘starters’ or depth charts to this point.

It’s been all about competition in Washington so far, and they’ll let the rest work itself out when the time to do so comes. Just like they did by finishing all of their rookie contracts following the conclusion of mandatory minicamp, and ahead of July’s training camp.

One hour after releasing an inside look into the Commanders’ NFL Draft war room the team revealed via social media that quarterback Jayden Daniels had signed his rookie contract.

Right after that the team announced the signing of tight end Ben Sinnott, and finally the signing of offensive tackle Brandon Coleman with the accompanying post stating, “Our entire 2024 draft class is officially signed.”

It’s a momentous occasion in the life of the NFL players who were not that long ago children who dreamt of suiting up for a professional football team.

For Washington, it’s a necessary move that surely comes at no surprise, but needs to happen before fully swinging in to training camp preparation gear.

Rookies drafted by NFL teams are allowed, per the collective bargaining agreement, to practice during rookie minicamp, OTAs, and obligatory minicamp even if they haven’t signed their original contracts.

That latitude, however, doesn’t extend to training camp, and any rookie who doesn’t have a signed deal by then is not allowed to practice.

With all of their picks signed, the Commanders have taken care of that, and will now enjoy a fairly calm break before training camp returns and competitive football awaits just around the bend.

Daniels’ agreement, primarily set by the NFL’s rookie wage scale, is for $37.75 million over the next four years, contains a fifth-year team option, and comes with a $24.3 million signing bonus according to Ben Standig of The Athletic. The precise elements of the contract were handled by Daniels’ agent, Ron Butler.