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HBO's long-running football series Hard Knocks has become synonymous with the NFL offseason. The program does a terrific job chronicling the training camp of one selected team every offseason. Recently, the series has expanded to include in-season and offseason iterations.
After jumping from four to 12 wins in 2024, and with Jayden Daniels quarterbacking the Commanders along the way, it seems the NFL can't get enough of the rejuvinated franchise once left for dead at the bottom of the league's heirarchy.
It has been hard not to watch Hard Knocks again while passing the time ahead of another Baltimore Ravens season. Truthfully, this would have been the fourth or fifth viewing. HBO's long-running behind-the-scenes peek into NFL training camps finally evolved,
It actually was Peyton Manning, the show’s executive producer, who changed Burrow’s mind about being a part of it along with Jared Goff and Kirk Cousins.
Jayden Daniels ran away with the 2024 NFL Rookie of the Year award last season thanks to a 12-5 record and an appearance in the NFC Championship Game, and now has everyone in the D.C. area fired up for what's to come with the Commanders.