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Washington's current top backup, Marcus Mariota, is dealing with a knee injury and O'Connell was teammates with Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough across two seasons with the Boilermakers.
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Mariota dealing with knee injury; opens backup opportunity for Commanders.

Mariota is the Commanders' current top backup quarterback but is dealing with a knee injury. This injury situation could create an opportunity for teams like Washington to consider targeting Aidan O'Connell as a longer-term backup behind Jayden Daniels.

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