The Las Vegas Raiders don’t appear to have an avenue to land LSU’s Jayden Daniels in the draft. The team has been eyeing the quarterback this offseason due to his ties to head coach Antonio Pierce but signs point toward the Washington Commanders drafting him at No. 2.

While the Raiders reached out to the Commanders about a possible trade, they were turned away. That’s going to be disappointing news to Daniels. According to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, the quarterback wants to be in Las Vegas but isn’t going to refuse to play for the Commanders.

“Since the visit [with the Commanders], league sources have said Daniels has told people in his ‘dream world’ he could reunite with Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce, who was an assistant coach at Arizona State during Daniels’ time with the Sun Devils, or play under Kevin O’Connell in Minnesota,” Russini wrote in an April 24 column. “The belief around the league is the Commanders and Daniels will get past this bogey, and he’s expected to be the team’s QB of the future. But also watch for the Commanders to use one or some of their second-day picks to move back into the first round to get another starting-caliber player. Peters calls it ‘optionalit