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Jayden Daniels rocks Bubba Wallace 23XI jacket ahead of Eagles game

by:Alex Byington•12/22/24•

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Jayden Daniels
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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels showed his support for NASCAR and one driver in particular ahead of Sunday’s divisional showdown vs. the Philadelphia Eagles.

Daniels arrived at Northwest Stadium early Sunday morning in Landover, Maryland sporting a Bubba Wallace 23XI bomber jacket as NBC cameras caught him walking into the Commanders locker room.

Check out Daniels’ pregame fit below:

Wallace was clearly appreciative of the pregam love from Daniels, reacting with a “YESSSSIRRR!” quote-tweet of the NBC’s social media video.

It’s unclear if there was any particular meaning behind the show of support, but the Washington franchise certainly has its fair share of NASCAR connections. Key among those involves famous former Commanders/Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs, owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, whose driver, Denny Hamlin, is co-owner of the 23XI team that Wallace competes for.

Of course, Daniels could just be a fan of Wallace or even leading team sponsor DoorDash, whose logo is sprawled across the front of the jacket.

Bubba Wallace told 23XI Racing he would ‘explore seats with other teams’ without chartered car

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports were granted a preliminary injunction by the court last week, in part because of Bubba Wallace. Wallace informed his team that, unless he had a chartered car for 2025, he would look into options with other teams.

Both 23XI and Front Row will race as chartered teams because of the injunction. NASCAR must also complete the sale of the Stewart-Haas Racing charters to the teams.

In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Bell cited Bubba Wallace’s desire to explore other options as imminent harm. That is exactly what 23XI and FRM were trying to prove, in part, to get the injunction granted.

“23XI’s contract with driver Riley Herbst similarly requires that Herbst be provided with a chartered car, as does Front Row’s contract with driver Noah Gragson,” the court wrote in its decision.

“Other drivers have expressed similarly urgent concerns. Driver Bubba Wallace informed 23XI that he needs to know how it intends to compete ‘immediately’ so that he can explore seats with other teams.”

That was deemed as imminent harm by the judge. So, we are going to see business as usual in the 2025 season. Barring a settlement, this lawsuit is moving forward.

Jonathan Howard contributed to this report.