Jayden Daniels' secret weapon: Training every day with a VR headset

Zoom in: Daniels uses the VR tech every day at 6am, CBS said on air last week. Lifelike game scenarios are loaded in.

• Daniels hears his offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury narrating the plays — just like on the real field, per The Athletic.
• The simulation is realistic enough to immerse the user in different scenarios and stadiums, down to displaying details like the location of play clocks.

And Daniels plays the VR at the "highest possible setting," The Athletic writes.

• After training on the superfast simulation, Daniels says "everything slows down" when he steps out on game day.

Flashback: Daniels used the VR set at LSU on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy.

• He credits the extra reps for accelerating his growth. It also helped him stay on his game when he suffered a concussion in practice last year at LSU.

The product was designed by German company Cognilize initially for soccer players.

The bottom line: The Commanders' coaching staff is all-in.

• Even if it initially shook Kingsbury: "The first time I put it on, I backed into the wall," he told The Athletic. "It felt like the (pass) rush was coming."