ASHBURN, Va. — The most pressing question at the Washington Commanders’ first day of organized team activities was not about the state of their offense, the shake-up to their offensive line or the new look of their defense. It wasn’t about the continuity of their coaching staff, with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury spurning interviews for bigger jobs to stay, and it wasn’t about the rookies.

The biggest question was whether quarterback Jayden Daniels looked, well, bigger.

During the second phase of the team’s offseason workout program, the Commanders shared a photo of Daniels on the field appearing significantly more muscular than last season, leading to social media comments from fans and media.

“Put on a little muscle, eh?” center Tyler Biadasz said Wednesday with a grin. “He said what he was going to do, and he did it.”

Added Kingsbury: “He’s still pretty lean, but he’s definitely worked really hard at his fitness and (in) the weight room. … I haven’t seen his weights, but I’m sure that he’s a little bit thicker than he was.”

And Daniels? Clearly aware of and amused by the chatter, he seemed to enjoy instigating it further, declining to put a number on his weight and choosing instead to focus on the start of his second season after starting his career with offensive rookie of the year honors.

“I was just working out,” he said with a wide smile. “It wasn’t like ‘I need to eat this much.’ Nah. It was just go out there and have a plan and naturally just put on weight.”

Daniels’s focus Wednesday — and in previous weeks — was on finding the weak spots in his game and improving. With Kingsbury returning, he has the luxury of playing in the same system with the same play caller for consecutive seasons, plus the added benefit of having more help up front.

The Commanders not only traded for left tackle Laremy Tunsil but drafted tackle Josh Conerly Jr. with their first-round pick.

The investments were calculated and in part a result of their loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC championship game.

“You see in our division the team who just won the whole thing,” Kingsbury said of the Eagles. “They built it starting up front and I think to try and keep up with those types of teams, you got to continue to do that and stock that room. … We were really impressed with the line last year and the job they did, but injuries happen and you always got to try to get younger, and the more depth you have in that room, the better you’re going to do.”

The Commanders’ first big splash of the offseason was landing wide receiver Deebo Samuel in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers. His versatility should add a new wrinkle to Kingsbury’s offense and give Daniels another playmaker.

“It’s exciting when you’re able to get players like that that have been producing in this league for some time,” Daniels said. “I was most definitely excited. I was excited to get to work with them.”

Although Daniels is known for his even-keeled approach, his comfort entering Year 2 was on display during the team’s brief workout indoors. Unlike last offseason, when the end of his college career gave way to a lengthy predraft process and then the start of offseason workouts, Daniels had a reprieve this year to recharge. But he rarely strayed too far from the game.

“All he kind of thinks about is how he can get better, and (he) watches a ton of film, watches a ton of football overall,” Kingsbury said. “… If he sees something or has a thought, he likes to reach out and talk through it. And so (our) relationship has really grown (as we’re) figuring out where we want to continue to get better at.”

That relationship was integral to the Commanders’ success last season as they went 12-5 and quickly became a contender. The season ahead is filled with different challenges, including a schedule that’s heavy on prime-time games and long road trips. No longer are the Commanders a mystery team; opponents have a full season of film on Daniels and much of their offense.

But the quarterback’s mastery of the offense could dictate Washington’s success. Kingsbury already has started to see glimpses of it.

“Just the comfort level, and then you being able to take ownership of it and understand it inside and out, where now you’re correcting people, you don’t even need the coaches,” Kingsbury said. “And he’s kind of getting to that point.”

Still, in late May, when players are rotating to different positions and workouts are conducted without pads, neither was willing to divulge much information about their offseason work or the season ahead. Not even about Daniels’s weight gain.

“That’s up for grabs,” he said when asked a third time about how much weight he had added. “I don’t know.”