Jayden Daniels' tremendous rookie year got even better on Sunday. The Washington Commanders quarterback led his team to their first playoff win since
The Commanders started the game with a possession that took nearly half of the first quarter, but in the end, got only three points out of it.
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Daniels, playing with a bandage beneath his right eye after his face was bloodied, joined C.J. Stroud and Brock Purdy as rookie QBs to win playoff games in the past three seasons.
Jayden Daniels ran for a critical first down to set up Zane Gonzalez’s 37-yard field goal that clanged off the right upright and went through as time expired, and the Washington Commanders beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 in an NFC wild-card game for the franchise’s first playoff win in 6,
After a Washington timeout, Daniels called his own number, escaped a Buccaneer defender in the backfield and ran for a first down with 39 seconds left. Gonzalez, the most recent of a myriad of kickers for the Commanders in his sixth game for Washington, came on with threeseconds left.
The Washington Commanders have pulled off the upset and stunned the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a 23-20 win in a thrilling wild-card matchup.
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The Commanders, who went 4-13 last season, have won by paying attention to detail. Late-game success enabled them to post a 12-5 record in Quinn's first season. Quarterback Jayden Daniels was a huge key in Sunday's win, but the Washington defense allowed 284 yards, slowing the Bucs' high-powered offense.
Highlights from the surprising Commanders’ upset of the top-seeded Detroit Lions in the NFL playoffs’ divisional round.
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels explains his 'serious' reaction to Zane Gonzalez's game-winning field goal in the Wild-Card round of the playoffs.
The Washington Commanders got some help from the goal post, as Zane Gonzalez doinked the game-winning field goal in to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to move on in the playoffs.