The rookie QB has made an impression on some of the team's most respected players of the past and restored hope to a starved franchise.
Jayden Daniels' tremendous rookie year got even better on Sunday. The Washington Commanders quarterback led his team to their first playoff win since
Jayden Daniels doesn’t get fazed, even when a crunching hit leaves his face bloodied. The rookie quarterback played with poise all season to lead the Washington Commanders to a dramatic eight-win improvement from 2023 and he wasn’t going to let a little blood bother him in his biggest game yet.
Washington Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels suffered a cut below his eye and was bleeding during Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Washington Commanders were visitors to Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night, but they left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' stadium as history-bucking victors. Despite an iffy stretch of red-zone showings,
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,
On the team’s first drive, after the Bucs had taken a 3-0 lead on Chase McLaughlin’s 50-yard field goal, Dan Quinn chose to go for it on fourth-and-2 at the Tampa Bay 20. Jayden Daniels’ pass, intended for Austin Ekeler, was incomplete.
The Washington Commanders secured their first playoff win since the 2005 season after Zane Gonzalez doinked a game-winning field goal off and through the upright to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 on Sunday night. The Commanders will next head to Detroit to face the top-seeded Lions in the divisional round.
Looking in at the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions at halftime of the Divisional Round in the 2024 NFL Playoffs.
The surprising Washington Commanders take on the NFC top seed Detroit Lions in the NFL playoffs’ divisional round. Follow along for live updates, scores and analysis.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels locates wide receiver Dyami Brown on a deep corner-route that results in a 42-yard gain against the Detroit Lions.
The Commanders, on the other hand, pivoted to Dan Quinn — a leader of men who’s taken a team to a Super Bowl and helped oversee an 8-win turnaround. Quinn deserves endless credit for getting the most out of a team few expected to be here. And he’s doing it with a rookie QB, no less.