Commanders minority owner Magic Johnson sounds off after stunning end-of-game botch

The Commanders' complete meltdown at the end of overtime, with the clock running out before a possible game-winning field goal attempt, left everyone stunned. Giants players jumped for joy as the clock expired on the 27-27 tie. Commanders players hunched over in disbelief. Dan Quinn threw his headset to the ground in disgust. Even FOX announcers Chris Myers and Jonathan Vilma were a mix of disbelief, confusion and shock.

As for Commanders minority owner Magic Johnson? Well, he's just like us.

I’m in total disbelief my Commanders had such poor clock management in today’s overtime game against the Giants. All we had to do was kick the field goal and we would have won the game!🤦🏾‍♂️

Here's the play in question, by the way:

The Commanders can't get the play off in time and this game ends in a tie pic.twitter.com/WmPp6q5hU0

Johnson is absolutely correct in that Washington simply had to kick a short field goal to win and that there was no need for the clock to come into play at all. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels took blame, but this was a complete failure by all involved, and Quinn took the blame many times.

"After the first down run…

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