What Commanders’ Dan Quinn, Jayden Daniels said after jarring end-of-game mistake in tie vs. Giants

The Washington Commanders just needed to stop the clock with enough time to kick a field goal, and they had a good chance to defeat the New York Giants in the final seconds of overtime. Instead, what happened was a comedy of errors. The Commanders ran out of time, and the divisional game ended in a 27-27 tie, the first tie of the 2026 season.

On second-and-8 with 12 seconds remaining, quarterback Jayden Daniels scrambled, found no one open and held on to the ball. He went down around the line of scrimmage with about eight seconds to go. The one thing the Commanders' offense needed not to do on that play was keep the ball in bounds and allow the clock to continue to wind.

With no timeouts remaining, time ticked down as the Commanders scrambled to get the ball lined up and snapped, hoping to spike it with enough time to kick about a 41-yard field goal.

They didn't have nearly enough time.

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

What Washington should've done was kick the field goal on second down, as the next score would win…

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