Nothing about Saturday's game against the Lions could make Jayden Daniels flinched, and the Commanders' rookie QB delivered a stunning upset win.
Daniels threw two touchdown passes to help the Commanders return to the NFC title game for first time in 33 years.
Daniels completed 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards on his first two possessions and ran five times for 15 yards. Later, Daniels tossed a second TD pass of the night, this time a five-yard pass to McLaurin on fourth down to give the Commanders a 20-17 lead with 9:46 remaining in the third quarter.
Jayden Daniels hits Dyami Brown with a 10-yard pass to put the Commanders on the board with a 7-3 lead after the extra point in the second quarter.
The Commanders extended their magical season by bringing the Lions' special run to an end in an NFC divisional-round playoff stunner.
Jayden Daniels and the Commanders stunned the Lions 45-31 in Detroit to advance to the NFC championship game. Here's what we learned.
Highlights from the surprising Commanders’ upset of the top-seeded Detroit Lions in the NFL playoffs’ divisional round.
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.
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,
Washington Commanders rookie Jayden Daniels suffered a cut below his eye and was bleeding during Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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.
If a 12-5 record and the wild-card win over the Bucs didn’t convince remaining skeptics, hammering the NFC's top seed indeed did the trick.