Dan Quinn 'Not Happy' with Questionable Final Play in Commanders' Loss to Rams

The Washington Commanders' season has been defined by late-game blunders, and they committed another in Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

Despite being just past the Rams' 30-yard line in the final seconds, the Commanders opted to go for a short pass followed by a handful of laterals rather than just aiming for the end zone.

After the game, head coach Dan Quinn said he was "not happy with the execution of that play."

The poor ending to Sunday's game continued a trend for the Commanders this season.

In Week 5 against the New York Giants, Washington had the ball in field goal range late in overtime after forcing a fumble on the other end and appeared to be on its way to a victory.

But quarterback Jayden Daniels took a sack and was unable to get back to the line of scrimmage to stop the clock, and the game ended in a tie.

"The sequence of that does not fall on him," Quinn told reporters about the play. "It's an out-of-bounds throw or a 'clock'. That has to come from me."

The following week, against the San Francisco 49ers, the Commanders trailed by six points and had the ball in the final minute with good field position. They marched down to the 28-yard line with seconds remaining, but an intentional grounding call moved the ball back to the 40.

Washington then failed to get off a pass attempt as Daniels was sacked as time expired.

The Commanders are now 2-5-1 as their playoff hopes continue to dwindle, but they still have a path to the postseason thanks to a weak NFC East.

They can't afford to continue making the kinds of errors they made on Sunday, though.

"We have to play all three phases together," Quinn told reporters . "I've seen too much of it where it's part of it, not the whole thing. That's what we're gonna continue to practice, and that has to click. It just has to. Too far along to not have it all working together."