Everything Jayden Daniels Said About Commanders' Clock Management at End of Tie vs. Giants

The Washington Commanders blew a chance for a game-winning field goal on Sunday during a 27-27 tie against the New York Giants, failing to spike the ball in time after running a haphazard final play.

"We've just got to communicate that, that's the whole thing," quarterback Jayden Daniels told reporters when asked if he knew the Commanders were out of timeous before the final play. "It starts with me, communicating to the whole offense in the huddle. And I think everybody will say that from the top down."

Washington head coach Dan Quinn also took the blame.

"That last sequence... throw it out of bounds, clock it, give yourself a chance to kick," he told reporters. "We pride ourselves on those moments at the end of games. And after the first-down run, still trying to gain more for the kick, and the right call honestly is that we can go clock it early. Don't put ourselves in that spot. And that's my responsibility, nobody else's."

Whoever was ultimately at fault, both Daniels and Quinn were heavily criticized for that sequence after the game:

The tie dropped Washington to 1-3-1 on the season, and just as importantly blew an opportunity to make up ground on the Giants, who remarkably sit atop the division at 3-1-1 (both the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys are 2-3).

Somehow all four NFC East teams failed to win in Week 5 despite two of them playing each other. You don't see that happen very often.