Dan Quinn, roughly 24 hours after a brutal mistake cost them a win, is still absolutely livid. The Washington Commanders head coach, after they failed to stop the clock for a game-winning field goal and ended up tying with the New York Giants on Sunday, said he was "furious" about his team's execution late in the contest.
On a Sunday of wild endings in the NFL, the Giants-Commanders game ending may have been the wildest. The Giants should have won the game after they finally started moving the ball in the second half, but they probably feel better about Cam Skattebo’s physical error than Washington does about Jayden Daniels’ mental error.
Commanders coach Dan Quinn, who remains employed on Monday, met with reporters for his press conference one day after the most recent game. And the most recent game, a 27-27 tie with the Giants, ended with the worst example of clock management in recent years, if not ever.
Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn slammed his headset into the ground after his team tied the New York Giants 27-27 Sunday, Oct. 11, because Washington brutally mismanaged the clock without any timeouts remaining and time expired before they could get the field-goal unit onto the field.
Most coaches in the NFL either have been fired or will be fired. Dan Quinn has been fired (by the Falcons) and he undoubtedly will be fired again (by the Commanders).
The New York Giants tied the Washington Commanders in an epic comeback on Sunday, with emotional swings that could fracture one’s spirit. New York battled back from a 27-13 deficit in the final eight minutes.
The aftermath of Sunday's overtime disaster from the Commanders will resonate for the remainder of the 2026 season, and perhaps beyond. Especially because it forced the players to answer for the malpractice of the coaches.
What happened on Giants running back Cam Skattebo 's fumble with 1:55 left in overtime of Sunday's 27-27 tie with the Washington Commanders? New York's first play out of the two-minute warning was a first-and-10 from the Commanders' 24-yard line that went for no gain up the middle and turned into a win-preventing fumble.
Bad news, Eagles fans: Your coach is back in the "momentous plays" list, and not in a good way. For a second straight week, Nick Sirianni and the Eagles found themselves on the wrong end of a game they absolutely should have won.
Ordinarily we would think of a New York Giants – Washington Commanders matchup as a contest for positioning in the top 10 of the next NFL Draft. This season, though, has looked different.
LANDOVER, Md. -- John Harbaugh summed it up perfectly, or at least he tried to, after the Giants traveled to Washington, played the Commanders in a monsoon, and tied.
The Commanders worked their way into comfortable field-goal range with Jayden Daniels’ pass to Treylon Burks, who went out of bounds at the New York Giants’ 26-yard line with 1 minute, 2 seconds remaining. Washington kept pushing for yards despite it being just a 43-yard field goal attempt.
Commanders head coach Dan Quinn slammed his headset down on the sideline as the clock hit zero in overtime of Sunday's 27-27 tie with the Giants and he got a chance to share what he was thinking as the Commanders blew their chance at a game-winning field goal try by letting time run out with the ball on the New York 24-yard-line. Quinn said at his postgame press conference that he felt "gutted" for the players and that the tie "feels like a loss" because of how many opportunities the team…
The New York Giants were frustrating in Week 5 against the Washington Commanders. They were inefficient on the ground, made terrible defensive lapses, and the Jameis Winston Experience kept raising questions about who should start at quarterback.
The Commanders blew a chance to try for a win at the end of overtime on Sunday when they let the clock run out before trying a field goal inside the Giants' 25-yard-line. Quarterback Jayden Daniels took a snap and shuffled around a bit before going down for no gain.
The Commanders were handed a gift by the Giants in overtime of Sunday's game in Washington and they handed it right back. Rather than take a knee and work the clock to take a game-winning field goal try with the Commanders out of timeouts after the overtime two-minute warning, Giants head coach John Harbaugh opted to hand the ball to Cam Skattebo on a first down from the Washington 24-yard-line.
The Giants trailed by 14 points in the fourth quarter, but the Commanders could not put them away. Jameis Winston threw a pair of touchdown passes, including a game-tying score to Malik Nabers with 1:43 to play and the Commanders' ensuing drive died near midfield, so the two teams are going to overtime with the score tied at 27.
In-game updates Second half updates Fourth quarter TOUCHDOWN GIANTS – The Giants score on the 4th down conversion, with the ball coming out after the ball crosses the plane of the goal line. The Giants trail 27-20 with 7:20 remaining in…
Jayden Daniels ran the ball several times in the first half of Sunday's game against the Giants and any remaining fears that he'd be hesitant to make plays on his own after dislocating his left elbow disappeared in the third quarter. Daniels couldn't find anyone to throw to on a second down and took off through the Giants defense for a 38-yard touchdown.
J. McCarthy on one play during the first quarter of Sunday's game in Washington and the rest of their offensive performance over the first 30 minutes of play will have some wondering if he should get a longer look.
The Commanders are out to a fast start with Jayden Daniels back at quarterback. Daniels hooked up with tight end Chig Okonkwo twice for 34 yards on the team's opening possession against the Giants and running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt took care of the rest.
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J. McCarthy will be the backup quarterback for the New York Giants on Sunday against the Washington Commanders, less than two weeks after the Giants acquired him from the Minnesota Vikings.
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