Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons didn’t mince words about the Washington Commanders’ tie with the New York Giants, which ended Sunday with a monumental clock-management failure by quarterback Jayden Daniels.
“Jayden Daniels probably cost my man [Commanders coach] Dan Quinn his job, to be honest with you,” Parsons said on his podcast this week. “I’m a big Jayden Daniels fan, but the reality is, he probably cost a lot of people their jobs this weekend.”
Daniels took a sack with less than 20 seconds left in overtime and showed little urgency to spike the ball to set up a game-winning field-goal try. The Commanders were out of timeouts.
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Time expired, and Washington settled for a soul-crushing tie.
Coaches and players have shared responsibility for the blunder.
Daniels repeatedly noted that “we have to be better.”
Quinn took full accountability, noting that it’s his responsibility to ensure that offensive coordinator David Blough and the players understand the situation.
As Quinn and Parsons have noted, NFL squads devote countless hours to similar situations in practice.
“This is your job, bro,” Parsons said of Daniels. “This is your job to be prepared to understand the game and understand situations. That’s in your job profile. And you’re telling me, ’Oh, we’re going to want to pay this guy eventually $60 million?’ This cannot happen.”
The Commanders (1-3-1) are enjoying an extra day off Wednesday ahead of Monday night’s game in San Francisco against the 49ers (5-0). Washington will return to practice on Thursday.
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