Washington had victory in its grasp and watched it evaporate. Their overtime meeting with the New York Giants in Landover on Sunday finished 27-27, the league’s first tie of the season, after Washington failed to stop the clock with a short field goal there for the taking.
The home side controlled most of the game. They led 27-13 with under eight minutes of regulation left before Jameis Winston, making a third straight start for the injured Jaxson Dart, took over. He threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the second a 17-yard strike to Malik Nabers that levelled the score with 1:43 remaining, and finished 33 of 54 for 326 yards.
Overtime was chaotic. Giants kicker Dominic Zvada failed from 46 yards, already his third unsuccessful kick on Sunday. Later the Giants reached the Washington 24 before Daron Payne punched the ball loose from Cam Skattebo.
That handed Washington a golden chance, but the Commanders had no timeouts left and treated the clock far too casually. Instead of spiking the ball and sending out kicker Drew Stevens, they huddled. On the final snap, Jayden Daniels rolled left, never threw, and was brought down. By the time the offense scrambled into formation to kill the clock, no time remained. Giants defenders celebrated as if they had won, while head coach Dan Quinn slammed his headset to the turf.
Daniels, only recently back from a dislocated elbow, owned the mistake. “Ultimately, it’s on me,” he said. Quinn insisted the error was his: “That is my responsibility.”
The result keeps the Giants on top of the NFC East at 3-1-1. Washington slips to 1-3-1 and faces another week of hard questions about its game management.
