TAMPA — The Washington Commanders picked a very good time to have their longest drive of the season, and it culminated in quarterback Jayden Daniels‘ first profession playoff landing cross.
Daniels’ 10-yard cross to receiver Dyami Brown capped a 17-play, 92-yard drive that took 9 minutes, eight seconds to provide Washington a 7-3 lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was Washington’s longest drive of the season.
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On the third-and-goal play, Brown was in a position to sneak behind the Tampa secondary because of the eye paid to receiver Terry McLaurin. He ran a crossing sample to the left entrance aspect of the tip zone — drawing the eye of the security and the nook to that aspect.
Brown, aligned on the left aspect, snuck to the again of the tip zone the place he was extensive open.
It helped that Daniels had loads of time to throw in opposition to Tampa’s four-man rush: 3.94 seconds.
Washington transformed 3 of 4 third downs on the drive in addition to a fourth-and-1 on the Bucs’ 23-yard line. On a 3rd down from his personal 12, Daniels was pressured to scramble to his proper, however he discovered tight finish Zach Ertz within the center for 9 yards to kickstart the drive.
The Commanders had didn’t convert a fourth-and-2 from the Tampa 20 on its first possession.
Daniels accomplished 9-of-12 passes for 97 yards on his first two possessions and ran 5 instances for 15 yards.
