Jayden Daniels, Commanders keep Bengals winless after massive upset on the road

Week 3 for the Washington Commanders successful the 2024 NFL play volition everlastingly beryllium known arsenic the Jayden Daniels breakout game. 

For the Cincinnati Bengals, they’re simply astatine a nonaccomplishment for words, arsenic they’re present 0-3 connected the play aft being upset, 38-33, astatine location by Daniels & Co. 

The Commanders are present 2-1 connected the season, and a batch of it has to bash with the No. 2 wide prime successful the 2024 NFL Draft putting connected an implicit amusement connected "Monday Night Football," arsenic helium threw for 254 yards with his archetypal 2 vocation passing touchdowns connected 21-of-23 done the air. 

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Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels (5) throws a walk successful the 2nd 4th of the NFL Week 3 crippled betwixt the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Commanders astatine Paycor Stadium successful downtown Cincinnati connected Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. The Commanders led 21-13 astatine halftime. (IMAGN)

And arsenic he’s done earlier this season, Daniels was capable to find the extremity portion with his legs arsenic well. The biggest item of the night, though, came connected the Commanders’ last drive, arsenic the league got to spot conscionable what Daniels was made of. 

On 4th-and-four from the Cincinnati 39-yard line, Daniels did not privation to get disconnected the field, and helium was calling to his violative coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury, to get a play successful his helmet truthful helium could acceptable up his offense. At the time, the Commanders held lone a 31-26 pb aft Joe Burrow recovered Ja’Marr Chase for the 2nd clip connected the nighttime successful the extremity zone. 

Daniels, exuding confidence, took the drawback and delivered a dot to his choky end, Zach Ertz for a nine-yard crippled to determination the chains and proceed taking timepiece disconnected the scoreboard. 

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But, alternatively of conscionable moving retired the clock, Daniels launched a weaponry down the close sideline to Terry McLaurin connected 3rd-and-seven for a 27-yard touchdown. 

Daniels called game, arsenic the walk enactment McLaurin astatine 100 yards connected 4 receptions for the night. 

Burrow and the Bengals’ discourtesy tried to usage the 2 minutes near connected the timepiece for immoderate miracle, and though Zack Moss was capable to tally it successful to marque it 38-32 successful that span, the Bengals couldn’t retrieve the onside kick. The Commanders, then, pulled disconnected the stunner astatine Paycor Stadium. 

Cincinnati came into this crippled knowing that nary squad has ever made the playoffs successful the modern epoch aft going 0-3. So, portion cliché, it was the truth: It was a must-win crippled for the Bengals successful their minds. 

And Burrow came retired firing arsenic helium recovered Chase connected a 41-yard touchdown walk to rapidly spell up by 7 connected the Commanders. 

But Washington’s discourtesy acceptable the code aboriginal on, arsenic they responded with a touchdown of their own, crushing 6:12 of the first-quarter timepiece to spot Brian Robinson gaffe done a spread and into the extremity zone. 

Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels (5) warms up earlier a crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Paycor Stadium. (Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images)

Washington would spell connected to people a touchdown connected its archetypal 3 drives, and they each came connected the crushed arsenic Austin Ekeler, who exited the crippled aboriginal with a caput injury, scored connected a 24-yard unreserved and Daniels kept it connected a work enactment for the score. 

By the extremity of the archetypal half, the Commanders were up, 21-13, and they rapidly furthered the pb connected the archetypal thrust of the 2nd half, and it would beryllium Daniels’ archetypal vocation passing touchdown. However, the recipient wasn’t who anyone expected it to be. 

Offensive tackle Trent Scott scored a "big antheral touchdown," arsenic helium slipped retired connected a fake tally play and caught the one-yard walk from Daniels for the score. 

Looking much astatine the container score, Burrow went 29-for-38 for 324 yards with 3 touchdowns and nary interceptions, a show that usually results successful him winning games. 

Washington Commanders backmost Jayden Daniels (5) reacts aft scoring a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals successful the archetypal fractional astatine Paycor Stadium. (Katie Stratman-Imagn Images)

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But the Commanders proved they are not to beryllium taken lightly this season, arsenic their rookie backmost appears to person a chill caput connected his shoulders to footwear disconnected his inaugural campaign. 

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