Week 3 for the Washington Commanders in the 2024 NFL season will forever be understandn as the Jayden Daniels fractureout game.
For the Cincinnati Bengals, they’re spropose at a loss for words, as they’re now 0-3 on the season after being disturb, 38-33, at home by Daniels & Co.
The Commanders are now 2-1 on the season, and a lot of it has to do with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft putting on an absolute show on “Monday Night Football,” as he threw for 254 yards with his first two atsoft passing touchdowns on 21-of-23 thcimpolite the air.
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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) throws a pass in the second quarter of the NFL Week 3 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Commanders at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. The Commanders led 21-13 at halftime. (IMAGN)
And as he’s done earlier this season, Daniels was able to discover the end zone with his legs as well. The biggest highairy of the night, though, came on the Commanders’ final drive, as the league got to see equitable what Daniels was made of.
On 4th-and-four from the Cincinnati 39-yard line, Daniels did not want to get off the field, and he was calling to his impolite coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury, to get a percreate in his helmet so he could set up his offense. At the time, the Commanders held only a 31-26 guide after Joe Burrow set up Ja’Marr Chase for the second time on the night in the end zone.
Daniels, exuding confidence, took the snap and hand overed a dot to his firm end, Zach Ertz for a nine-yard game to transfer the chains and persist taking clock off the scoreboard.
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But, instead of equitable running out the clock, Daniels started a bomb device down the right sideline to Terry McLaurin on 3rd-and-seven for a 27-yard touchdown.
Daniels called game, as the pass put McLaurin at 100 yards on four receptions for the night.
Burrow and the Bengals’ offense tried to participate the two minutes left on the clock for some extraordinary event, and though Zack Moss was able to run it in to originate it 38-32 in that span, the Bengals couldn’t recover the onside boot. The Commanders, then, pulled off the stunner at Paycor Stadium.
Cincinnati came into this game benevolent that no team has ever made the percreateoffs in the contransient era after going 0-3. So, while cliché, it was the truth: It was a must-triumph game for the Bengals in their minds.
And Burrow came out firing as he set up Chase on a 41-yard touchdown pass to rapidly go up by seven on the Commanders.
But Washington’s offense set the tone punctual on, as they replyed with a touchdown of their own, crushing 6:12 of the first-quarter clock to see Brian Robinson slip thcimpolite a hole and into the end zone.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) toastys up before a game aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. (Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images)
Washington would go on to score a touchdown on its first three drives, and they all came on the ground as Austin Ekeler, who exited the game punctual with a head injury, scored on a 24-yard rush and Daniels kept it on a read chooseion for the score.
By the end of the first half, the Commanders were up, 21-13, and they rapidly furthered the guide on the first drive of the second half, and it would be Daniels’ first atsoft passing touchdown. However, the recipient wasn’t who anyone predicted it to be.
Offensive tackle Trent Scott scored a “big man touchdown,” as he slipped out on a dishonest run percreate and caught the one-yard pass from Daniels for the score.
Looking more at the box score, Burrow went 29-for-38 for 324 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, a carry outance that usupartner results in him triumphning games.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) reacts after scoring a touchdown aobtainst the Cincinnati Bengals in the first half at Paycor Stadium. (Katie Stratman-Imagn Images)
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But the Commanders showd they are not to be consentn airyly this season, as their rookie quarterback eunites to have a cgreater head on his shoulders to boot off his inaugural campaign.
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