The Washington Commanders and New York Giants played to a 27-27 tie after regulation and overtime, marking the second tie in three seasons for these teams. In overtime, both teams had opportunities to win but ended up with costly mistakes instead of securing victory. The Commanders had a chance late in overtime when they drove to the Giants' 24-yard line but failed to spike the ball before time expired, while earlier, the Giants fumbled near the end of regulation after appearing poised for a potential game-winning drive. Coach Dan Quinn and quarterback Jayden Daniels both took responsibility for their team’s poor clock management late in the game, highlighting significant disappointment from all involved.
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Jayden Daniels returned to action for the Washington Commanders on Sunday against the New York Giants, after missing two games due to a dislocated left elbow. Despite wearing a brace, Daniels completed several passes and led an early touchdown drive in the first quarter. However, the game ended in a 27-27 tie as both teams struggled with clock management and key turnovers. The Commanders had a chance to win at the end but failed to spike the ball, allowing time to expire. Meanwhile, Giants quarterback Jameis Winston orchestrated a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback, throwing for 326 yards and three touchdowns in his season debut, but a fumble by Giants running back Cam Skattebo prevented them from winning outright.
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The Giants and Commanders spent overtime trading ways to give the game away before settling for a tie.
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Giants → spend → tie
The Giants and Commanders couldn’t settle Sunday’s back-and-forth game in regulation or overtime, finishing 27-27 for their second tie in three seasons.
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Giants → settle → seasons
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that → create → newsroom
Washington built a 14-point fourth-quarter lead before Jameis Winston rallied New York to force overtime.
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Winston → build → overtime
The real chaos was still to come.
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chaos → come → ?
The Giants appeared to have a chance to win with less than two minutes left in overtime.
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Giants → appear → overtime
But as New York tried to run down the clock, Cam Skattebo fumbled, and Washington recovered.
The turnover gave the Commanders possession, but they still had work to do.
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they → try → work
They took over near midfield and needed a drive to get into field-goal range.
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They → take → range
Washington answered with self-destruction.
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Washington → answer → destruction
Jayden Daniels, who ran for 103 yards, drove the Commanders to the Giants’ 24-yard line with 12 seconds remaining.
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who → run → seconds
With no timeouts and facing second-and-8, Daniels scrambled for no gain.
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Daniels → face → gain
Washington couldn’t spike the ball before time expired, throwing away an easy shot for the game-winning boot.
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time → spike → boot
Skattebo took responsibility for his fumble after the game.
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Skattebo → take → game
"At the end of the day I have to take care of the ball," he said.
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he → have → ball
"I gotta hold on to the ball and make sure these guys know that when my name’s called, we’re gonna be okay."
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we → got → ball
As the game ended, coach Dan Quinn slammed his headset in frustration.
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Quinn → end → frustration
Quinn took responsibility for the final sequence after the game.
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Quinn → take → game
"The sequencing of that does not fall on [Jayden]. ...
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sequencing → fall → Jayden
I haven't spoken to him but that one's on me.
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one → speak → me
We don't need to put him in that space."
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We → need → space
He summed up the result bluntly: "The tie feels like a loss."
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tie → sum → loss
Daniels also accepted responsibility.
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Daniels → accept → responsibility
"We gotta relay that as a offense, it starts from everybody top down.
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it → got → everybody
Ultimately, it’s on me."
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it → ’ → me
Commanders part-owner Magic Johnson offered his opinion on the game: "I’m in total disbelief my Commanders had such poor clock management in today’s overtime game against the Giants.
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Commanders → offer → Giants
All we had to do was kick the field goal and we would have won the game!"
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we → have → game
No NFC East team won this week.
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team → win → ?
The Cowboys lost Thursday, and the Eagles fell earlier Sunday, but the Giants and Commanders couldn’t capitalize on the opening.
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Giants → lose → opening
After 70 minutes, several missed field goals and two costly overtime mistakes, both teams walked away with a tie.
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teams → miss → tie
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