LANDOVER, Md. – Jayden Daniels had a few quite simple ideas going by way of his head with the Washington Commanders needing to make a long-distance throw to beat the Chicago Bears.
The rookie quarterback by no means even noticed Brown make the catch.
“I simply heard individuals screaming and our sideline dashing the sector. That’s how I knew,” mentioned Daniels, whose standing was unsure till hours earlier than kickoff due to a rib damage. “That’s sort of like a once-in-a-lifetime expertise. Not too many individuals get to expertise stuff like that.”
Three completions later, Daniels added his finest spotlight but to a season that has made him the favourite to be AP Offensive Rookie of the 12 months and one of many NFL’s most electrical gamers.
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“Entrance-row seats to one thing wonderful,” Cosmi mentioned. “That was simply loopy. It will at all times stick in my head eternally. What a second.”
Chicago, which had its successful streak snapped at three, had simply 172 yards of offense earlier than the fourth quarter began and didn’t get on the board till D’Andre Swift’s 56-yard TD run late within the third.
Daniels was not himself at instances and regarded a bit off due to the rib damage, which knocked him out of final week’s win over Carolina and saved him from working towards Wednesday and Thursday. He took a number of hits after letting go of the ball however was at his finest when it mattered.
Scoring Seibert
Signing Seibert after a kicking debacle within the season opener has turned out to be large for Washington. Even with one fewer recreation, he handed Mark Moseley throughout his All-Professional season in 1982 for probably the most subject targets made and most factors scored by way of Week 8 in franchise historical past.
Bears: After dropping left deal with Braxton Jones within the first half with a knee damage, guards Teven Jenkins (knee) and Invoice Murray (chest) had been knocked out within the fourth.