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Commanders pull off thrilling wild-card win over Bucs on doinked-in field goal as time expires
- This is unteachable athletic greatness. You have to draft this kind of player, trade for him or figure out a way to sign him in free agency.
- Marcus Mariota was under center — Washington had a successful sneak with Mariota earlier — but the Bucs didn’t jump
- 54 seconds left, and the Commanders have a 3rd and 1 from the Tampa Bay 19. The Bucs call timeout and have one timeout left, and have to have a stop on this next snap. The Commanders do have two timeouts in their pocket. If the Commanders don’t gain another yard, it would be a 36-yard field goal try for Zane Gonzalez — who is 24-of-27 in his career from 30-39 yards,.
- The Commanders have it on the Tampa Bay 45 with a 2nd and 10 with two timeouts in their pocket. They can control the clock, but they’re not quite in Zane Gonzalez’s range yet — he’s hit from 52 yards tonight, but Washington elected to pass on a 56-yard attempt as well. Think the 35-yard-line at least for a field goal attempt, and remember, the Commanders are 3-for-5 on fourth down tries tonight.
- It’s 20-20 with 4:41 to play in regulation. Poor timing on a 3rd and 1 snap wound up costing the Buccaneers a couple of yards and they weren’t willing to risk it on a fourth down deep in Washington territory. It’s the second time a bungled snap — after the Mayfield fumble — has cost the Bucs in the 4th quarter.
- Washington has been here before, needing a late score to win — games against Philadelphia and Chicago come to mind — and its been up for the challenge in some huge moments. We’ll see how this thriller, which is the most competitive of the wild card games to this point, shakes out.
- We’ve got a 20-20 tie late in the fourth quarter of this wild-card weekend matchup between the Buccaneers and the Commanders. (AP/Chris O’Meara)
- This time Jayden Daniels was able to find McLaurin for the score and the Commanders make good on the massive Bucs mistake. It’s a Washington lead, 20-17, with under 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Washington finally making another play in the red zone has them in front, but it’s been so challenging all night, as it had to come on another fourth down attempt.
- It’s Washington’s third red zone trip without a touchdown tonight, and this one had a 1st and goal at the 1-yard-line. Brian Robinson going backward and three Jayden Daniels incompletions later, the Bucs have the ball — albeit on their own 3-yard-line — and the lead, early in the 4th quarter.
- Gigantic penalty on the first play of the 4th quarter, and Washington is in business.
- The Buccaneers hold a 17-13 lead after three quarters against the Commanders. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
- It’s been a good one in Tampa, with the Bucs and Commanders trading second half scores in a 17-13 games. Both offenses have had some bright spots after halftime, and it’ made for a see-saw battle at Raymond James Stadium.
- The Commanders go for it as much as anyone in the league and in no-man’s-land, this 4th and 5 was a no brainer. Huge play by the rookie QB to the veteran safety blanket tight end.
- It took just three plays, but a holding penalty on Jamel Dean, a Jayden Daniels run, and a drop in the bucket to Terry McLaurin and the Commanders are at the Bucs’ 42. The game has gotten very up-and-down the field since the start of the 3rd quarter
- Baker Mayfield finds his running back for the passing TD. Assist to Jalen McMillian for the rub (or pick if you’re a defensive player) to get Irving open and it’s 17-13 Tampa Bay with 4:31 to play in the fourth quarter.
- The Bucs have some CHUNK plays on this drive. First Mike Evans beat Marshon Lattimore to pick up 19 in the pass game, and Bucky Irving ripped off runs of 18 and 10 yards and the Bucs are inside the 10-yard-line.
- It’s the second time the Commanders have been in the red zone and not gotten a touchdown. With how Tampa Bay moved the ball late in the first half, certainly the Commanders will like that there are more points on the board, but they will wind up kicking themselves if this turns into a touchdown fest in the second half after they couldn’t cash in a goal-to-go situation to open the third quarter.
- The Commanders will settle for a field goal attempt after the breakup intended for Terry McLaurin.
