NFL Week 5 Winners and Losers: Commanders have game-management gaffe for the ages in tie to Giants
The Washington Commanders and New York Giants tied 27-27 after a significant clock-management error by the Commanders prevented a potential game-winning field goal. Head coach Dan Quinn took responsibility for the failure to spike the ball in the final seconds.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the high-pressure nature of NFL coaching and the impact of tactical errors on game outcomes.
The worst division in the NFL got a perfectly fitting end to Sunday's game.
The New York Giants celebrated a tie. They should have because the Washington Commanders had a game-management fiasco that will be remembered for a long time.
The Commanders were in field-goal range near the end of an ugly overtime and without any timeouts. Washington took its time to run a final play in the last minute with the clock running. By the time the Commanders snapped it and quarterback Jayden Daniels was tackled after running around for a while, there were fewer than 10 seconds left and it wasn't enough time to get lined up and spike the ball (to stop the clock for a game-winning field goal attempt) before the overtime ended.
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