LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jayden Daniels' Hail Mary touchdown pass to Noah Brown that gave the Washington Commanders an 18-15 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday was one of the most memorable finishes to an NFL game in recent history. It went down as a 52-yard completion with the clock expired, but in reality it was a much longer throw and a product of hours of preparation.
Here's how it went down. After failing to score a touchdown all game and going 0 for 3 in the red zone, the Commanders fell behind with 25 seconds left on Roschon Johnson's 1-yard TD run that came after a pass interference penalty on Benjamin St-Juste and the ensuing 2-point conversation that made it 15-12 Bears. Bears linebacker T.
J. Edwards: “Offense did an awesome job of scoring and giving us the lead.” Commanders running back Brian Robinson: “We knew we shouldn’t have been down.
That’s something that the whole locker room knew. We knew we had another opportunity, as well.” After a 24-yard kickoff return by Austin Ekeler, there were just 19 seconds on the clock.
Commanders coach Dan Quinn: “You don’t have timeouts. We used one early, obviously.” An incomplete pass was followed by Daniels finding Ertz for an 11-yard gain and Terry McLaurin for 13 to get almost to midfield.
Commanders center Tyler Biadasz: “Those plays leading up to the Hail Mary, those are huge plays.” McLaurin: “We just wanted to give ourselves a chance to put it in position for Jayden to throw the ball down th.
