The Washington Commanders Cinderella season ended one game short of the Super Bowl, but Jayden Daniels isn’t about to pat himself on the back for exceeding expectations. Instead, the rookie quarterback offered a blunt reaction to his team losing 55-23 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.
Asked to sum things up after the game ended at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, January 26, Daniels simply told reporters, “This sucks. This [expletive] sucks. Excuse my language but I couldn’t be prouder of my guys,” per JP Finlay of NBC4 Sports.
Daniels’ emotions were raw after the Commanders committed four turnovers and nine penalties against their NFC East rivals. Those self-inflicted wounds wrecked the mistake-free football that had helped the second-overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft lead his team to a pair of playoff victories on the road.
The Eagles snapped that streak in emphatic fashion, exposing some of the flaws hidden by Daniel’s awesome debut campaign. Weaknesses like a soft run defense and an offensive line not powerful enough to stand up to the strongest defensive fronts in the league.
Those things left Daniels with too much to do and for once this season he ran out of time and magic when the Commanders needed them most.
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