ASHBURN, Va. \u2014 Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders want to learn from their game-ending gaffe last weekend and move on. The first step in that process was the quarterback telling teammates it was on him.<\/p>\n
Daniels acknowledged his role Thursday in his first news conference since Sunday’s disheartening 27-27 tie with the New York Giants, and he was introspective after a few days of reflection.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s a lot of he-say or whatever you\u2019re trying to make, but ultimately it\u2019s on me,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cI know (coach Dan Quinn) was getting a lot of slack for it or whatever. But regardless of what happens, I\u2019m the person on the field that\u2019s supposed to calm everything, control everything. And I fell to the standard I hold myself to and the standard in this organization. … Obviously, looking back, it could have resulted in a loss. We tied, but it was a fail in my eyes and I know I\u2019m better than that. So moving forward, I\u2019ll grow up and learn from it. It\u2019ll never happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a visit to the 5-0 San Francisco 49ers looming on Monday night, Daniels isn’t the only one in the organization eager to turn the page.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of hard truths to go around, trust me,\u201d said Quinn, who took responsibility himself when speaking with reporters earlier in the week. \u201cWe\u2019ve learned lessons now. We\u2019re gearing up for a great challenge Monday night against San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniels said first-year offensive coordinator David Blough communicated the situation, including the Commanders’ lack of timeouts, to him. Washington needed just a field goal to beat the NFC East-leading Giants, and Daniels said he needs to be more aware of the moment.<\/p>\n
The third-year quarterback was tackled inbounds instead of throwing the ball away, leading to the clock running out and costing Washington a chance at a win during a week in which both the Eagles and Cowboys lost. A victory would have put the Commanders (1-3-1) in the thick of the divisional race as they near a bye week, followed by a matchup with Philadelphia on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n
Avoiding a potential hangover from the near victory is at the forefront for Daniels and Quinn.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more connected the team is, the better chance that you have to get to that quicker because you have more discussions, more follow-up and get yourself ready to go,\u201d Quinn said. \u201cAlthough the adversity\u2019s been difficult, this team\u2019s connected, they are tough and you get a chance to show that resilience, not just talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
After addressing the team about the play, Daniels is ready to grow from it. Until Monday, it’s all he and the Commanders can do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say they know how much this game means to me, and just a lapse like that is uncharacteristic for myself and not the standard that I hold myself to,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cSo obviously they\u2019re supportive of it. They’re all saying we\u2019re just going to move forward from this and get ready for the next week\u2019s game, and there\u2019s nothing we can do in the past. We can\u2019t go back and change the outcome or anything like that. You can just learn from it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHBURN, Va. \u2014 Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders want to learn from their game-ending gaffe last weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-934557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}