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Jayden Daniels, Commanders overcome 5 turnovers to rally past Eagles after Jalen Hurts exits with concussion
Jayden Daniels and the Commanders wouldn’t lay down.
No matter that they’d turned the ball over five times, their rookie quarterback throwing two interceptions and their skill players losing three more fumbles.
Daniels nonetheless lined up on second and goal with six seconds left to needle a poised touchdown to Jameson Crowder.
And when Daniels saw Jeremy McNichols separate from his defender on the two-point conversion? Daniels found his guy then, too.
In a 36-33 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, the Commanders improved to 10-5 with a 93 percent chance to make the playoffs in Daniels’ first year, per Next Gen Stats.
Washington also kept alive its bid for an NFC East title, which the Eagles would have secured with a win at FedEx Field. Instead, Philadelphia fell to 12-3 and a game behind the Detroit Lions in the race for the NFC playoff bye.
The Eagles also will need to monitor a longer-term concern: their quarterback.
Jalen Hurts left the game in the first quarter for a concussion evaluation and was ruled out before halftime.
This developing story will be updated.