The Washington Commanders have had an incredible turnaround season underneath new head coach Dan Quinn and sensational rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, and it’s gotten even higher.
In a back-and-forth basic, the Commanders superior to the NFC Divisional Spherical with an exciting 23-20 highway win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Zane Gonzalez’s profitable area objective doink gave Washington yet one more walk-off victory in a season full of dramatic wins. It’s their first playoff win in almost twenty years, and it places an finish to one of many longest lively postseason droughts.
Up subsequent for Washington is a Saturday night time journey to the Motor Metropolis to play the No. 1 seed Detroit Lions in what figures to be a chaotic matchup only for all the fourth downs that can be tried by head coaches Dan Quinn and Dan Campbell.
When was the Washington Commanders’ final playoff win?
This was the third-longest lively playoff win drought within the NFL.
The final Washington playoff win was 19 years in the past within the Wild Card spherical at none apart from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Daniels was solely 5 years outdated when that occurred.
Regardless of simply 120 complete yards of offense (together with 25 internet yards passing by Mark Brunell), Washington received 17-10 after racing out to an early 14-0 lead behind Clinton Portis and Sean Taylor touchdowns. Washington was eradicated the next week within the Divisional Spherical towards the Seahawks, who ended their 21-year playoff drought within the course of.
Who at present has the NFL’s longest lively playoff win drought?
The Miami Dolphins, who missed this yr’s postseason, haven’t received a playoff recreation since knocking off Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis Colts within the Wild Card spherical again in 2001. Subsequent season will mark the twenty fifth since Miami’s final playoff victory, with six consecutive postseason defeats throughout that span.
The Las Vegas Raiders are subsequent on the checklist at 22 seasons, and it’s exhausting to win a playoff recreation if you’ve solely made the playoffs thrice since dropping Tremendous Bowl 37.
Which NFC workforce has the longest present playoff win drought?
The Chicago Bears have the brand new longest postseason win drought within the NFC. Their most up-to-date victory was within the 2010 Divisional Spherical towards the well-known 7-9 Seattle Seahawks. They’ve since misplaced their final three playoff video games and are as soon as once more searching for a brand new head coach.
Jayden Daniels joins uncommon firm in NFL Playoff historical past
Daniels is the primary rookie quarterback to win a highway playoff begin since Russell Wilson in 2012, when the Seattle Seahawks beat Washington 24-14 after trailing 14-0. Technically talking, rookie John Wolford was the starter when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Seahawks within the 2020 NFC Wild Card, however he left early within the first quarter with an harm and was changed by Jared Goff.
Previous to Daniels’ win, rookie quarterbacks have been simply 5-18 in highway playoff video games, with Bo Nix including to the loss column earlier on Sunday within the Denver Broncos’ 31-7 loss to the Buffalo Payments.
Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens) and Mark Sanchez (New York Jets) have been the one different quarterbacks to win highway playoff begins as rookies, making it to the AFC Championship Sport in 2008 and 2009, respectively. If Daniels can pull off the shocker towards the Lions, he’ll be a part of these two as the one rookie QBs with a number of highway playoff wins.
