A dream season for the Washington Commanders lives on for at the very least yet another week.
After Jayden Daniels delivered a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his first NFL playoff recreation, Daniels and the Commanders stormed into Ford Area on Saturday evening and knocked off the top-seeded Lions by a closing rating of 45-31. Washington hung 28 factors on the scoreboard within the second quarter alone to take a 31-21 lead into the halftime break, and constructed a lead of 45-28 with beneath eight minutes remaining.
From there the Commanders held on for the win, intercepting Jared Goff simply shy of the tip zone with lower than a minute remaining to seal the win.
Now, Washington is headed to the NFC Championship Recreation for the primary time for the reason that 1991 NFL season. That 12 months Washington superior to Tremendous Bowl XXVI, defeating Jim Kelly and the Buffalo Payments by a closing rating of 37-24. Mark Rypien was the MVP of that recreation.
They defeated the Lions 41-10 within the NFC Championship Recreation that season.
As for the place the Commanders will journey subsequent, Washington awaits the winner of Sunday’s different NFC Divisional Spherical Recreation between the No. 2 Philadelphia Eagles, and the No. 4 Los Angeles Rams. The Eagles are consensus favorites in that recreation and received a regular-season assembly between these two groups by a closing rating of 37-20 again in November.
No matter who wins that recreation the Commanders, because the No. 6 seed within the NFC, might be on the street for the third straight week.
Washington cut up their season sequence with the Eagles, dropping to Philadelphia 26-18 in mid-November. They received the rematch by a closing rating of 36-33 in December when Daniels linked with Jamison Crowder on a nine-yard landing go with beneath ten seconds remaining.
As for the Rams, Washington has not squared off with Los Angeles since Week 15 a season in the past. The Rams received that recreation in Los Angeles by a closing rating of 28-20.
