Fortune favors burgundy and gold, luck of the doink snaps 19-year postseason drought for Washington Commanders
The Cardiac Commanders have done it again. Sometimes all it takes is the bounce of the football, or in the Washington Commanders‘ case, the doink of the football. The Commanders ended their near two-decade long postseason drought without a victoryGetty View Tweet: https://twitter.com/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw The Commanders walked-off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 with a 37-yard field goal by kicker Zane Gonzalez, who doinked it in. Gonzalez lined up for the game-winning kick, and seemed to have hooked it, before it doinked off the right upright and inexplicably went in. When a football doinks the upright, rarely does it bounce in. Fortunately for the Commanders. it was their night. And just like that, Washington’s 19-year postseason drought without a victory went up in smoke. Jayden Daniels has his first playoff win as a rookie. Only 12 other rookies have won a playoff game, and only three other rookies have won road playoff games. Daniels keeps adding his name to rare lists. The star quarterback finished 24-35 for 268 yards and two touchdowns, with 36 yards on the ground, including rushing for the game’s last first down, that helped setup the game-winning kick. Daniels looked anything but a rookie in his first postseason start, and the Commanders are now on to the divisional round. Daniels adds another win to an already historic rookie seasonGetty The ‘Cardiac Commanders’ moniker doesn’t even begin to describe the season they’ve had. It is the seventh time this year that Washington has won on the final snap. It’s been a magical season in the DMV. It has been the year of burgundy and gold in Landover, Maryland and on Sunday night, it spread throughout Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Ironically enough, in a full-circle moment for the franchise, their last postseason victory came in that stadium back in January of 2006. And it is now the sight of where they ended their streak. It is a dawn of a new era of football in Washington. An era that has Daniels and a wave of burgundy and gold running rampant across the league. The Commanders will travel to Detroit next Saturday night to face the top-seeded Lions. It will be their toughest test to date. But if this season has taught us anything, it’s that Daniels should never be counted out. Especially when they start getting doinks to go there way. Look out. Follow talkSPORT NFL on Facebook Follow our talkSPORT NFL page on Facebook for the latest breaking NFL news, exclusive video interviews, and the biggest talking points from around the league. Our dedicated NFL YouTube channel ‘End Zone’ will also keep you across the very latest NFL news with exclusive access and our weekly ‘Rundown’ review show.
The Cardiac Commanders have done it again.
Sometimes all it takes is the bounce of the football, or in the Washington Commanders‘ case, the doink of the football.
The Commanders walked-off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 with a 37-yard field goal by kicker Zane Gonzalez, who doinked it in.
Gonzalez lined up for the game-winning kick, and seemed to have hooked it, before it doinked off the right upright and inexplicably went in.
When a football doinks the upright, rarely does it bounce in.
Fortunately for the Commanders. it was their night.
And just like that, Washington’s 19-year postseason drought without a victory went up in smoke.
Jayden Daniels has his first playoff win as a rookie.
Only 12 other rookies have won a playoff game, and only three other rookies have won road playoff games.
Daniels keeps adding his name to rare lists.
The star quarterback finished 24-35 for 268 yards and two touchdowns, with 36 yards on the ground, including rushing for the game’s last first down, that helped setup the game-winning kick.
Daniels looked anything but a rookie in his first postseason start, and the Commanders are now on to the divisional round.
The ‘Cardiac Commanders’ moniker doesn’t even begin to describe the season they’ve had.
It is the seventh time this year that Washington has won on the final snap.
It’s been a magical season in the DMV.
It has been the year of burgundy and gold in Landover, Maryland and on Sunday night, it spread throughout Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Ironically enough, in a full-circle moment for the franchise, their last postseason victory came in that stadium back in January of 2006.
And it is now the sight of where they ended their streak.
It is a dawn of a new era of football in Washington.
An era that has Daniels and a wave of burgundy and gold running rampant across the league.
The Commanders will travel to Detroit next Saturday night to face the top-seeded Lions.
It will be their toughest test to date.
But if this season has taught us anything, it’s that Daniels should never be counted out.
Especially when they start getting doinks to go there way.
Look out.
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