Micah Parsons didn’t sugarcoat what he saw from Jayden Daniels in Washington’s Week 5 tie with the Giants, and he went even further than the turnover-free box score would suggest.
The Green Bay Packers star used Tuesday’s edition of his The Edge show to pin real blame on Daniels after the Commanders’ overtime mess ended in a 27-27 tie. With New York failing to score in overtime, Washington had a shot to finish the game, but the Commanders didn’t spike the ball to stop the clock and give themselves another play. That sequence drew heavy criticism for Daniels, and Parsons argued the fallout could reach beyond the quarterback.
“Jayden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn his job to be honest with you,” Parsons said. “And I like I’m a big Jayden Daniels fan, but the reality is like he probably cost a lot of people their jobs this past weekend.”
Parsons said quarterbacks are coached for exactly those moments, and he couldn’t get over what he viewed as Daniels looking too casual in a pressure situation. He also stressed that this wasn’t a rookie learning moment.
“There’s no way I’m taking a sack with 14 seconds with no timeouts. Mind you, it would be different if Jayden Daniels was a rookie.
This is your third year. This your third year.
You’ve been to the NFC Championship game. You’ve been in big moments before.
Even after sack, you’re casually getting up.”
He also pushed back on the idea that Dan Quinn needed to be the one steering the whole thing from the sideline while Daniels just followed along.
“This is your job bro. Get paid a lot of money.
… You’re telling me we want to pay this guy eventually $60 million. This cannot happen,” he added.
“Every day. … We talk about it.
… There’s no way that you don’t know these situations. This is a lack of preparation, a lack of mentality, and a lack of urgency by the man on campus.
And that just can’t happen.”
Daniels has already taken criticism for the late-game mistake. The Commanders, now 1-3-1, turn their attention to Week 6 and a matchup with the San Francisco 49ers as they try to move on from the blunder.
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