Micah Parsons didn’t hold back when he looked at the Commanders’ overtime miscue against the Giants, and he pointed the finger straight at Jayden Daniels.
On " The Edge with Micah Parsons" podcast, the Packers edge rusher said the ending to Sunday’s tie may have had bigger consequences than just a missed chance to win.
"Jayden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn his job," Parsons said. "I'm a big Jayden Daniels fan, but the reality is he probably cost a lot of people their jobs this past weekend."
Washington had the ball in overtime and worked into position for what would have been a 41-yard game-winning field goal. But with 12 seconds left, the Commanders ran another play. Daniels was tackled for no gain, the clock kept moving, and with no timeouts left, Washington couldn’t get a spike off before time expired.
Parsons said he didn’t buy the idea that the coaching staff should be sharing the blame for the sequence. Quinn, now the Commanders’ head coach, was Parsons’ defensive coordinator from 2021-23 when they were together with the Cowboys.
"We get coached so much on these situations that - I'm a defensive player and this shit is programmed to me," Parsons said. "I know what to do in those situations. There's no way I'm taking a sack with 14 seconds left and no timeouts. ...
"It'd be different if Jayden Daniels was a rookie. This is your third year. ... You'd been to the NFC Championship Game, you've been in big moments before - and to me, even after the sack, you're casually getting up."
Parsons also said teams go over situational football "every day" in the lead-up to games.
Washington reportedly doesn’t plan to fire Quinn or make any coaching changes after the gaffe.
The Commanders are last in the NFC East at 1-3-1.
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