Micah Parsons didn’t hold back when he broke down Jayden Daniels’ late-game mistake in the Washington Commanders’ 27-27 overtime tie with the New York Giants.
On the latest episode of The Edge with Micah Parsons, the Green Bay Packers star pointed directly at Daniels’ failed clock management on Washington’s final possession and said the miscue may have put head coach Dan Quinn in a bad spot.
“Jayden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn his job, to be honest with you. To be honest with you.
And, like, I'm a big Jayden Daniels fan. But the reality is, he probably cost a lot of people their jobs this past weekend,” Parsons said.
The sequence came with Washington at the Giants’ 24-yard line and 12 seconds left in the 10-minute overtime period. With no timeouts left for either side, the Commanders had a chance to work the clock and set up a potential game-winning field goal.
Instead, Daniels tried to leave the pocket, was sacked, and then got back up while the clock kept bleeding away. Time expired before Washington could even line up for the kick.
Parsons said the decision was especially hard to understand because of Daniels’ experience in big moments.
“Respectfully, we get coached so much on these situations that, like, I'm a defensive player, and this shit's programmed to me. I know what to do in those situations. There's no way I'm taking a sack with 14 seconds left and no timeouts,” Parsons said.
“Mind you, it'd 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. And to me, even after a sack, you're casually getting up.”
The tie dropped Washington to 1-3-1 heading into a Week 6 matchup with the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers, who are 5-0.
The Commanders will go to San Francisco on Monday Night Football at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN and ABC.
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