{"id":717,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/717","headline":"Daniels owns clock blunder that cost Commanders a win over Giants","dek":"Washington let the clock expire in field goal range during overtime, and Daniels says the failure is on him.","body":"Jayden Daniels is not pointing fingers. The Commanders quarterback spent the week taking full responsibility for a late-game mistake that turned a potential win over the New York Giants into an overtime draw, saying plainly that the failure was his.\n\nWashington had positioned itself to kick a game-winning field goal, but Daniels did not account for the running clock, which expired before the team could get the attempt off. Instead of a win, the Commanders walked away with a tie.\n\nDaniels also defended head coach Dan Quinn on Thursday, declining to shift any blame toward the coaching staff for how the final sequence unfolded.\n\nThe miscue has added to a rough start for Washington, which sits in last place in the NFC East with a 1-3-1 record. With the margin for error already thin, a self-inflicted error like this one stings more than usual, and Daniels seems intent on making sure it does not happen again.","published_at":"2026-10-15T23:35:54.461229+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Commanders’ Jayden Daniels continues to take full responsibility for Week 5 blunder","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/commanders-jayden-daniels-continues-full-204458448.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Jayden Daniels takes blame for Commanders' embarrassing gaffe vs. Giants: 'It was a failure'","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jayden-daniels-takes-blame-commanders-gaffe-vs-giants/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Jayden Daniels takes blame for Commanders’ botched final play: ‘Ultimately, it’s on me’","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7693505/2026/10/15/jayden-daniels-commanders-final-play-giants-responsibility/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Jayden Daniels knows who deserves the blame for Commanders’ clock debacle","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/sports/jayden-daniels-knows-who-deserves-blame-for-commanders-debacle/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Commanders' Jayden Daniels takes more accountability for OT gaffe upon reflection: 'It'll never happen again'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/commanders-jayden-daniels-takes-more-accountability-for-ot-gaffe-upon-reflection-itll-never-happen-again-231949489.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Commanders QB Jayden Daniels takes more accountability for OT gaffe upon reflection: 'It'll never happen again'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/commanders-qb-jayden-daniels-takes-more-accountability-for-ot-gaffe-upon-reflection-itll-never-happen-again-234552832.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/6fedb745c90797ef0cf6b3e1c9201f2c4b3a8efd4c4357f2954b2702ccf0e204/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fclutchpoints_articles_939%2Ff9e4cb18dbba2a41ff0170314b470a48.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}