Cameras caught Jayden Daniels’ cool-as-a-cucumber reaction to Zane Gonzalez’s game-winning field goal that secured the rookie quarterback’s first career playoff win.
A near-perfect game by Jayden Daniels led the Washington Commanders to a thrilling 23-20 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wild Card Weekend. Gonzalez made the 37-yarder on the game’s final play to clinch Washington’s first playoff win since 2005, also a Wild Card Round win in Tampa.
After the game, the NFL X/Twitter account shared a video of Daniels’ ice cold reaction to Gonzalez’s so-called “Divisional Doink”. Incredibly, Daniels reacted as if he’s already won dozens of playoff games:
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The Commanders will visit the top-seeded Detroit Lions in the Divisional Round on Saturday night. If Washington wins, they’ll reach the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1991 — the last year they won the Super Bowl.Regardless of what happens from here, 2024 has been a tremendous success in year one of the Daniels-Dan Quinn era.