"There is only one possible silver lining to facing down a 31-point deficit in the fourth quarter of a football game, and that is the opportunity to get your young, recently injured, franchise quarterback off the field before anything bad can happen to him. Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn failed to understand this during Sunday night's 38-14 loss to the Seahawks, and now another football season in Washington, D.C. has died in the dirt."
"With 12:30 left in the game, Quinn kept starting quarterback Jayden Daniels in and watched him drive the Commanders down the field in pursuit of a meaningless consolation score. On the 10th play of the drive, Daniels faked a handoff at the Seahawks' 2-yard line and took off for the end zone. He was sacked while sprinting to his right, and reportedly dislocated his elbow as he hit the ground."
"After the game, Quinn did his best to shift any blame off his own shoulders. He told reporters that the play Daniels was injured on was not a designed QB run, and was supposed to result in either a handoff or a pass into the flat. "If we run [that play] 50 times, it's either a handoff or a throw 50 times," he said."
With a 31-point fourth-quarter deficit, Washington head coach Dan Quinn kept starting quarterback Jayden Daniels in the game and allowed him to run a late drive. On the 10th play of that drive, Daniels faked a handoff near the goal line, attempted to run, and was sacked while running to his right, reportedly dislocating his elbow on the fall. Quinn stated the play was not a designed quarterback run and that it was intended to be a handoff or a pass into the flat. The decision exposed an undersized, recently injured franchise quarterback to unnecessary risk and effectively ended Washington's season.
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