"Against an all-out blitz on the final play of overtime Sunday night, Washington Commanders wide receivers Treylon Burks and Deebo Samuel Sr. created a traffic jam in the middle of the field. Denver Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga got swept up by the crowd, as planned. And the player he was supposed to be covering, running back Jeremy McNichols, slipped wide open into the flat - seemingly destined for a walk-in two-point conversion to win the game."
"If Marcus Mariota had thrown the ball with a few more degrees of loft, the Commanders probably win. If Denver Broncos outside linebacker Nik Bonitto had taken a slightly different angle off the edge, the Commanders probably win. "If he doesn't get his hands up, or he gets his hands up a half a second sooner or later, then it's a party in the end zone," Commanders safety Will Harris said."
A designed two-point conversion created a traffic jam that freed running back Jeremy McNichols, but the pass was tipped and batted down, ending the attempt. Nik Bonitto deflected the throw, Marcus Mariota reacted with an exasperated knee, and Denver celebrated a 27-26 overtime victory. The loss marked Washington's seventh straight defeat and Denver's ninth consecutive win, leaving the Commanders 3-9. Several recent losses have come by razor-thin margins and boiled down to single errors, including an ill-timed Jayden Daniels fumble and a missed game-winning field goal by Matt Gay in Madrid.
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