Commanders head coach Dan Quinn would get something close to vindication several drives later when he dialed up a brazen passing play on a fourth-down from the Lions’ nine-yard line.

The Commanders took a major gamble with Jayden Daniels in the lineup on fourth down. But Marcus Mariota ended up getting criticized.

To upset the No. 1 seeded Detroit Lions on the road ... To motion backup quarterback Marcus Mariota under center before he took the snap, panicked, took a sack, and didn’t make any decision with the ball.

Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota attempts to flip the ball the fellow quarterback Jayden Daniels, but is tackled by Detroit Lions defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad prior to getting the pass off.

Well, it’s January of 2025. Daniels just led the Commanders to a huge upset win over the Detroit Lions. He just, as my colleague Robert Zeglinski wrote, cemented the greatest rookie QB season in NFL history.

After defeating the Detroit Lions 45-31 on Saturday night ... Former Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota is the Commanders' backup quarterback behind Daniels, and he has a chance to win ...

The Lions' historic season ended without a playoff win. Here's how it all went wrong for Dan Campbell's squad.

The Detroit Lions' season is over after losing to the Washington Commanders 45-31 in the divisional round of the playoffs Saturday night.

But Detroit's defense stood tall with a fourth-down stop on the other end, forcing a turnover on downs with a tackle-for-loss on backup quarterback Marcus Mariota. Gibbs had 46 all-purpose yards on the Lions' second drive to set up a 1-yard rushing ...

Teddy Bridgewater and Marcus Mariota duking it out in the NFC divisional round — who would’ve thought? The former, fresh off a state championship as the head coach of his high school alma mater in January,

That meant the NFC playoffs were coming through Detroit, if they kept winning. Unfortunately, the Lions played their worst game of the season and there’s nothing left to win. Dan Campbell said it best after the game when having to summarize the outcome, “we never complemented each other.”