The Washington Commanders had their chances. Instead of leaving with a win and improving to 2-3 while only one game down in the NFC East, the Commanders let a 27-13 fourth-quarter lead slip away and ended up in a 27-27 tie with the New York Giants.
The game went to overtime with the Giants driving for the win late, when Washington defensive tackle Daron Payne forced a Cam Skattebo fumble, giving possession back to the Commanders. Quarterback Jayden Daniels quickly moved Washington down the field into field-goal range. Without a timeout, the Commanders only needed to snap the ball and spike it to give rookie kicker Drew Stevens a chance to kick the game-winning field goal. Instead, Daniels ran the ball, letting the clock run out and the game end in a tie.
It’s almost as if Daniels thought he had a timeout remaining. He didn’t.
Another missed opportunity for the Commanders, who fall to 1-3-1.
As you'd expect, social media was all over this one, mocking Daniels, the Commanders, Dan Quinn and the Giants, too.
Here are some of the best reactions from Sunday's 27-27 tie.
DQ and co hearing it pic.twitter.com/52k7ui7BFW
— Scarrence Terrence McLarence (@adamsPeter_) October 11, 2026
Appreciate your passion, just know if it wasn’t for me it would have been a lot worse. You don’t know what I was dealing with
— Scott Turner (@ScottTurner) October 11, 2026
He’s a good man, and a good leader of men. But just like we said about Rivera, the game has evolved past him. https://t.co/n24epAU6lm
— Eric Sully (@CommandersRealm) October 11, 2026
Sounded like some boos as Quinn and Peters left the field. After that finish I get it. pic.twitter.com/fdcJC7S8XI
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) October 11, 2026
Dan Quinn and John Harbaugh both deciding not to kick the field goal in field goal range pic.twitter.com/oNtIUkCZt8
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) October 11, 2026
I have never seen anything like that. Tehnically It's a tie, but this is absolutely a gut-wrenching loss. A blown lead. A second chance after a fumble and a horrendous decision at the end. There was one option if you wanted to waste time: Throw the ball away. But why not just…
— John Keim (@john_keim) October 11, 2026
A horrendous tie that feels like a horrendous loss. The kind of result in the kind of season that leads to people being fired.
— Al Galdi (@AlGaldi) October 11, 2026
Wasted our entire day watching a Dan Quinn coached football team, I'm changing my entire life starting now
— Eric Nathan (@BarstoolNate) October 11, 2026
Reasonable mistakes happen. We’re all human and have erred and will do so again. But when a doctor cuts off a patient’s pinky because of a strep throat diagnosis, he doesn’t get to practice medicine anymore. It’s time.
— Danny Rouhier (@funnydanny) October 11, 2026
Commanders Coaching Staff pic.twitter.com/GdvwhKyw6R
— People's Favorite (@ReggieRegSW) October 11, 2026
Random media people covering baseball in Milwaukee are coming up to me asking if I saw the end of the Washington / New York game.
— Grant Paulsen (@GrantPaulsen) October 11, 2026
They don’t even know I cover the Commanders. They are just making fun of how incompetent it was.
Butt of a joke.
That was one of the most humiliating, embarrassing, unacceptable finishes in franchise history. I cannot believe it just happened.
— Grant Paulsen (@GrantPaulsen) October 11, 2026
Nobody is getting fired. I would even say nobody should get fired. But that was a fireable sequence. That cannot happen at this level. It is just a…
What a bunch of bullshit. An NFL quarterback in his third year should know the situation. Zero urgency, zero awareness. https://t.co/MGevGjPJUR
— Neal Coolong (@NealCoolong) October 11, 2026
Up 2 scores in 4th quarter. Blow it. Gifted a missed FG. Gifted a fumble. Convert nothing. Tie that feels like an awful loss
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) October 11, 2026
Thoughts on today’s tie vs. New York:
— Eric Sully (@CommandersRealm) October 11, 2026
• Hard game to even look back on and analyze due to the despicable ending.
• Jayden was overall a superstar again, but that final blunder (while I primarily blame the coach) will overshadow it forever.
• Defense was serviceable in the…
The Washington Commanders lost because of poor clock management and communication between the coaches and QB Jayden Daniels. IT JUST CAN’T HAPPEN. pic.twitter.com/A8nymG94rP
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) October 11, 2026
Dan Quinn should be fired for this. Holy shit man
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 11, 2026
Not a single player on the field knew the situation? pic.twitter.com/BQ9xR4V58P
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) October 11, 2026
Firings.
— Danny Rouhier (@funnydanny) October 11, 2026
Either way - this is a TERRIBLE look for Dan Quinn and the #Commanders organization because even if JD 5 was instructed, he didn't get it or do it.
— Chris Russell AKA the 🐓🐓! (@Russellmania621) October 11, 2026
The complete lack of discipline all year is more reflective of a soft staff and a lot of atta boys and days off.
I blame players…
After digesting this Commanders tie and talking to players in the locker room, my one big thought:
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) October 12, 2026
This is all on Dan Quinn and the offensive coaches.
They over complicated all of it. No play should have been called. It should have been a spike. Field goal. Game over.
Dan Quinn needs to be fired tonight. I rarely like in season firings, but that is simply unforgivable.
— Ken Johannesen (@BurgundyBurner) October 11, 2026
Well, I suppose you could blow it worse than the #Commanders just did, but I’m not sure how.
— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) October 11, 2026
What the hell was that??? That was inexcusable! Why did you run a play????
— John Keim (@john_keim) October 11, 2026
That game took years off my life. What the hell was that? Brutal tie by Washington. Unreal
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) October 11, 2026
The tail end of my mini crash out on the way home from the game. I cut the first part cause I was cussing way too much 😂 pic.twitter.com/jhtbqkpjAo
— Coach Breeze (@CoachBreeze_) October 12, 2026
The fact killing the clock wasn’t discussed —someone needs to be fired. https://t.co/Ye5W0Qi95j
— Marshall (@MarshW_7) October 11, 2026
I don’t always get drunk… but when I do it’s because my team sucks! #RaiseHailpic.twitter.com/3fmbP4Q1ju
— Shelley (@Shellsyeah81) October 11, 2026
Commanders offense with the game on the line pic.twitter.com/Y4gezWQoa6
— LamarOnReal (@LamarOnReal) October 11, 2026
Can you fathom that a professional football team can mismanage a final play any worse than the Commanders. Despicable football IQ by the team and the QB to allow this to happen. Spike the damn ball and kick the field goal. WTF is this 3rd grade football!
— Sean Salisbury (@SeanUnfiltered) October 11, 2026
FIRE EVERYONE pic.twitter.com/OZp6E9v9Mq
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) October 11, 2026
That is without exaggeration a fireable offense from Dan Quinn
— Football Analysis (@FBallAnalysisYT) October 11, 2026
Rewatching it in absolute awe. So many levels of stupidity on display. Dan Quinn doesn’t call plays, doesn’t do anything. All he has to do is let the QB or OC know they don’t have any timeouts. That’s all he has to do and he couldn’t even do that. https://t.co/trYOUQTUoR
— Eric Nathan (@BarstoolNate) October 11, 2026
What the hell is wrong with the commanders? 😂
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) October 11, 2026
Season over
— Rio Robinson (@Rio_Robinson91) October 11, 2026
Get this coaching staff tf outta
Here
Blough and Daronte also ass
This was a must-win game for Washington so to tie in the fashion that they did is an utter disgrace. Two separate 2-score leads, blew them, got blessed in OT with a missed FG and fumble, and blew a layup of an GW opportunity in all-time fashion. You’re in no better position than…
— Jamual (@LetMualTellit) October 11, 2026
Commanders offensive lineman (Chris Paul) said here they discussed having no timeouts in the huddle. I think Jayden Daniels just went rogue. His first read was covered and he forgot to throw it away. Now he’s trying to deflect the blame. https://t.co/wss1LHuMG5pic.twitter.com/354pqK5Jeu
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) October 11, 2026
DQ saw Mikey make a couple nice plays on special teams and decided to let him cover Nabers.
— Roman 👑 (@rome_nolimits) October 11, 2026
The NY Giants and Washington Commanders with the game on the line pic.twitter.com/CeD9G74fy4
— Hater Report (@HaterReport) October 11, 2026
Jayden in his presser not directly throwing anybody under the bus but subtly is. He said the lack of timeouts needed to be communicated top-down even though he said he needs to be better in that situation.
— Kevin Sheehan (@kevinsheehanDC) October 11, 2026
One of the worst blundered endings in franchise history. Fireable offense. No other way to put it. Obviously Jayden needs to know also. Or at least be informed. All-time bad loss(tie),
— Kevin Sheehan (@kevinsheehanDC) October 11, 2026
The Commanders in game-winning FG range and no timeouts pic.twitter.com/WtrZhQIl2S
— GhettoGronk (@ghetto_gronk) October 11, 2026
This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Twitter reacts to Commanders' late-game gaffe in tie vs Giants