Commanders News: 49ers Face Two Setbacks Before Monday Night; Washington Signs RB | Burgundy Roundup

- Washington signed former New Orleans Saints running back Devin Neal to its practice squad Tuesday. The 2025 fifth-round pick appeared in 10 games last season, rushing for 206 yards and two touchdowns. With Robert Henry Jr. now in Seattle and Kaytron Allen in Miami, Neal gives the Commanders another developmental option in the backfield.

- The undefeated 49ers are dealing with significant receiver injuries, including Deebo Samuel's hamstring injury, which Kyle Shanahan said will cost him time. Meanwhile, linebacker Dre Greenlaw was suspended for one game following an incident against Seattle. Greenlaw is appealing the decision, so his availability against Washington remains unsettled.

- Monday brought Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn to the microphone to discuss several topics, including the failed overtime sequence he took responsibility for. Quinn said he was furious with the entire staff, including himself, and with how the players executed. "Yesterday's ending was the biggest example, but we've got a lot of s**t to clean up on from yesterday's game."

- With the way that game ended Sunday, everybody from Magic Johnson's bot-like Twitter/X profile to the Washington Post was a critic in the moment. The Post's column examined accountability under Quinn as the team now stands at 1-3-1 and will play the undefeated San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football in Week 6.

- Quinn told everyone that Javontae Jean-Baptiste suffered a pectoral injury against New York, an injury he's dealt with in the past that cost him field time. With Charles Omenihu sidelined with an ankle injury, Washington has another concern along its defensive front heading into Monday night's game against San Francisco.

The Washington Commanders got several key players back, including Jayden Daniels, Terry McLaurin, Sam Cosmi, and Rachaad White, for their game against the New York Giants this past weekend. Those returns meant some other players saw their roles diminish as they got fewer opportunities.

Keep in mind this post is about players moving in a better or worse direction this season, not just what happened in Sunday's game. Washington had one of the most disappointing game endings in recent memory, but that doesn't mean everyone's stock went down with it.

The Washington Commanders had a tough week, falling from up 14 in the fourth quarter, letting the game slip away, and ending in a 27-27 overtime tie.

That performance didn't do Washington any favors with the national media, either, as eight of the nine power rankings we track each week have the Commanders sitting between No. 25 and No. 28.

"Jayden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn his job, to be honest with you," Parsons said on his podcast, "The Edge with Micah Parsons."

"I'm a defensive player, and this s---'s programmed to me. I even know what to do in those situations," Parsons said, adding that Daniels, who is in his third NFL season, has no excuse not to know how to operate in that scenario. "And mind you, it'd be different if Jayden Daniels was a rookie. This is your third year. This is your third year. You've been to the NFC Championship Game. You've been in big moments before."

Daniels was all of that against the Giants, accounting for 302 total yards and two touchdowns. His first pass of the day was an 11-yard completion to Chig Okonkwo, and he found the tight end again two plays later for a 23-yard gain, setting up Jacory Croskey-Merritt's 33-yard rushing score.

Daniels was most impactful on the ground, and the Giants had few answers for him when he got into the open field. He went untouched up the middle of the Giants' defense, outrunning every defender on his way to a 38-yard rushing touchdown -- his first of the season and the longest of his career. He did it again on the Commanders' following drive, turning a third-and-2 into a 26-yard score.

Daniels is now tied with Sammy Baugh for most all-time rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in franchise history and the first Washington quarterback to rush for nine rushing touchdowns within the first three seasons of their career.

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