All hope seemed lost for the Washington Commanders when Dallas wide receiver KaVontae Turpin returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown with just over two minutes remaining. The Cowboys were ahead 27-17.
The Commanders went back on offense, got into field-goal range, and quickly sent out kicker Austin Seibert to kick a 51-yard field goal to make it a one-score game. Washington had two timeouts remaining and looked to force a stop on defense to get the ball back.
The Commanders got their stop and the ball back with 34 seconds remaining. What happened next was unbelievable but par for the course in this crazy game.
Quarterback Jayden Daniels found wide receiver Terry McLaurin for a miraculous 86-yard touchdown to make it a 27-26 game with less than 20 seconds remaining.
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COMMANDERS 86-YARD TOUCHDOWN WOW
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Depending on how you viewed this game, what happened next was even more unbelievable — or predictable. Seibert, who had not missed an extra point all year, missed his second of the game and left the Cowboys holding a 27-26 lead.
That was it. Dallas added another late meaningless touchdown to make it 34-26, but it was Seibert’s miss — on a low snap — that ended any possible chance at another miracle Washington win.
