As the afternoon window of an October Sunday came to a close, Jayden Daniels backed up to his own 40-yard line, drifting with the kind of nonchalance one might find in a Turkey Bowl game between aging relatives wearing khaki pants and HOKA orthotics. The Washington Commanders were trailing by three points, there was one second remaining and the only path to victory was a touchdown with a probability rating of 3.1% as measured by Next Gen Stats.
