Commanders GM Adam Peters: Ball needs to go in the end zone on final play
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The Commanders' operation at the end of games came under the microscope again in Week 9.
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Washington was down 20-13 with the ball at the Rams' 31-yard-line with three seconds left and their final play saw quarterback Jayden Daniels hit tight end Chig Okonkwo with a short pass. Okonkwo got down around the 10 before he attempted to lateral to a teammate. The attempt at a Stanford band-esque ending fizzled out from there and the Commanders fell to 2-5-1 on the season.
The Commanders were in position to lose due to several things that went wrong over the first 59 minutes and 57 seconds of play, but they still had a chance to tie or win the game, which is one that General Manager Adam Peters said they should have taken during a Wednesday appearance on 106.7 The Fan.
"There’s a couple things on that, but I think the bottom line is the ball needs to get in the end zone there," Peters said.
Last Sunday's ending may not have been as egregious an error as the one Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn made at the end of their tie with the Giants, but it was enough of an error that the case for changing those in charge of the on-field operation is even stronger heading into Week 10.