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Kevin Patra's insights:

1. Daniels calmly leads the Commanders to an away win against the Giants. No Hail Mary necessary this time. Jayden Daniels Calmly led the Commanders up and down the field, with Washington punting just twice on eight drives. The rookie quarterback makes difficult throws look effortless. His second touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin was thrown perfectly over the edge of the corner Deonte Banks. With this type of coverage, the QB needed confidence to make that throw and confidence that his man would make a play on the ball. Daniels plays with a calmness that goes beyond his years. He makes plays and avoids rushers with the coolness of a veteran star. Without Brian RobinsonThe Commanders were still able to rack up yards on the ground, and Daniels made clutch throws when needed. With the defense unable to make a late stop to secure the win, Daniels and the offense handed the game over to each other. The rookie hit Olamide Zacchaeus for a powerful 42-yard pass on the final drive to put the game on ice without Big Blue touching the pigskin again. For nine weeks, Daniels had all the answers to the test.
2. The Giants offense is taking too much time to get going. Big Blue came out and hit the stone. At one point, New York rushed 15 times for two dropbacks. Unfortunately, this second setback was a failure Daniel Jones Fumble that Washington turned into a touchdown. Jones had exactly zero yards on 4 of 6 passes with a TD at halftime. With a defense that couldn't slow Daniels down, the Giants fell behind 21-7 at halftime. It proved to be too deep a hole to dig out. New York scored on all three second-half drives. Once again it was the little things that caused Brian Daboll's club to despair. Jones committed the fumble and missed several passes that killed drives. An offensive pass interference flag negated a touchdown in the third quarter. On a day where the offense went 6 of 11 on third downs and 2 of 2 on four downs, the slow start and an ineffective defense ultimately led to a fourth straight loss.
3. The Commanders' defense struggles late. Dan Quinn thanks his stars for Daniels as Washington's defense falters. Without a lucky OPI flag going their way, the Commanders would have had Daniel Jones lead three consecutive TD drives to end the game. According to Next Gen Stats, Washington allowed the Giants to gain 5.3 yards per carry and pressured Jones on just five pass attempts. Dante Fowler generated two sacks, but no one in Washington earned three QB pressures on the day. The Commanders could be a club looking for improvements on defense before Tuesday's trade deadline.

Next-Gen Stats Insights for Commanders-Giants (via NFL Pro): Jayden Daniels completed every deep pass he threw against the Giants, finishing 3 of 3 for 91 yards and a touchdown on passes over 20 air yards. Daniels has generated +25.5 expected points on deep passes this season, the third-most in the NFL (behind Aaron Rodgers, +26.5 and Sam Darnold, +25.7).

NFL Research: Daniel Jones is the first starting QB since at least 1991 to have zero or fewer passing yards and a passing touchdown in the first half of a game.