Green Bay Packers pass rusher Micah Parsons is putting the blame for the Commanders’ end-of-game blunder Sunday solely on Jayden Daniels.
In Sunday’s tie with the Giants, Daniels took a sack in the final seconds of the game and didn’t stop the clock in time for a field goal attempt. Commanders coach Dan Quinn and Daniels have both claimed responsibility for the gaffe, but Parsons said the blame should only go to the quarterback.
“Jayden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn his job, to be honest with you,” Parsons said on his podcast Tuesday. “And, like, I’m a big Jayden Daniels fan. But the reality is, he probably cost a lot of people their jobs this past weekend.”
Quinn was Parsons’ defensive coordinator in Dallas from 2021 to 2023 and the two remain close.
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After the game, Daniels said the issue came down to situational awareness.
“We have to know the situation,” he said. “We have to relay that as an offense. It starts with everyone, top down. Ultimately, it’s on me.”
But Parsons wasn’t buying it. He said teams spend so much time practicing late-game situations that Daniels should’ve known better, and his experience as a starting quarterback gives him less of an excuse.
“I’m a defensive player, and this shit’s programmed to me,” Parsons said. “I even know what to do in those situations. … And mind you, it’d be different if Jayden Daniels was a rookie. This is your third year. You’ve been to the NFC championship game. You’ve been in big moments before. This is your job to be prepared to understand the game and understand situations. That’s in your job profile.”
Parsons added that Daniels is extension eligible this offseason and his blunder doesn’t help his case to get paid, saying that Daniels’ injury history was already a factor that could impact his extension, but Sunday’s tie also hurts him.
“You’re telling me, ‘Oh, we’re going to want to pay this guy eventually $60 million?’” Parsons said. “This cannot happen.”
The NFL star isn’t the only one who expects Sunday’s tie to ultimately impact Quinn’s job status. “Pardon the Interruption” co-host and former Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser said he would have fired Quinn in a column this week if he still had his old gig.
Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who is now an analyst for NBC, said, “I threw up in my mouth a little bit at the end of the game.”
And ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, who is never shy about giving his opinion, said on Monday’s episode of “First Take” that Quinn’s days are numbered.
“Dan Quinn, it was nice knowing you as the head coach for the Washington Commanders,” Smith said. “This will be your last season. You will not be the head coach of the Washington Commanders next season. … I know an imminent dismissal when I see one.”
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