The Commanders entered Thursday night’s game against the Giants with a desperate need to win if they wanted any hope of competing in the NFC East. After their 24-21 victory, head coach Dan Quinn combined exhilaration with relief.
“We needed that. We needed every bit of it,” Quinn said. “This is one we had to have, and our guys must ensure we deliver.” Following the win, the Commanders find themselves at 3-5-1, two games behind the division-leading Giants, and they have taken control of the head-to-head tiebreaker. While the team remains a long shot for the NFC East, the current state of the competition makes it plausible that the Commanders could compete.
They proved their ability to fight on Thursday night in a game that went down to the final minute, precisely as anticipated by Quinn.
“Going into it, we thought this would be an all-quarter game,” Quinn stated. “It felt like the greatest adversity, yet also the greatest belief. It was a balance of both, and we definitely needed that.”
