Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary to Noah Brown as time expires lifts Commanders over Bears

A Jayden Daniels Hail Mary lands in Noah Brown’s arms and the Commanders defeat the Bears

Jayden Daniels threw a 52-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Noah Brown as time expired to give the Washington Commanders an 18-15 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

The Commanders completed a pass to Terry McLaurin to give themselves a chance with six seconds left.

It set Daniels up at the Washington 48. The Bears had no pass rush and Daniels took his time before unloading for the end zone.

The pass was deflected to Brown, who was by himself and corraled the football with ease to win the game.

The Bears had not led for 59:37. They took the lead when Roschon Johnson scored on a one-yard run and a two-point conversion followed that gave the Bears a 15-12 lead.

The Bears’ final drive was kept alive by a pass interference penalty on a fourth-and-three when Keenan Allen was targeted with a throw by Caleb Williams.

The game matched the top two picks in the 2024 NFL draft. Williams threw for 36 yards in the first three quarters but 95 in the final quarter.

Daniels, playing through injured ribs, completed 21 passes for 326 yards.

The Bears made a bizarre call on an earlier threat. Williams tried to hand off the football to offensive lineman Doug Kramer Jr. on a fourth down play near the goal line.

Why an offensive lineman when the team had plenty of skill players is beyond comprehension.

Washington recovered and tried to run it the length of the field for a score but the recovering player Jer’Zhan Newton was ruled to be down by contact at the Chicago three.