NFL's Wildcard Weekend
FULL-TIME: Washington Commanders 23-20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers - sixth seed Commanders produce upset
FULL-TIME: Green Bay Packers 10-22 Philadelphia Eagles - number two seed Eagles advance to Divisional Round
FULL-TIME Denver Broncos 7-31 Buffalo Bills - Josh Allen-led Bills dominate at home
Washington Commanders 10-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cris Collinsworth
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver on NBC
Baker Mayfield is coming off his best season ever, second after replacing Tom Brady. How hard can that possibly be? He may not have Tom's resume but he does have his fighting spirit. He is the emotional leader and his team-mates just love him.
Washington Commanders 10-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Huge run from Baker Mayfield on third down in a bid to get the Bucs going again.
The quarterback charges down the middle and clatters through three Washington players before being hauled down for an 18-yard gain.
Washington Commanders 10-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Zane Gonzalez nails the kick from 52 yards to stretch Washington's lead to seven.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels goes long down the right sideline towards Terry McLaurin.
The Washington receiver dives for the ball and for a moment it looks like he's grabbed it, until it bobbles out of bounds as McLaurin lands in the end zone.
The Commanders will prepare for a field-goal attempt as we reach the two-minute warning.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Well it's not coming yet as Washington have already claimed three first downs on this drive, to get up to Tampa Bay's 33-yard line.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cris Collinsworth
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver on NBC
Tampa Bay as a defence, they blitz everybody. At some point you're going to see everybody on that defence blitzing to try to affect Jayden Daniels.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels was tackled just after throwing his touchdown pass to Dyami Brown. That may account for the small cut he's sustained on his right cheek.
It looks like a Washington trainer has just applied some lip balm to the quarterback's cheek but apparently it's actually a sterile glue stick.
It'll take much more than that for Daniels to miss a snap on his play-off debut.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Plenty of Heisman Trophy winners have shone in the College game then failed to deliver in the big league, but Jayden Daniels has had a brilliant rookie season with the Washington Commanders.
After being the second overall draft pick, he's set the record for most rushing yards (891) and highest completion rate (69.0%) by a rookie quarterback.
While doing so he led Washington to their first winning season since 2016 and their first play-off appearance since 2020. No wonder he's the clear favourite for this season's Rookie of the Year award.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Talk about third and long.
The Bucs are swiftly forced to third down, with 22 yards to go, as Bucky Irving is penalised for a chop block.
Baker Mayfield dumps it off to Rachaad White but the running back is pushed out of bounds nine yards short. The Bucs will have to punt having gone three and out.
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay were fourth in scoring this season with 29.5 points a game while Washington were just one place below in fifth averaging 28.5.
This is the first wildcard game in five years being played between two teams averaging over 28 points a game.
Shootout incoming???
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and Denver's Bo Nix have made their play-off debuts in tough road games tonight.
Only three rookie quarterbacks have ever won their first career play-off start on the road, how about these names?
Nix didn't manage to join them earlier, as the Broncos were outclassed by the Bills. Can Daniels join them now?
Washington Commanders 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels finds Olamide Zaccheaus for a first down before fizzing another strike down the middle to Dyami Brown, external at the back of the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown.
Patient play by the rookie quarterback on that drive as he kept it moving. It ended up lasting just over nine minutes and 17 plays.
The Commanders add the extra point.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels scrambles for seven yards to get the Commanders into the red zone.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Commanders go for it again on fourth down but this time they need just a yard and Austin Ekeler gets it with a run up the middle.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels picks out Brian Robinson twice in quick succession to get the Commanders into Tampa Bay territory.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Washington are still moving at the moment, though, and they're up to halfway at the end of the first quarter.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cris Collinsworth
Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver on NBC
Jayden Daniels' numbers drop significantly when he's under pressure, and nobody has more different ways to blitz and rush the quarterback than this football team does with Todd Bowles calling the signals.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jayden Daniels makes completions to Terry McLaurin and Austin Ekeler to get the Commanders rolling.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Baker Mayfield is flushed out of the pocket before being wrapped up by the Commanders' defence. The Bucs will have to punt.
Washington Commanders 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
That decision backfires as Jayden Daniels targets Austin Ekeler but they fail to connect and the Commanders have to hand the ball over on downs.
Surely you just take the field goal there, settle down, and come back for more later.