Commanders end 3-game skid with rout of Titans 42-19

Jayden Daniels wanted no part of sitting around for half of December dwelling on a losing streak.

“I didn’t want to go into the bye week with an ‘L,’” he said.

Daniels made sure of it, throwing two of his three touchdown passes to Terry McLaurin and scoring one rushing to lead the Washington Commanders to a 42-19 rout of the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. They got their groove back, their skid ended at three and it was all smiles following their first victory in nearly a month.

Daniels completed 25 of 30 passes for 206 yards and the TD passes to McLaurin and Zach Ertz, offsetting his interception and bolstering his status as favorite for AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. Brian Robinson Jr. returned from a sprained ankle to run for 103 yards and a TD, and the defense and special teams each forced a fumble in a game the Commanders (8-5) had well in hand before halftime.

Tennessee (3-9) didn’t score until Will Levis’ 27-yard TD pass to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine late in the second quarter, and the two connected on another with seven minutes remaining in the fourth.

The Titans for much of the first half had more yards in penalties than on offense and were unable to climb out of a deep hole. The loss puts to rest any talk of a long-shot playoff bid created by their upset victory at Houston last week.

“Keep going — it’s all we can do,” said Levis, who was 18 of 37 and got sacked twice. “We just keep finding different ways to shoot ourselves in the foot.”



(AP Photo Steve Ruark)