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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 1d

Can remember when the #Bucs played the #Chiefs for the first time in 2020. They came out with a game plan that involved not covering or tackling Tyreek Hill and, amazingly, it didn't work out. Seems like the same deal tonight with Jahmyr Gibbs. #Lions

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 1d

100/50 games -- 100 yards rushing, 50 receiving -- don't exactly grow on trees in the #NFL. Christian McCaffrey has the most among active RBs with 9 (playoffs included). James Conner is next with 6. I mention this because Jahmyr Gibbs already has one in the 1st half (106/54). #Lions #49ers

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 1d

Versailles on the Potomac.

Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 1d

The entire WH complex is 55,000 square - feet.

The ballroom is over 90,000 square feet.

And they are destroying a large part of the WH to build it.

I hate these people.

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Which can't be fixed on the fly. (It couldn't even be shored up in an entire offseason.) If they want to salvage anything out of this season they have to at least *try* not to play from behind -- and assume no lead is big enough. I'm not seeing that.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

The Hitchcock movie about it would be called To Catch A Gutter Cleaner.

Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 2d

Stealing the French Crown Jewels with a ladder is the kind of plan that should only work in a Coen Brothers movie

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Christian McCaffrey has 114 yards rushing and 72 receiving tonight vs. the #Falcons. The last 2 RBs to hit those 2 numbers in the same game are Christian McCaffrey in '23 (115/72 vs. #Cardinals) & Christian McCaffrey in '22 (121/72 vs. #Raiders).

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

It's more the slow starts. If you can score when you're down 10-0, you can score when you aren't down 10-0. So . . .

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

One of the biggest failings of any #NFL team is when they refuse to admit who they are. At their best, the #Commanders are, say, the '81 Coryell #Chargers. Every game plan should be: run the offense wide open, scored as many points as you can, and hope it's enough. They're not doing that.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Brady is bringing that special something to the #Raiders that Derek Jeter brought to the #Marlins.

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

What can you say about a football team that feels no need to strike the first blow? That's the case with the #Commanders 4 games in a row now. They come out asking to be beaten -- and are usually obliged.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Something I overheard John Riggins saying the day after #Washington's season ended in the playoffs has always stuck with me: "Win or lose, the pay's the same!"
#Commanders #Giants

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Many of the #NFL's biggest comebacks have ended in defeat. The '51 #Steelers were down 28-0 to the #Packers, came back to take a 33-28 lead and lost on a late TD. #Broncos #Giants

www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/19...

Pittsburgh Steelers at Green Bay Packers - October 7th, 1951 | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Pittsburgh Steelers 33 at Green Bay Packers 35 on October 7th, 1951 - Full team and player stats and box score

www.pro-football-reference.com

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

The '81 #Falcons were scoreless through 3 quarters vs. the #Packers, put up 31 in the 4th and won. The #Broncos are a point shy of that right now. #Giants

www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/19...

Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers - September 13th, 1981 | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Atlanta Falcons 31 at Green Bay Packers 17 on September 13th, 1981 - Full team and player stats and box score

www.pro-football-reference.com

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Public service announcement:

Most points ever allowed by the #Commanders vs. current division opponents:
#Eagles: 59, 2010
#Cowboys: 56, 2021
#Giants: 53, 1961

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

It's like Josh Harris walked into the building on the first day of the offseason -- sun shining, birds chirping -- and said, "OK, who are we going to turn into the Joel Embiid of this franchise?" And the obvious answer was Jayden Daniels. #Commanders

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Whoever's responsible for this #Commanders defense -- the putting together of it, the coaching of it -- is having a very bad year. There are no answers in the buillding. At the trade deadline, I'd be selling madly. They don't need another Lattimore. Acknowledge their mistakes and move on.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

The #Commanders brass had a big opportunity coming off a Final Four season -- with a star QB on a rookie contract -- and they're blowing it. Washington fans are beginning to understand why Josh Harris' 76ers, for all their glitter, have never been able to break through. A different kind of hell.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 2d

Matthew Stafford did something today that had never been done in #NFL history. He threw 4 TD passes of 5 yards or less and -- here's the record -- they totaled only 9 yards (5, 2, 1, 1). Previous mark: 10 by Patrick Mahomes vs. the #Cardinals in 2022. Only 3 others have had 4 of < 5 yards. #Rams

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 3d

The Red Grange game vs. Michigan in 1924 was outrageous for its time and had some duality: 3 long TD runs (67, 56, 44), a shorter one (11), plus a KOR for a TD (95) & he threw a 20-yard TD pass. 39-14 game, so it was basically all him.

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 4d

Once again, let's hear it for the hold-in, a great way to sabotage any season.

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 4d

Commanders coach Dan Quinn tells reporters that WR Terry McLaurin is out for Sunday.

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 4d

Busy night for Ja'Marr Chase vs. the #Steelers: 16 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD. Just 10 other times in #NFL history has a receiver his those 3 numbers in the same game. Brandon Marshall is the only one to do it twice. He, Terrell Owens & Tom Fears all set a record for receptions in a game. #Bengals

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 5d

Wide-open receiver standing in the end zone between 2 lampposts posing as a zone defense. As my college psychology prof would say, "Diffusion of responsibility!" #Steelers #Bengals

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 6d

If he can keep up the pace this season, the #Colts' Jonathan Taylor would average 100+ rushing yards per game for the third time in his career (minimum: 12 games). The only 2 RBs in #NFL history have done it more:
7 Jim Brown
4 Eric Dickerson
#Browns #Rams #Colts

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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 6d

TLC = Terry Limited Capacity

Tom Schad @tomschad.bsky.social · 6d

Terry McLaurin returned to practice today, albeit in a limited capacity.

DNPs for Dorance Armstrong (hamstring), Deebo Samuel Sr. (heel) and Chris Rodriguez Jr. (calf) among a host of veteran rest days.

Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty sure that was Yamamoto's gyroball. #Dodgers