The Commanders scored a field goal with 1:40 left in Sunday’s game to cut Dallas’ lead to seven points and gave themselves a chance to tie the game by forcing a punt.

It didn’t take long for them to come through on the attack. Jayden Daniels hit wide receiver Terry McLaurin with a pass that McLaurin broke up for an 86-yard touchdown, making the score 27–26 with 21 seconds to play. Commandant head coach Dan Quinn immediately signaled for an extra point that kicker Austin Seibert missed to his left.

The Cowboys would win 34-26 after returning the ensuing onside kick for a touchdown. Seibert returned from a hip injury having already missed two kicks, but Quinn said at his press conference that he never thought about going for two kicks after McLaurin scored.

“No. I thought after we scored, we were going to go for one,” Quinn said. “And the reason behind that thought: Let’s get back into it, but we don’t have to decide it in this play.”

The Commanders had opted for two earlier in the game and got them, so they may have already used the one play they really trusted in that spot and that would certainly factor into the decision to trust their kicker to make a play. short kick to set the stage for overtime. However, that didn’t work out and the Commanders are now on a three-game losing streak, which has extended their play-off chances a little.