Overview
- The Commanders beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 33-31 after a late, roughly 50-yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Kain Medrano gave Washington the decisive edge.
- Marcus Mariota, starting for the injured Jayden Daniels, completed 19 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns and sealed the win with a third-and-7 nine-yard scramble.
- Seattle piled up 379 passing yards from Sam Darnold but lost the turnover battle with two second-half interceptions and finished with just 44 rushing yards, exposing a weakened run game since Kenneth Walker III left in the offseason.
- Washington forced three turnovers that produced 13 points and improved to 1-2, avoiding an 0-3 start and creating a short-term path forward while Daniels rehabs in a brace.
- Per multiple reports, Daniels is expected to return in about three weeks without surgery so Mariota is likely to start the quick Week 4 trip to London and the Commanders will monitor Daniels’ recovery before naming a longer-term plan.