Overview
- The Commanders beat the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 33-31 in an upset that unfolded Sunday, with Mariota completing 19 of 31 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns without turnovers.
- Washington clinched the game when Mariota executed a nine-yard zone-read keeper on third-and-7 late in the fourth quarter, a play that surprised Seattle and secured the first down.
- The Commanders’ defense produced pivotal takeaways, including a Sonny Styles forced fumble that set up an early touchdown and a Kain Medrano 50-yard interception return for a late touchdown.
- Mariota was named a permanent team captain after the game and triggered a $200,000 contract bonus that pays him for playing at least 60% of snaps in a win.
- Jayden Daniels will not have surgery and is being treated week-to-week, so Mariota is expected to start Washington’s Week 4 home-designated game in London and could earn the same bonus again if he plays most snaps in a win.