Jayden Daniels' Hail Mary defeated Caleb Williams and Bears

Jayden Daniels was having a great rookie season. And that was before one of the greatest Hail Mary passes in NFL history.

Daniels and the Washington commanders pulled off a miracle on Sunday. After falling behind 15-12 to the Chicago Bears with 23 seconds left, all that was left for Daniels was to make the final play and hopefully pick up as many as possible. The ball was tipped between a bunch of players and Noah Brown was all alone in the end zone for a 52-yard score and an 18-15 win.

Daniels may have a long, great career and there will never be another moment like it. Head coach Dan Quinn and the Commanders sideline responded accordingly.

Before that final pass, it looked like Caleb Williams would overcome a bad day to pull out a win for the Bears with a game-winning drive. But Daniels had one magic trick left.

“Keep fighting, man, we're going to keep fighting,” Daniels told CBS' Tracy Wolfson after the game. “We have a great locker room, a great brotherhood. I wouldn't want to go to war with anyone else.”

Neither offense scores a TD before halftime

Daniels' first half wasn't great, but Williams had an even worse start.

The Bears were shut out in the first half. They had a shot to score late in the first half, but Williams was under pressure, trying to scramble but was caught on a 15-yard sack. This knocked the Bears out of field-goal position and they punted. That's how the first half went for the Bears. Williams was either under pressure on most downs or played under pressure. He was rarely calm in the pocket. Williams completed just 3 of 8 passes for 33 yards in the first half. He rushed for 29 yards, but was mostly running away from the rush. The Bears didn't break 100 yards of offense until the third quarter.

The Commanders were good in the first half but couldn't get into the end zone. Washington led 9-0 at halftime with a trio of field goals. Daniels doesn't look like he's coming off a rib injury that kept him in question for much of the week. He completed 10 of 19 passes for 154 yards and added 31 yards rushing. Playing through a rib injury, Daniels finished with 326 yards passing, 52 of which came in the final memorable game.

The first half went to Daniels, but the Commanders still couldn't open up much of a lead. And anyone who remembers from Sunday's game is the last one anyway.

The bear hangs on tight

Washington finally appeared to get a touchdown on the board in the second half, but the moment was short-lived. Olamide scored on a 32-yard pass from Zacchaeus Daniels, but there was a flag for ineligible man downfield. The Commanders settled for one more field goal and a 12-0 lead.

The Bears broke after that. De'Andre Swift took a sweep to the left side, broke a couple of tackle attempts and raced down the sideline for a 56-yard touchdown. There was finally a sign of life from the Bears' offense.

The Bears made a huge mistake that can't be blamed on their rookie quarterback. It was a coaching fiasco. The Bears reached the goal line and decided to hand off to offensive lineman Doug Kramer Jr. The handoff went wrong to the 300-pound lineman and the commanders recovered the error. This decision is difficult to explain. This will be a big problem at the end of the game.

The Commanders couldn't put the game away. The Bears had one more chance to win with less than five minutes remaining. Williams hit Rome Odunge for a first down on third-and-10. Williams' scrambling paid off, as he ran to his right and lofted a pass 22 yards to an open Keenan Allen.

Officials helped the Bears on fourth-and-3. Commander cornerback Benjamin St-Juste grabbed Allen and that was deemed enough of a pass interference call that effectively handed the Bears a touchdown. Roshan Johnson scored with 23 seconds left to give the Bears the lead.

It seemed then that Williams would win despite her struggles. Daniels disagrees.