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2026 Week 5 · Oct 11, 2026 · Easy

Giants at Commanders final drive: call the plays

WAS27
1:364th
27NYG
1st & 10Ball on own 27
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The situation

Washington Commanders tied (27–27), 1:36 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 27. You are the play-caller for this Giants at Commanders final drive.

Score
Commanders 27, Giants 27
Clock
1:36, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 27
Timeouts
2 left (defense 2)
Difficulty
Easy
Typical win rate
51%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Dan Quinn; the defense was coached by John Harbaugh.

What really happened on this drive

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The Commanders punted. Final score: Commanders 27, Giants 27, a tie.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 27, 1:36 · Short middle (costly)
    5-J.Daniels pass short middle to 17-T.McLaurin to WAS 49 for 22 yards (2-D.Banks).
  2. 1st & 10 at the own 49, 0:48 · Deep sideline (costly)
    5-J.Daniels pass incomplete deep right to 85-C.Okonkwo [22-A.Phillips].
  3. 2nd & 10 at the own 49, 0:44 · Quick out (close)
    5-J.Daniels sacked at WAS 46 for -3 yards (52-A.Reese).
  4. 3rd & 13 at the own 46, 0:20 · Deep sideline (close)
    5-J.Daniels pass incomplete deep left to 6-D.Brown.
  5. 4th & 13 at the own 46, 0:15 · Punt (close)
    10-T.Way punts 52 yards to NYG 2, Center-69-T.Ott, downed by WAS-37-I.Yiadom.

By our grades, Dan Quinn made the best or a near-best call (green) on 0 of 5 graded snaps and gave up 3.5 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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