The commanders are not dead yet.
Despite being down 20-3 at halftime and 23-3 in the third quarter, the Commanders pulled within 23-17 of the 49ers.
Jayden Daniels threw a 1-yard pass to Stefon Diggs with 15 seconds left in the third quarter and a 9-yard pass to Rachaad White with 9:22 left in the fourth quarter.
The Commanders 10-play, 80-yard drive that pulled them within one score took advantage of an illegal contact penalty on Renardo Green on an incompletion on third-and-4 and a roughing penalty on Osa Odighizuwa.
The Commanders had 17 plays and 90 yards in the first half. They have 25 plays and 145 yards in the second half.
Daniels is 22 of 27 for 217 yards and two touchdowns.
