If the Commanders had a chance to get back into the game -- to really push the Packers , who had pushed them around the entire first half -- it came after the very first play of the third quarter.

Deebo Samuel ripped off a 44-yard return to midfield, and Washington, down 14-3, had hints of life via the big play, an aspect that had been absent in the first half.

It fizzled almost as quickly as it started. After one hard-earned first down, the drive stalled when Jayden Daniels was sacked for a 10-yard loss on third down, Micah Parsons and Edgerrin Cooper combining to dump Washington's talented signal caller to the ground. On trotted Matt Gay , who missed his second field goal attempt in as many possessions.

The Commanders didn't go away -- in fact, they finally did cut Green

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