WASHINGTON (AP) — In a jubilant Washington Commanders locker room, linebacker Frankie Luvu announced whom he wanted to reward with a game ball: “Took one on the sideline, and popped up like toast. DQ!” With that, Luvu went over to wrap coach Dan Quinn in a hug.

The Commanders already were leading the Las Vegas Raiders when Quinn got bowled over and bloodied by quarterback Marcus Mariota in a sideline collision shortly before halftime Sunday, but the players loved the way their boss got right back up.

“He went into the training room, got bandaged up,” Mariota said, “and was like: ‘All right. Let’s keep going.’ I think that’s what really got the guys going.”

Maybe that’s because Washington desperately needed a bounce-back game after an ugly-looking, injury-filled loss in which their offen

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