The play call was just about perfect. The execution was just about flawless.

Against an all-out blitz on the final play of overtime Sunday night, Washington Commanders wide receivers Treylon Burks and Deebo Samuel Sr. created a traffic jam in the middle of the field. Denver Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga got swept up by the crowd, as planned. And the player he was supposed to be covering, running back Jeremy McNichols, slipped wide open into the flat -- seemingly destined for a walk-in two-point conversion to win the game.

If Marcus Mariota had thrown the ball with a few more degrees of loft, the Commanders probably win. If Denver Broncos outside linebacker Nik Bonitto had taken a slightly different angle off the edge, the Commanders probably win.

“If he doesn’t get his hands up, or he

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