Timing issues cost Buccaneers a playoff win vs. Commanders, a breakdown

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What Happened

In a closely contested NFC Wild Card playoff matchup, the Washington Commanders take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The game comes down to the wire, with the Commanders trailing by four points in the fourth quarter. On 4th and goal, the Commanders attempt to take the lead, but a pass interference call goes uncalled, and they turn the ball over on downs. Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady (the Buccaneers) then fumbles the ball on their own 13-yard line, giving the Commanders excellent field position. Washington capitalizes, scoring a touchdown to take a 20-17 lead. The Buccaneers have a chance to tie the game, but poor timing and execution on a 3rd and 1 play forces them to settle for a field goal, knotting the score at 20-20 with 4:41 remaining. The Commanders get the ball back and drive down the field, setting up a potential game-winning field goal attempt for kicker Dustin Hopkins. As Hopkins prepares to kick, the television broadcast captures his unique pre-kick routine, where he meticulously adjusts his helmet and hair before lining up. Hopkins, who has openly discussed his struggles with OCD, explains that these quirky rituals help him stay focused and composed in high-pressure situations. Hopkins' 48-yard field goal attempt splits the uprights, giving the Commanders a 23-20 lead with just 3 seconds left on the clock. The Buccaneers have one final chance, but their desperation heave falls incomplete, sealing the victory for Washington and ending Tampa Bay's season. The NFC Wild Card matchup between the Commanders and Buccaneers was a thrilling, down-to-the-wire affair, with both teams fighting hard for a chance to advance in the playoffs. Ultimately, it was Washington's ability to capitalize on Tampa Bay's miscues and Hopkins' clutch field goal that propelled the Commanders to the narrow 23-20 win over the defending Super Bowl champions.

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Fourth and goal Washington is down four

they say we're going for it we're going

to take the lead they do not they turn

it over on Downs they say but pass

interfer

[Laughter]

uhh pass

interference that shot looks clean this

shot is uh uh I don't not playing the

ball

contact uh p no they don't get it so

it's a turnover on Downs now the Bucks

have the ball and they can go downfield

they could take their time they can kill

clock or they can fumble it give the

ball right back on their own 13 yd line

that's what they did not great Commander

is great for them why punt it when you

can just turn it over on Downs then

recover the fumble Baker Todd they're

upset you know frell's blowing kisses

one kiss let's see how many kisses he

blows here number 90 phell he goes okay

that's one with the right hand then he's

going to go two Kisses one two that's

three four with the left 56 double and

78 eight kisses blown

Baker what happened they were just a

touch off a lot of snaps in the fourth

quarter or maybe the whole game for the

bucks they were just the timing just

wasn't there he goes to put it in

running back's hands and just it's a hip

fumble not as bad as the butt

fumble from 2012 was that but it's on

the ground I think Wagner recovered it

so they've got field positioning now and

the Bucks just have a lot to think about

o don't hurt your hand Baker be smart

could be tough grass

Todd don't like that it says my bad

that's my bad what does Washington do

with this sudden found field position

they score touchdown the touchdown they

were trying to score earlier this time

they get it no pass interference

Gonzalez with the extra point splits the

uprights they take a 20-7 lead now Tampa

Bay did go down the field they have

second and one on their own 11 and that

play should have should have got first

down but it's Wagner again you've got a

lot of bees here okay you've got the

snap to Baker who's going to fake

handoff to Bucky and Bucky is going to

run and he Bucky is blocking for Baker

but Bucky runs into Bobby and can't hold

him back and Bobby storms through Bucky

and then holds up Baker and stops them

from converting the first down now it's

third and inches and they need this they

want to score and take the lead they

don't want to settle for a field goal

but what happens is the timing on the

snap is all sorts of botched and they

don't get anywhere they actually lose

yard you can see the center snaps it and

right here and no one else has moved and

no one else has still moved and no one

else has still moved and you on the

audio you hear Baker that was like the

hard count and then there was a soft Hut

after that and uh not

good not good it almost made something

happen had the roll out stti far come on

guys this is oh not good so they got to

settle for the field goal to tie the

game and then there's like four minutes

left they get the field goal so now it's

a tie game with foures and 41 seconds to

go but Washington has the ball they run

it all the way down to 55 seconds they

go downfield it's third and one they

pick this up they can kill clock and set

up the field goal and they're going to

run the old cool casual I'm handing it

off to you no I'm going to run cany

jumps it he gets nothing but towel he

can't believe it I mean it's pretty he

can't believe it watch this so he storms

through and he gets nothing but towel

hangs on to the towel for a while 94 and

then you see him put his hands on his

head he like oh my goodness just right

hand flag football you're [ __ ] done

Daniels he's got you but it's not flag

football and that's just your towel at

the end of the run I was like does he

hold on to the towel the whole way it's

kind of funny he's running with QB's

towel and then at the end when he gets

upset he puts his hands on his head and

then he just Chucks the towel he's like

[ __ ] out of here towel you didn't even

help me oh wow he hits he hits the

opposing player with the towel onsports

him like throwing laundry at other

players not cool they're just going to

get it in a little better position for

their kicker now they have a chance to

win the game Baker's upset he doesn't

want to watch Todd staring off in the

distance they run the clock down to 3

seconds and in comes Zane Gonzalez for

the game-winning kick and this caught a

lot of people's eye got a lot of

attention putting the helmet on fixing

the hair putting the helmet on no fixing

the hair putting the helmet on people

thought it was just kind of a routine or

Superstition in baseball Cricket the

slower games there's tons of little

superstitious routines like this because

I think there's way more time to think

in those Sports because it's slower you

don't see it in hockey and football the

faster Pace between the line sports but

Cricket baseball you got batters that do

this stuff nonstop and everyone else

just knows more of it as like a quirky

routine this isn't that zann Gonzalez

has a history of OCD and he's talked

about openly before he said it's a lot

of little things I do uh my family knows

little motor ticks and they'll catch me

doing it for the most part I've learned

to hide them or make them casual nobody

really knows it makes you more of a

perfectionist which you need to be as a

kicker I've just accepted it and learned

to make it a better trait what else can

you do but accept it uh it's working out

for you zanen you are a pro kicker and

you got a chance to send your team to

the next round coach is looking on like

I don't want to watch I do want to watch

okay I'll watch pressure's mounting NBC

didn't show a single fan shot in the

entire fourth quarter what are you doing

just just if I can get my soap box for

10 seconds show the fans show the

passion what are we doing not a single

fan shot the whole fourth quarter anyway

snap balls down kick is up and end over

end over end over and over and and

d and through oh the baited breath that

comes with a dink is so

funny they get through to the divisional

round last second game win field goal

Zayn smile dude it's like he was

reluctant to smileing and then you have

frustration once you have that dink you

get this hopeful and then it falls

through and you're like that was such

false hope and takes the headset off and

kind of the same face he had the entire

game and

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