Giants QB Jameis Winston channeled the Baha Men to try and draw the Commanders offsides
The main headline from Thursday night’s game between the Washington Commanders and the New York Giants was the win for Washington, as Jayden Daniels connected with Stefon Diggs on a 32-yard score with under a minute remaining. The connection was Daniels’ third touchdown pass of the night, and the Commanders’ 24-21 comeback win kept their hopes alive in the NFC East playoff chase.
A humorous subplot to this game?
Jameis Winston’s attempt to draw the Commanders defense offsides a few minutes earlier.
With the Giants facing a 3rd-and-1 situation on their own 11-yard line late in fourth quarter, New York put the backup quarterback into the game to try a sneak to pick up the first down. Initially, the Giants looked to move the chains, but Dan Quinn challenged the spot and the ruling on the field was overturned, setting up a 4th-and-1 for the Giants deep in their own territory.
John Harbaugh sent Winston and the offense back into the game, but rather than run another sneak deep in their own territory — while leading 21-17 — Winston was tasked with drawing the Commanders offsides. He did what he could … even resorting to quoting from the Baha Men:
That’s right, you heard that correctly. After using an old-school cadence right out of youth football (Hut 1, Hu2 2), Winston turned to the lyrics from “Who Let the Dogs Out,” which won a Grammy award back in 2001 for the Best New Dance Recording.
Winston’s effort did not have the same level of success, and the Giants were forced to take a timeout before punting the ball away.