With Tampa Bay and Washington tied at halftime, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles was asked where his team went wrong defending Daniels in the first stanza. Bowles’ explanation amounted to improving a collective defensive pocket containment where the Buccaneers were falling short as Daniels chose to run and make plays off-platform.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles was highly complimentary of Washington Commanders' Jayden Daniels after Wild Card Weekend.

Todd Bowles could not seem to keep up with Jayden Daniels on Sunday in more ways than one. Bowles' Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Daniels' Washington Commanders were tied at 10 midway through their Wild Card round matchup at Raymond James Stadium.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles had an interesting soundbite when he spoke to NBC's Melissa Stark before the third quarter of Sunday's playoff game against the Washington Commanders. Bowles appeared confused by Washington rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels

The first came at the end of the first half when Bowles let over 10 seconds run off the clock after the Buccaneers reached the red zone. With just 17 seconds, the Buccaneers essentially had to be perfect execution-wise. Fortunately, for Tampa Bay, it ended up scoring a touchdown to knot proceedings up at 10-10 at the break.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had an up-and-down season but won six out of their last seven games to win their fourth consecutive NFC South title after the Atlanta Falcons lost their grip in the second half of the season.

The Buccaneers have also won the NFC South every year that Todd Bowles has led. Even Bruce Arians, who won a Super Bowl with Tom Brady in his first year away from the New England Patriots, only won the NFC South once.

Bowles’ choices didn’t ultimately doom the Buccaneers since they scored a touchdown on that final first half sequence and Washington could have bled the clock dry on the final drive regardless of timeouts, but Bowles did not put his team in the best position to succeed by letting clock run.

Jayden Daniels was terrific for the Commanders, defeating the Buccaneers on the road in his first playoff game.

Jim Harbaugh's defense appears to have an ideal set of answers for C.J. Stroud. The Ravens' much-improved pass defense can smother the Steelers' main path to scoring points. And you will not believe how often the Bucs blitz on late downs.

The Washington Commanders secured their first playoff win since the 2005 season after Zane Gonzalez doinked a game-winning field goal off and through the upright to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 on Sunday night. The Commanders will next head to Detroit to face the top-seeded Lions in the divisional round.

The Washington Commanders were visitors to Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night, but they left the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' stadium as history-bucking victors. Despite an iffy stretch of red-zone showings,