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Commanders’ Jayden Daniels is tired of hearing one thing about the Bears

Washington Commanders' QB Jayden Daniels sounds off, and he's had enough of hearing the same thing about the Chicago Bears.

Caleb Skinner

Oct 5, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) is interviewed after the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Oct 5, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) is interviewed after the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images / Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
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The Washington Commanders had a tremendous run back to relevancy last season, with no moment perhaps as big as when the team walked off with a win against the Chicago Bears on a 52-yard Hail Mary bomb from then-rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels to Noah Brown.

The "Hail Maryland", as it has become to be known, was a defining moment for the Commanders' 2024 season, helping launch the team forward toward a strong second-half of the season finish that saw them ultimately make it all the way to the NFC Championship game.

That game is in the past, but the Commanders are facing that same Bears team here in Week 6. However, it doesn't seem as if Daniels, or the Commanders in general, want to relive that moment from last year.

Commanders Jayden Daniels finished talking about Hail Mary vs. Chicago

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Oct 27, 2024; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders wide receiver Noah Brown (85) catches a Hail Mary pass Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images / Peter Casey-Imagn Images

"Sh*t I mean that Hail Mary ain't gonna help us win a game on Monday, so what's the point."

Daniels is right. While the moment will live in Commanders' lore, it is time to move on. This is a new season, and both teams are different than they were a season ago. While a Hail Mary could still end the game, the likelihood of this happening twice against the same opponent in as many years is slim to none.

Daniels isn't the only Commander who expressed the need to move on from last year's result against the Bears. Head coach Dan Quinn also spoke to the media about the 2024 Hail Mary, in which he quipped, "It's last year's story. It doesn't apply to this team at all."

The Commanders looked to have gotten back on track last week after a gruesome loss to the Falcons in Week 4, bouncing back in a big way as Jayden Daniels returned to help lead them to a victory over the surging Los Angeles Chargers.

Daniels and the offense, led by the strong running game, will look to carry over momentum from last week's win to put up more points than they did a season ago against the Bears, which ultimately led to them having no other choice other than to throw a Hail Mary.

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Caleb Skinner
CALEB SKINNER

Caleb is from Nashville, TN, and graduated from Florida State University in 2018 with majors in Sociology and History. He has previously written for an FSU outlet and started covering the Buccaneers in March of 2022 while co-hosting the Hear the Cannons podcast. He expanded his role with GamedayMedia by covering the Houston Texans and Washington Commanders in April of 2024. You can follow Caleb on Twitter @chsnole

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