The Commanders, who face the Eagles in Sunday's NFC championship game in Philadelphia, are a win away from becoming one the biggest preseason long shots ever to reach the Super Bowl.

The most enduring story of his fandom came five years before I was born, on Thanksgiving Day 1974. Washington lost to the hated Cowboys that day when a backup Dallas quarterback named Clint F***ing Longley (his full official name in my grandfather's eyes) led an improbable comeback and ruined the holiday.

Jayden Daniels is getting praised around the league after leading the Washington Commanders to the NFC championship game against the odds and expectations.