Commanders-Giants 'TNF' takeaways: Jayden Daniels, Stefon Diggs come up clutch in much-needed win

Diggs went the distance for 33 yards and the touchdown. Daniels put together a three-play, 71-yard drive that kept the Commanders' season alive.

He now has 1,499 passing yards, 10 touchdown passes and the two picks through seven games in 2026, exceeding the numbers he put up in the same amount of games for his totals last year. 

Player of the game: Stefon Diggs

While Daniels could make sense as the obvious choice as game MVP, his two picks did hurt the cause before the quick-striking game-winning possession. So his new top receiver earns the honor for the night. 

And with Terry McLaurin out for the rest of the season, Diggs stepped up. He caught six balls from his 10 targets for 83 yards and the late go-ahead score. Diggs matched his season-high in receptions and recorded the most yards he's produced in a single game so far this year, too. 

Brought in to be a reliable No. 2, Diggs will now be asked to keep duplicating his Week 10 effort in order to get the Commanders back in the playoffs.

It's clear Daniels felt a comfort in being able to rely on Diggs, who struggled to find work despite exceeding 1,000 yards for the seventh time in 2025 before Washington signed him to a one-year, $12 million deal on August 5. 

With only 36 receptions for 386 yards and six touchdowns in eight games, Diggs proved he can still do No. 1 wide receiver things like get open in space, win one-on-one battles and turn on the jets when necessary. 

Diggs' career numbers — 978 catches for 11,890 yards and 80 touchdowns in 169 games — will argue a case for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

Still looking up at multiple teams in the NFC East, the now 3-5-1 Commanders will try to build a win a streak in another prime-time game, when they host the Cincinnati Bengals on ESPN's "Monday Night Football."