TAMPA — The Washington Commanders chose a good time for their longest drive of the season, and it culminated in quarterback Jayden Daniels’ first career playoff touchdown pass.

Daniels’ 10-yard pass to receiver Dyami Brown capped a 17-play, 92-yard drive that lasted nine minutes, eight seconds and gave Washington a 7-3 lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was Washington’s longest drive of the season.

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On third-and-goal play, Brown was able to sneak behind the Tampa secondary thanks to the attention he paid to receiver Terry McLaurin. He ran a crossing pattern toward the left front of the end zone, drawing the attention of the safety and corner to that side.

Brown, aligned on the left side, sneaked into the back of the end zone where he was wide open.

It helped that Daniels had plenty of time to throw against Tampa’s four-man rush: 3.94 seconds.

Washington converted three of four third downs on the drive as well as a fourth-and-1 at the Bucs’ 23-yard line. On a third down from his own 12, Daniels was forced to scramble to his right, but he found tight end Zach Ertz up the middle for 9 yards to jump-start the drive.

The Commanders failed to convert on a four-and-2 from the Tampa 20 on their first possession.

Daniels completed 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards on his first two possessions and ran five times for 15 yards.