On Sunday the Washington Commanders achieved something that hadn’t happened in a long, long time: They actually won a playoff game. Ending the NFL’s longest drought, Jayden Daniels led his team to a thrilling last-second win on a doinked field goal attempt that happened to ricochet through the uprights.
How much the world has changed since the Commanders last won a playoff game
It’s been a long, loooong time since Washington celebrated.
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James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
It marked the first win since January 7, 2006 — when the team (then under a different nickname) hilariously also beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If you want to know how long ago that was please consider the following bullet points from that game:
- Joe Gibbs was Washington’s coach
- Jon Gruden was Tampa Bay’s coach
- Mark Brunell and Chris Simms were the starting quarterbacks
- Clinton Portis and Cadillac Williams were the running backs
- The play of the game was the late, great Sean Taylor returning a fumble 51 yards for a touchdown
This is one of those sporting moments that’s like a time capsule, so let’s jump in the wayback machine to check out what life was life back when Washington won a playoff game prior to Sunday night.
The Top 3 movies when Washington last won a playoff game
- Hostel
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- King Kong
The Top 3 songs were ...
- Don’t Forget About Us, by Mariah Carey
- Run It!, by Chris Brown
- Grillz, by Nelly feat. Paul Wall
The Top 3 TV shows were ...
- Dancing with the Stars, Season 2
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Grey’s Anatomy
The Top 3 video games were ...
- Call of Duty 2 (Xbox 360)
- Madden NFL 06 (PS2)
- MVP 06 NCAA Baseball (PS2)
Miscellaneous
- The same night as the 2006 playoff game Saturday Night Live was hosted by Eva Longoria with Korn as the musical guest
- The iPhone hadn’t been released yet (2007)
- Four presidents had terms between wins (G.W. Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden)
- Our own blog Hogs Haven didn’t start until August of 2006, meaning the site wasn’t alive for a playoff win until now
- SB Nation staff writer J.P. Acosta was 5 years old
- The entire Marvel Cinematic Universe existed between playoff wins
- Three counties didn’t exist (South Sudan, Kosovo, Montenegro)
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