Marcus Mariota has addressed Cris Collinsworth’s Sunday Night Football pronunciation that had fans buzzing online.

Marcus Mariota connected with Terry McLauin for a 51-yard touchdown to extend the Washington Commanders' lead over the New York Giants.

Oregon Ducks legend Marcus Mariota is the only player in program history to win the Heisman Trophy, and Mariota's acceptance speech was one for the ages. Revisiting Mariota's acceptance speech over a decade later.

"Yeah, for him it's just taking it one day at a time, get healthy," Mariota said about his conversations with Daniels. "I know he is doing everything in his power to do that. And then for us, it's just a great opportunity to go play football and I'm looking forward to it and making sure our guys are ready."

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels aggravated a left elbow injury in a loss to the Vikings last Sunday and will miss Week 15, head coach Dan Quinn announced (via Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic ). Backup Marcus Mariota will start on Sunday against the Giants.

Kingsbury has done a good job of making sure Mariota’s legs are a consistent threat that defenses need to prepare for to help offset the lack of dynamic playmakers throughout. The Commanders use play-action on 32.6% of Mariota’s dropbacks, the fourth-highest rate in the NFL, a significant jump from the 23% of dropbacks when Daniels is available.

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