As Marcus Mariota said after the game, it looked like Jeremy McNichols was tackled about four times on a second-down run in the second quarter.

But the 30-year-old veteran kept moving his feet, and after a moment where it looked like he would actually get taken to the ground, he was off. McNichols outran the rest of the Las Vegas Raiders defense for the 60-yard score -- the longest run of his career -- and put the Washington Commanders up 17-10, hyping up the crowd with his teammates around him.

In a way, McNichols' run embodied the Commanders' 41-24 win over the Raiders, which moved them to 2-1 for the third consecutive season. They faced adversity at several positions, from Jayden Daniels being ruled out on Friday to injuries piling up in the secondary and personnel changes on the offe

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