Calijah Kancey Still Bothered By Jayden Daniels Miss
August 9th, 2025
Joe’s seen the play about 100 times.
Calijah Kancey probably threw out every white towel in his home.
The video is below. Instead of dumping Washington QB Jayden Daniels to the turf late in the fourth quarter and giving the Bucs a shot at a playoff victory in a tie game, Kancey ended up with a fist full Daniels’ ass towel and months of regret.
Speaking on SiriusXM NFL Radio this week, Kancey ackowledged that it’s more than just the Daniels whiff that “bothers me” from the playoff loss in January.
“I should have had probably at least four or five sacks that game, where I was in the quarterback’s face and he just somehow escaped,” Kancey said.
“So that’s something that I really wanted to work on as far as just off season during OTAs and stuff like that in minicamp, and now in camp. Just being able to finish those plays, those what-ifs. Because who knows what that could affect as far as the game? I could have got the offense back with plenty more opportunities to go score and our team win. So, that’s the one that bothers me the most.”
No, it’s not Kancey’s fault the Bucs didn’t beat the Commanders in the postseason, but he’s felt the pain. Joe hopes it’s inspired Kancey, and Joe is confident it has.
Unbelievable how close Calijah Kancey was here to make the play of the game perhaps (and then running with Daniels’ towel) pic.twitter.com/2Tcgq3azzy
— Shaun Newkirk (@Shauncore) January 13, 2025