The scene at Northwest Stadium following the end of the Washington Commanders' 18-15 win over the Chicago Bears was full of unmitigated chaos in the best possible way.

Washington, now at 6-2 for the first time since 2008, pulled off what will surely be a strong contender for the play of the season, as Jayden Daniels pulled off a 52-yard Hail Mary that was caught by Noah Brown to beat the Bears 18-15. Players rushed the field, fans rejoiced and the Bears walked off the field after seemingly having the game in hand with 25 seconds left on the clock.

Coach Dan Quinn was among the throng celebrating the improbable victory, but one of the best experiences for him was seeing all the different views and angles of the scene.

"There was so many funny angles and points of view," Quinn said. "That was kind of the fun part of it all, just to see different points of view where it was different from where I was."

There were certainly several perspectives of the action in the closing minutes of the night at Washington's home stadium. As magical as it was, there was more than luck involved in how things unfolded. So, let's take a look at everything that happened before, during and after one of the greatest moments in franchise history.

Fourth quarter, :25 seconds left

The Commanders were clinging to a five-point lead but were about to be put in a dire situation. It was second-and-goal at the 1-yard line after Benjamin St-Juste was called for pass interference in the end zone on fourth down. Caleb Williams' pass to D.J. Moore was off-target, but Roschon Johnson was able to cross the goal line on second down. Williams then completed a shovel pass to Cole Kmet for a two-point conversion to make the score 15-12.

According to ESPN's win probability, the Commanders had a favorable chance to win for essentially the entire evening. After the St-Juste penalty, the Bears' chances of winning jumped to 79.7%, then down to 52.2% following the Moore incompletion. Johnson's touchdown made it all but certain that the Bears would win.

Fourth quarter, :25 seconds left, ensuing kickoff

Cairo Santos launches the kickoff 65 yards to the Commanders' goal line. Austin Ekeler makes the catch and returns it 24 yards, taking six seconds off the clock.

The tricky part here is that Santos' kick was right at the edge of the landing zone, meaning that according to the new kickoff rules, it had to be returned. If Ekeler had let it bounce and go into the end zone, then it would have had to be downed to ensure a touchback, which would have placed the ball at the 20-yard line. If the ball had bounced out of the end zone, it would have been a touchback at the 30-yard line.

The word "if" carries weight here, because there's no telling where the ball was going to bounce. Another possibility was that the ball could have bounced forward, which would have given the Bears a chance to recover it and end the game. So, while taking six seconds off the clock is costly in that scenario, it was the choice with the least amount of variance.

Fourth quarter, :12 seconds left

Daniels completes a pass to Zach Ertz for 11 yards but at the left hash, meaning that Washington had to burn its last time out. Chicago's chances of winning jumped to 96.4%. It also took six more seconds off the clock, leaving six seconds left for the Commanders to pull off a miracle at their own 35-yard line.

Fourth quarter, :06 seconds left

The Commanders needed to get closer to give themselves a shot at Hail Mary, so they took advantage of the Bears' prevent coverage and completed a 13-yard pass to Terry McLaurin, who stepped out of bounds with two seconds left at Washington's 48-yard line.

At that point, the Commanders had a 1.4% chance of pulling out a win.

"We just wanted to give ourselves a chance to put it in a position for Jayden to throw the ball down there, and he has an unbelievable arm," McLaurin said.

Fourth quarter, :02 seconds left

As expected, the Bears' linebackers and defensive backs backed up to the 20-yard line knowing that Daniels would need to throw up a bomb to pull out a win. They only brought a four-man rush, though, which gave Washington's offensive line, which has the sixth-best pass-block win rate in football, and Daniels plenty of time to work. T.J. Edwards was also initially part of the rush but then dropped back to be a spy for Daniels if he decided to run.

Daniels dropped back to the 35-yard line, bounced on the balls of his feet for three seconds before feeling pressure from DeMarcus Walker and Jacob Martin. He scrambled to his right, saw Martin closing in on him and switched directions, causing Martin to slip.

Daniels moved back to the left hash, where Gervon Dexter Sr. was the only defender left to threaten him. Nick Allegretti took care of that, though, by clocking the defensive tackle and knocking him to the ground.

"You're just trying to hit somebody in a different color jersey," Allegretti said. "Give Jayden a shot to rip the ball."

Sam Cosmi, who was about 10 yards away from Allegretti, said the guard made "a great block."

"[Daniels] set up and just chucked it in the air," Cosmi added.

Daniels ended up holding the ball for 12.79 seconds and scrambling 40.7 yards before getting rid of the ball. Per Next Gen Stats, it was the most yards traveled by any player before throwing a touchdown pass in the past five seasons and the first touchdown pass with a time to throw over 10 seconds since 2016.

Fourth quarter, :00 seconds left

As Daniels was scrambling in the backfield, players were getting in position near the goal line. The Commanders had practiced for this moment, albeit not exactly in this scenario. The Commanders players were set up in a loose "diamond" formation with Terry McLaurin in front near the 10-yard line to draw two defenders, rookie Luke McCaffrey to the left, tight end Zach Ertz to the right and Noah Brown in the back of the end zone.

"Just a last-minute Hail Mary trying to get down there as fast as you can, box out, get into position, and help Jayden get the ball down there," Brown said. "He did a phenomenal job keeping the play alive and getting the best ball possible."

It looked like Daniels was simply throwing it to an area, but he was really aiming for the "tip man," which in this case was Ertz. His job was to tip the ball backwards and give Brown a shot at grabbing the ball before it hit the ground.

"Jayden did a great job buying time," Ertz said. "I've never been part of a scramble drill into the Hail Mary, so it was great by Jayden to get us all down there."

But Ertz wasn't the one who tipped the ball in the air; it was Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, who charged into the play late after waving to the fans in attendance. As the ball bobbled in air, Brown was there waiting for it.

Fourth quarter, :00 seconds left

Meanwhile, Bears fans were feeling good about themselves with the likelihood of their team winning a fourth straight game seconds away from becoming a reality. One fan sitting in the lower bowl near the field looked at someone else in attendance recording on his phone and said with a smile on his face, "This is the play of the game."

The recording caught every second of the moment. Daniels chucked the ball downfield, where Steveson tipped the ball in the air and into Brown's hands. The crowd erupted as Brown jogged to the back of the end zone and McLaurin jumped on his back. The referee raised his hands to signal a touchdown, and the Bears fan turned the camera to show his face, blank with disbelief and disappointment.

"That was wild"

Quinn said he felt each of the 17 seconds between when Tyler Biadasz snapped the ball and Brown made the catch. Like the rest of the Commanders' sideline, his eyes followed the ball as it left Daniels' hands, traveled 65.9 yards in the air -- the third-longest passing touchdown in terms of air distance since 2016 -- and fell into Brown's hands.

Quinn leaped in the air and threw his hands up in celebration once Brown secured the catch. He ran onto the field, embraced linebacker Frankie Luvu and threw off his headset. He then pointed with both hands at quarterback Marcus Mariota, hugged him and moved on to general manager Adam Peters, who embraced him with a smile on his face.

There was a lot more hugging from there -- McLaurin and a few other staff members. Quinn' reaction is understandable; he had never been part of a Hail Mary play, and who knows if he'll ever be part of one again?

"I thought, man, that was wild," Quinn said. "That was so much fun."

"We have a team full of fighters"

On the other end of the field, Brown's teammates were going nuts around him near the corner of the end zone. Mike Sainristil was one of the first players to meet him, and as one can imagine, there were a lot of expletives and plenty of smiles.

"What the f---?" Sainristil yelled to a camera. "I ain't never seen that before!"

Most of his teammates hadn't, either. Daniels had been part of another Hail Mary in high school, but that was years ago. Linebacker Bobby Wagner had been on the other end of one -- the infamous "Fail Mary" in 2012. It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment for the entire squad, but Brown didn't sound too surprised at how things turned out.

"We have a team full of fighters," Brown said. "It's just phenomenal effort on all sides. Offense struggled a little bit, defense kept us in the game and offense found a way to pull through in the end."

"It's mayhem in Washington!"

Up in the booth, play-by-play announcer Bram Weinstein and former Washington linebacker London Fletcher were losing their minds. Weinstein gave his signature call of "Touchdown! Touchdown Washington!" before screaming "It's mayhem in Washington!"

It was a completely accurate way to describe the scene. Players were running everywhere, jumping up and down and hugging their teammates. Fans' emotions completely flipped from utter disappointment to euphoria. Quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard ran into tackle Trent Scott and toppled to the ground. Neither seemed phased by the contact, as Scott didn't move an inch and Pritchard rolled, bounced back up and kept sprinting downfield.

Daniels ironically didn't know what had happened for a few seconds. He raised his hands in the air, and once the realization dawned on him, he took off with the rest of the offense. As he took his helmet off, Daniels yelled three words: "I'm like that!"

"I just heard people screaming and our sideline rush the field," Daniels said. "That's how I knew.

"That's a once-in-a-lifetime experience."

"Who got it better than us?"

The pandemonium carried over into the Commanders' locker room. McLaurin yelled, "Who got it better than us? Nobody!" Music blared from the speakers and players danced in the middle of the room.

All that came after Quinn addressed the team and handed Brown the game ball.

"Appreciate y'all boys," Brown said. "Love y'all boys. Wouldn't want to do it with anybody else."

Players took a more measured approach as reporters poured into the locker room. They talked about how happy they were to come away with a win, but there were several things to clean up.

"We relish in the work," McLaurin said. "We relish in the grind and putting it in Tuesday through Saturday to get ready for Sunday. And we got a group that's very resilient, is not gonna quit. And, we play 60-minute football. Man, it wasn't pretty, but at the end of the day, you gotta be able to grind out wins like that. We've been on the side of winning a few where we scored a lot of points and things like that, but you need wins like this to learn from, but also get the momentum going forward."

And McLaurin is right. The Commanders have nine games left and plenty of momentum heading into a tough portion of the schedule. Three of their next four matchups are against division opponents, and with most of their remaining games coming against conference opponents, they can't afford to let up.

Still, rare moments like a Hail Mary can propel a team forward and provide them with confidence for the rest of the season. And as special as it was, no matter whether it's called "The Miracle in Landover" or some other catchy nickname, Washington will be moving on to make the next memory.

"We fought so hard this game and I feel like our brotherhood was at its best this game," said defensive tackle Daron Payne.