The Washington Commanders' 41-24 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders was achieved through all three phases of the game. Washington's record-setting day on special teams, led by rookie wide receiver Jaylin Lane, was one of the clear standouts.

Raiders' punter AJ Cole had been punting toward Lane all game, but it wasn't until Cole's fifth punt of the day that Lane seized on the opportunity to return it.

Backed up at Washington's own 10-yard line, Lane caught the ball and started to run upfield for the return. He caught a block by cornerback Noah Igbinoghene that allowed him to skirt a defender before bursting through a hole created by linebacker Nick Bellore and tight end Colson Yankoff. A diving Cole to stop Lane missed his legs, allowing the South Carolina native into the end zone for the first time in his professional career.

"It's really just my teammates, they work their tails off blocking for me, speaking life into me and they gave me all the confidence in the world back there," Lane said. "All I told them, 'I just need one lane, and I'll make the rest happen,' and that's what they did for me."

Lane's 90-yard punt return touchdown marked a couple of milestones for Washington. It was the team's first punt returned for a touchdown since Jamison Crowder took it to the house against the Baltimore Ravens during Week 5 of the 2016 season; it was also the franchise's first punt returned for a touchdown from a rookie since return specialist Desmond Howard did it on Sept. 13, 1992, against the Atlanta Falcons; and the 90-yard return also ties Jacquez Green's return in Week 2 of 2002 for the longest in franchise history.

Despite hitting a top speed of 20.56 mph on the play, according to NextGen Stats, Lane wasn't tired. Instead, the excitement of scoring his first NFL touchdown combined with the crowd's energy made Lane feel like he could line back up and do it again.

"No, the adrenaline getting into the box [end zone]," Lane said with a smile. "I could run out and do it again as soon as it's over. You don't get winded after that."

Lane currently leads the NFL in punt return yards (177), returning for an average of 17.7 yards across his 10 returned punts. Although it was his first return for a touchdown at the pro level, the fourth-round pick out of Virginia Tech was drafted for his special teams prowess.

Just over a year ago playing against Marshall, Lane returned a punt for a touchdown to lead the Hokies to a win in a moment Lane describes as defining his college football career. Like the momentum shift it provided in college, Lane's return also pushed the Commanders to lock in and finish out the second half of the game strong after a slow start.

"Our young receiver made an unbelievable play on that punt return, really at a point in the game where it could've flipped either way," quarterback Marcus Mariota said of Lane's pivotal play during his postgame press conference. "He created that momentum for us. That's how we were able to get things rolling and score a bunch of points. When you're able to play a complete game like that in all three phases, it makes this team hard to stop."

Although it's his name that will ultimately go down in the history books, Lane considers his punt return touchdown as a team effort; he made sure to give credit to the players who made the blocks to get him into the end zone during his postgame press conference.

"I think it just goes to kind of the standards we set just with our whole team," Lane said. "We believe in complementary football, especially on special teams. It's setting up the offense to score starting with Deebo [Samuel Sr.] on a big return, you know we just kind of fed off that energy and kept it going."