Hogs Haven
Washington lost another heartbreaker leaving fans speechless. The reeling Cowboys, who look like a modern-day MASH unit, came into Northwest Stadium and left with an improbable 34-26 victory.
The Commanders anemic offense mustered just nine points through three quarters. Kliff Kingsbury’s death-by-screen attack looked like it had been figured out all afternoon - until he decided to take the training wheels off his rookie quarterback and attack the middle of a Dallas defense that was playing in a Cover 2 shell. Somehow, after playing terrible all game, Washington found itself in position to tie the game with 20+ seconds left to play after Terry McLaurin took a pass 86 yards for a dramatic touchdown. All that was needed was an extra point conversion to tie the game up. Then the disaster hit. A poor snap and an even worse kick left the Cowboys ahead by one point. The rest you can read about on ESPN...
After dropping their third game in a row, are the Commanders frauds? I think this becomes a very serious question to be answered.
Below are my Studs and Duds of the game followed by some notes.
Frankie Luvu - Luvu was all over the field yet again, this time collecting a team-tying eight tackles, one for a loss, three passes defended and two stuffs.
Bobby Wagner - I have to give Wagner his props. He played hard yesterday. He’s no longer a great cover linebacker, but he plays his assignments well and is rarely out of position. He tied Luvu with the lead for tackles with eight and also had a nice strip of Dowdle where he just muscled the ball away from the running back. He did have a costly roughing the passer penalty, but he was falling to the ground and I don’t think the hit was intentional (although it deserved a flag).
Tress Way - If for nothing more, he handled the AWFUL snap by Tyler Ott, got the ball upright in time, and even had the laces facing out. Did the snap still throw off the timing of the kick - maybe, but Tress gave Seibert an opportunity to convert the extra point.
Austin Seibert - Seibert missed a field goal (badly, mind you) and two extra points. Now, the snap was bad on the last extra point, but Way handled it well and got the laces facing out in time for the kick to take place. Washington really needed those five points today.
Tyler Ott - You have ONE job - to put the snap in the hands of the holder or punter. In the biggest moment of the game, when this snap meant the most, Ott sent a worm-burner back to Tress Way on Seibert’s extra point attempt. UNACCEPTABLE!
John Bates - Bates’ only target of the game resulted in a fumble that was recovered by Dallas. It was a momentum-shifter and back-breaker for Washington.
Noah Igbinoghene - Noah had TWO very costly...
