Hogs Haven
The Washington Commanders entered Week 6 with a 3-2 record, and a home Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears. This was a big game for both teams a they try to move up in their divisions and conference rankings. The Commanders turned the ball over three times and lost 25-24. It was a demoralizing loss, that drops them to 3-3, and makes every game going forward critical to their postseason hopes.
The Commanders had risen back up in the rankings, but their lack of consistency has plummeted them further down most lists. Washington has been alternating wins and losses every week, and won’t get back into the Top-10 if they can’t string two wins together. They also have a lot of things that need to get cleaned up, with turnovers being high on that list. Jayden Daniels threw an early interception, and also lost the ball during a critical 4th quarter handoff attempt to Bill Croskey-Merritt, who had his own fumble earlier in the game.
The season started with high expectations after the Commanders made it to the NFC Championship game last season. The team is 3-3, and still in 2nd place in the NFC East. They’re still in the playoff hunt in the NFC, but are currently 11th in the conference. Washington had the opportunity to take the lead in the division title race in the NFC East, but fumbled that away. The Commanders travel to Dallas to face their second division opponent of the season. The Cowboys are 2-3-1 and coming off a last-minute loss to the Carolina Panthers.
High: 9
Low: 20
Average: 11.2 —-> 15.7
I thought Jayden Daniels would be rusty in his first game back from his knee injury, but after a slow start, he looked like his usual, amazing self. Daniels nearly led his team to a victory over the Bears to improve to 4-2, but sloppy mistakes did in the Redskins. Last week: 7
Last week: 16
The Commanders fumbled the game away Monday night, and with it they fumbled away their chance to tie the Eagles atop the NFC East. Last week: 9
Last week: 9
A blocked field goal maintained the Commanders’ lead as the fourth quarter began, and a 6-yard strike to Zach Ertz on the ensuing drive set them up with an 8-point lead as they prepared to salt away their fourth victory of the season. Three plays later, the secondary is sucked inside on a screen pass to D’Andre Swift, which he took for a 55-yard Chicago score. An inexcusable...
