Hogs Haven
Never mind all the doom and gloom about the failure of the Commanders’ season. The Sons of Washington played a tough game against the 9-2 Denver Broncos, who are riding nine-game winning streak en route to a playoff run.
The Commanders fought to the final whistle. Dan Quinn went down swinging with a two point conversion attempt for the win, rather than settling for a tie.
There was plenty to inspire hope for a better 2026, by way of stand-out performances by young players including Josh Conerly Jr, Mike Sainristil, Jordan Magee and Kain Medrano, as well as established veterans Terry McLaurin, Jeremy McNichols, Laremy Tunsil, Sam Cosmi, Frankie Luvu and Tress Way.
Let’s see who played where and how they all did.
Expected Points Added (EPA) quantifies the contribution of individual plays to a team’s scoring potential on a drive. These are all the plays with EPA greater than 2.4 or less than -2.4.
Biggest Plays for the Commanders
OT 3.58, 3rd and 14 at DEN 40: Marcus Mariota pass complete deep right to Deebo Samuel for 38 yards. EPA 5.32
Q3 11:30, 3rd and 9 at DEN 16: Marcus Mariota pass complete short middle to Terry McLaurin for 13 yards. EPA 3.32
OT 2:50, 4th and 3 at DEN 3: Marcus Mariota pass complete short left to Terry McLaurin for 3 yards, touchdown. EPA 2.96
Q4 0:52, 4th and 6 at DEN 45: Marcus Mariota pass complete short middle to Zach Ertz for 8 yards. EPA 2.85
Q3 10:02, 3rd and 5 at DEN 5: Marcus Mariota pass complete short right to Treylon Burks for 5 yards, touchdown. EPA 2.74
OT 5:29, 4th and 6 at DEN 41: Marcus Mariota pass short right is intercepted by Brandon Jones at DEN-35 and returned for no gain. Penalty on Talanoa Hufanga: Defensive Pass Interference, 5 yards, no play – Commanders’ first down. EPA 2.65
Q1 0:34, 3rd and 13 at DEN 39: Jeremy McNichols right tackle for 16 yards. EPA 2.49
Q4 2:17, 4th and 1 at WAS 35: Jeremy McNichols up the middle for 2 yards. EPA 2.44
Q4 14:13, 3rd and 8 at DEN 33: Bo Nix pass short middle intended for Pat Bryant is intercepted by Bobby Wagner at DEN-42 and returned for 6 yards. EPA -3.22
Biggest Plays for the Broncos
Q2 11:06, 4th and 1 at WAS 45: Bo Nix pass complete short left to Adam Trautman for 22 yards. EPA 3.77
Q3 5:24, 3rd and 5 at WAS 24: Bo Nix pass complete short right to Pat Bryant for 21 yards. EPA 3.44
Q3 7:26, 3rd and 11 at DEN 40: Bo Nix pass complete deep left to Courtland Sutton for 31 yards. EPA 3.34
Q2 0:28, 2nd and 10 at WAS 11: Bo Nix pass complete short middle to Courtland Sutton for 11 yards, touchdown. EPA 2.86
OT 8:27, 1st and 10 at DEN 48: Bo Nix pass complete short middle to Evan Engram for 41 yards....
