The Washington Commanders are off to a curler coaster of a get started. They are these days 2-3 and are coming off a 40-20 loss on Thursday evening to the Chicago Bears, who entered the sport winless and amid a franchise-worst 14-game dropping streak.
The blowout at house highlighted their struggles about as vivid as they may. Head trainer Ron Rivera commented on the workforce’s efficiency, taking blame for the struggles.
“It’s not good enough,” Rivera mentioned, via the official transcript. “It starts with me and we’re going to go back and look at a lot of things and we’re going to get some things corrected and we’ll go out and we’ll play football.”
The head trainer says “it starts at the top” and so they plan to look at the tape to seem what they wish to do higher.
When they do watch the tape, they’re going to see so much to paintings on, from sacks to interceptions to the protection permitting a ways too many yards to place the workforce able to win.
Quarterback Sam Howell used to be sacked 5 instances and had one interception within the defeat. Commanders tight finish Logan Thomas had a fumble and the offense may not get going, not able to get a primary down till the second one quarter, after they had been already down 17-0. Kicker Joey Slye neglected a overdue box objective that used to be key to maintaining momentum because the Commanders threatened to near the space within the fourth.
The Bears had 451 overall yards of offense and had been way more dominant on the bottom than the Commanders offense. Washington had simply 29 dashing yards in comparison to Chicago’s 178.
“We’ve got to be better and that part is on me. Then we got to make sure we’re put in a position to be successful,” Rivera mentioned.
The workforce used to be truthful and admitted that what it put on the sphere on Thursday is not one thing to be happy with.
“That showing is not reflective of us, but that’s who we are — we put that on tape,” extensive receiver Terry McLaurin mentioned (by way of The Associated Press).
After the loss, restricted proprietor Magic Johnson known as out Washington, announcing the workforce performed with “no intensity or fire.”
“We didn’t compete in the first half and got down 27-3 heading into halftime. It was too big of a hole to climb out of and that is why we ended up losing 40-20,” Johnson mentioned on social media.
“It doesn’t matter what your intentions are. It’s what you put out there on the field. I know we don’t have a lazy bunch. I know we don’t have a non-intense group of guys,” McLaurin mentioned.
The receiver mentioned Johnson had a “pretty fair assessment.”
The Commanders just about defeated the protecting NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in Week 3 and whilst groups do not typically like to talk about ethical victories, the OT loss gave the look of a win for the Commanders.
Their wins this season have come in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos, two shut video games and two very beatable fighters, as the 2 have blended for a 2-6 file.
They misplaced 37-3 in opposition to the Buffalo Bills in Week 3 and their different losses got here in opposition to the Eagles and final evening in opposition to the Bears.
The Commanders can have an extended week to get in a position for his or her subsequent opponent, the Atlanta Falcons, who they’re going to commute to for an Oct. 15 matchup. The Falcons are these days 2-2.