Commanders miss golden opportunity to prove they’ve closed gap in NFC East
New York TimesThe Athletic has live coverage of Commanders vs. Bears on Thursday Night Football PHILADELPHIA — Moral victories suck. The anger in the Washington Commanders’ locker room, and from Ron Rivera, after the team’s 34-31 overtime loss Sunday was palpable. The compete level was high all day, from the opening, when Washington took each of its first two drives 75 yards down the field for touchdowns, to the middle, when Philly scored 11 straight points to take a lead into the fourth quarter, to the last play of regulation, when Jahan Dotson caught Sam Howell’s pass for a 10-yard touchdown, capping a 64-yard scoring drive over the last 1:43 of the fourth quarter. And that’s what we did.” On the Commanders’ first possession of OT, on third-and-5 from Washington’s 30, Howell was just a tick late getting the ball out with Philly’s Brandon Graham in his face. But I told them in the locker room, once we get back to work, we’re moving on to ‘Thursday Night Football.’” Indeed, what the Commanders do the rest of the season, starting with the Bears, will determine whether Sunday’s showing on the road with the standard-bearers in the NFC East matters by January.
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