Aldridge: Commanders must refocus in a hurry after reality check beatdown vs. Bills
1 year, 2 months ago

Aldridge: Commanders must refocus in a hurry after reality check beatdown vs. Bills

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Commanders vs. Bears on Thursday Night Football LANDOVER, Md. GO DEEPER 'They whupped us': Sam Howell, Commanders' offense implode in humbling loss to Bills On the other side of the field, Josh Allen shook off almost all of Washington’s attempts to speed him up or rattle him, and tossed the ball, accurately, all over the yard, mainly to Stefon Diggs. I believe if we approach it the right way, we’ll give ourselves an opportunity going forward.” Except, Howell will not make it to the bye week if he continues getting sacked like this. “On the one hand, you do have to kind of flush the game,” Terry McLaurin said, “because each week presents its own challenge, and we’re going to go into a hostile environment against a division opponent next week, against Philly. … It just forces us to really dig deep and figure out what can we do to get better in seven days, to make sure those things don’t happen.” Seven days to get right.

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