Washington dropped their Week 1 opener 24-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles, and you simply cannot pin this one on Jayden Daniels. He nearly pulled off a miracle, heating up late to hit rookie Antonio Williams for a touchdown with just over a minute left on the clock, giving the Commanders a real shot to tie it up. But that two-point try, a shovel pass to backup TE Jake Bates, wasn’t good enough. The Eagles snatched the onsides kick and ran out the clock for what the source calls an “ugly, workmanlike victory.” Yeah, “ugly” sounds about right for how Philly closed it out.
Defense Showed Up, Offense Struggled
For the first 52 minutes, Washington’s defense actually played “good enough” to win this game. They were battling! But man, the offense struggled big time all game long, never really finding any rhythm. New Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough, in his very first NFL game calling plays, had the unenviable task of going up against Vic Fangio, that dude who’s one of the great defensive minds in the game. And you guessed it, Fangio’s Eagles mostly had their way with Blough’s new system. It honestly didn’t even start looking right until the fourth quarter when Daniels and the Commanders were forced to go tempo, trying to fight their way back into it.
A Close Call and Lessons Learned
They came up a little short, obviously. It’s a tough pill to swallow for Washington fans seeing their team fight back only to miss the two-point conversion. For Daniels, though, his late-game heroics show some serious potential, even in a loss. For the Eagles, walking away with an “ugly, workmanlike victory” in Week 1 might get them the W, but it definitely leaves questions about how they performed against a struggling offense for most of the game.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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