Very odd opening half, which ended in confusion, Washington leading the host Eagles, 16-10, Saturday night.
It should have been more. On first and goal from the Eagles’ 6 with six seconds left and no timeouts, Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins unaccountably took a knee, then belatedly seemed to spike the ball, then picked it up and tried to run with it. The spike would have given Washington a shot at a chip-shot field goal, but when a quarterback takes a knee, even if he is untouched, the play is over, he has given himself up.
Cousins did well otherwise against an Eagles defense that couldn’t defend the middle of the field.