Ideally, Ron Rivera wanted his starters to play an entire half in Saturday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. But ultimately, with three of Washington’s five projected starting offensive linemen missing, the Commanders coach opted to take a different route.
Quarterback Carson Wentz and the first team played just three series in the Commanders’ 24-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the same number of drives the unit played last week against the Carolina Panthers.
On Saturday, Wentz (6 of 9 for 64 yards) was able to move the ball, but Washington’s offense stalled in key moments — none more so than when the quarterback took an inopportune sack on third-and-10 to knock the Commanders out of field goal range.