Dan Quinn promised a defensive revival against the Kansas City Chiefs. For one half, his Washington Commanders delivered.
Washington’s defense held the potent Chiefs’ offense to just seven points and came up with two takeaways. Those turnovers may have obscured the fact that Kansas City was moving the ball reasonably well. Even so, there’s no question that Joe Whitt Jr.'s unit played very well in the first half.
That all changed after the interval, when Washington’s defense looked utterly helpless. The Chiefs ran and passed at will, mounting three consecutive touchdown-scoring drives that turned a tie game into a virtual walkover.