Stats and Snaps Lite – 2026 Week 9: Rams vs. Commanders

Throughout this season, the Commanders have shown a maddening inability to maintain a level of play through two halves of football. Last week, against the Eagles, the offense struggled for most of the first half, then came alive before halftime and pulled away in the second half. This week was almost the opposite. The Commanders built a 7-point lead through the first half, and then allowed the Rams’ offense to pull ahead in the second half, while failing to keep pace when they had the ball.

The loss to the Rams drops the Commanders’ record to 2-5-1. Yet, surprisingly, their hopes of making the playoffs are far from extinguished, thanks to playing in the second-weakest division in football.