If I told you the Washington Commanders lost a game in which they held the NFL’s eighth-best third-down offense to a 21 percent conversion rate, limited the sixth-best red-zone offense to a 50 percent success rate, and forced two turnovers against the league’s fourth-best offense while surrendering just 20 points, would you believe me?
Yes? Well, I’d believe me, too.
When the same mistakes and shortcomings keep plaguing a team week after week, you eventually have to accept that the team is exactly what it has shown you. For the Commanders, that reality has become increasingly difficult to ignore after their 20-13 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, dropping Washington to 2-5-1.