-Dak missed a few long passes early on, but was unstoppable in the 1st half. The offense looked stuck in the mud for the 3rd quarter as they were trying to get their run game going without consistent success.
-OL was outstanding, especially in pass protection, considering Dak wasn’t sacked and was only pressured twice. Steele/Tyler looked good in the run game as well.
-Pollard has looked better in the last two weeks.
-Brandin Cooks might be the key to truly opening up this offense. He has that separation ability no other receiver has on this team. Lamb looked banged up.
-Excellent awareness by Brooks, in limited snaps he has looked good. Why haven’t we seen more deep routes for Turpin?
Defense
-In my opinion, run defense was god awful in this game. It seemed like Washington was in third and manageable the majority of the game. They must shore this up or the better teams will beat them. Commanders dominated the time of possession.
-Credit the defense for making the 2nd half adjustments and stopping the Commanders multiple times on 4th and short.
-Where was the pass rush? Commanders have given up the most sacks and Howell seemed to easily navigate the pocket.
-Osa was the best defender on the day, making multiple key tackles for loss.
-Outstanding to see Bland break the pick 6 record, but I thought he played poorly for the majority of the game as he was beaten on multiple 3rd down conversions. Thought Lewis outplayed him this week.
-Gilmore made a terrific stop on a deflection in the end zone, before the Cowboys stopped them on 4th down.
-What has happened to Donovan Wilson, he constantly over run plays and missing tackles on a weekly basis.
-What will a good QB do against this defense when we see a player like Howell have a ton of success? Giving up just 10 points was great, but they should of had more.
Special Teams
-Should we be worried about Audrey? Missed extra points in back to back weeks.
-Once again Sam Williams with another bad special teams penalty.
The stretch run starts now, we really will see if this team is more of a contender or pretender in the next month. Seattle is going to be a desperate team next week, which makes the next game very challenging.
