Commanders defense played hard, but offense couldn’t score; Washington falls to 1-3

Jack Del Rio’s protection, apart from a few large performs and several other unhealthy penalties, performed effectively towards the Cowboys in Week 4, however the offense merely couldn’t maintain drives, and ended up scoring simply 10 factors

Washington had no downside working the ball early. Trai Turner continued to wrestle on this recreation, and he was changed by Saahdiq Charles, who appeared to play fairly competently.

On the time the Commanders scored their first TD, the three RBs had 12 carries for 94 yards (7.8 ypc). Gibson’s future was 11 yards, Williams was 18 yards, and McKissic’s was 33 yards – the three gamers had been averaging 6.0, 7.7, and 11.7 yards per carry, respectively.

The passing recreation was not working, nonetheless, with Wentz throwing for 45 yards and a TD on 11 makes an attempt. Gibson was the main receiver within the first half with 14 yards on 3 catches Terry had simply 15 yards; Dotson simply 10. Briefly, Washington’s offensive success was all within the working recreation.

The protection was enjoying effectively, holding the Cowboys to only 2 area objectives on the primary 4 drives regardless of a number of large performs for the Cowboys. In a single drive, Cee Dee Lamb caught 3 straight passes for 3 1^st downs, totaling 56 yards on these three performs, however the drive resulted in a area purpose. The Cowboys working recreation had no traction (general common of three.5 ypc) with an extended of 9 yards by Tony Pollard.

Elliott, nonetheless had a 31 yard catch & run.

The Cowboys scored their first TD with 1:04 remaining within the half, however the PAT was blocked, leading to a rating of 12-7.

At halftime:

· 10 first downs for Dallas; 8 for Washington.

· 180 complete yards for Dallas; 142 for Washington.

· Passing yards: Dallas 121; Washington 41

· Speeding yards: Dallas 59 yards; Washington 101 yards

· Sacks: one for every group

· Third down effectivity: Dallas 5-9; Washington 3-6

· Penalties: Dallas 1-5 yards; Washington 4-32

· The one turnover – an INT for Wentz with 10 seconds left within the half was inconsequential.

Washington managed area place for many of the first half. Washington’s beginning place on 5 drives: 25, 39, 25, 35, 25.

Dallas beginning place on 6 drives: 25, 10, 13, 16, 25, 17. Tress Means was most likely the MVP of the primary half for Washington.

The two^nd half began with extra of the identical; Washington began on the 25 on their first drive after halftime, and after Tress Means punted, Dallas began at their very own 15 yard line. After a 3 & out, Dallas needed to punt from their very own 10 yard line. After the punt, the commanders took over at their very own 39 yard line. Means’s subsequent punt, nonetheless, wasn’t as much as his traditional commonplace, and the ‘Boys began Drive #8 at their 38 yard line

Washington’s protection noticed 2 interceptions negated by penalties, although the two^nd INT probably wouldn’t have occurred if it weren’t for the penalty. William Jackson additionally gave up 38 yards on a PI name close to the tip of the three^rd quarter, and one other 27-yard PI penalty with simply over 7 minutes left within the recreation. Jackson did save a TD with an excellent cross breakup on the very subsequent play, forcing Dallas to punt late within the 4^th quarter.

Penalties general harm the group on Sunday. They’d solely 12 penalties within the first three video games mixed, however ended up with 11 penalties for 136 yards within the Week 4 recreation in Dallas, and it wasn’t as a result of the refs had been doing a little bit of house cooking. The group was sloppy too many instances, on each side of the ball. In some ways, it was the penalties that doomed the Commanders effort on Sunday.

When Dallas drove into the crimson zone with about 5 minutes left within the 3^rd quarter, the Commanders protection stiffened once more, holding the Cowboys to a area purpose for the third time within the recreation, serving to maintain the sport aggressive regardless of Washington’s sputtering offense.

Washington’s offense responded with a few explosive performs – on third & 9 Wentz eluded rush and located Dotson for 31 yards. On the following play Jonathan Williams ran for 23 yards. However successive penalties killed the drive, which ended up with 3 factors on Joey Slye’s first area purpose try of the 2022 season.

Because the fourth quarter started, the rating was 15-10, and Dallas had the ball 1^st & 10 on the Washington 30 yard line following a nasty cross interference penalty on William Jackson. Cee Dee Lamb opened the 4^th quarter with a landing reception of 30 yards that opened up the most important lead of the day for Dallas at 22-10.

On Washington’s answering drive, dealing with a 3^rd & 3, Washington lined up towards 8 males lined up on the road of scrimmage and, in a puzzling determination, handed the ball to Gibson, who was stuffed, bringing Tress Means out for his 7^th punt of the day. It was one other good effort by Tress that was truthful caught on the 9 yard line.

The Commanders protection made an enormous play right here, with Jon Allen flattening a cross on 3^rd down in the long run zone. The ensuing punt was shanked, and Washington’s offense took over on the Dallas 30 yard line. The Commanders drove right down to the ten yard line, however couldn’t push the ball any nearer, and following a sack of Carson Wentz, confronted 4^th & 15 and couldn’t discover Terry McLaurin close to the again nook of the tip zone, and Dallas took over on downs

When the Cowboys punted, Washington took over with its worst area place of the day at their very own 11 yard line. On the three^rd play of the drive, Wentz tried to search out Curtis Samuel in the course of the sector and was picked off by a rookie DB on the 20 yard line with about 5:30 remaining, successfully ending Washington’s hope of rallying for a win. Even so, the protection held but once more, forcing Dallas to accept its 4^th area purpose of the sport regardless of the sector place. At this level, it was a 2-score recreation at 25-10.

The clock, nonetheless, was working. Washington had simply 3:51 to attain a minimum of 15 factors, but the offense had struggled all day to maneuver the ball. When Wentz was once more unable to beat Diggs to hit Terry McLaurin on 4^th & 2 with 2:39 remaining, the ultimate nail was pushed into the coffin. There was a last drive for Washington, however it was just a few rubbish time yardage, and Washington fell to 1-3 general (0-2 within the division).

With the Giants and Eagles each profitable their video games, the division appears to be like ugly in case you are a Commanders fan.

• Eagles 4-0 (1-0)
• Cowboys 3-1 (1-0)
• Giants 3-1 (0-1)
• Commanders 1-3 (0-2)

Listed below are just a few of the end-of-game stats:

· Washington ran 71 performs; Dallas ran 57

· Washington had 297 complete yards; Dallas had 279.

· Carson Wentz was 25-42 for 170 yards, 1 TD and a couple of INTs

· Rush threw for 223 yards and a couple of TDs.

· Wentz completed with a 56.7 ranking whereas Rush completed with 107.5.

· Washington averaged 5.3 yards per carry; Dallas averaged 2.1

· Washington’s main receiver was Jahan Dotson, who had 43 yards and a TD; Cee Dee Lamb had 97 yards and a TD for Dallas.

The Commanders subsequent recreation is at house towards the Tennessee Titans, who beat the Colts on Sunday to maneuver to 2-2 on the season, regardless of having been outscored 101-75 in 4 video games.