Dan Quinn’s defense was better than Joe Whitt Jr.’s, but the Washington Commanders keep losing

Dan Quinn s defense was better than Joe Whitt Jr s has been Otherwise the Washington Commanders made the sorts of mistakes Marcus Mariota s overtime interception Matt Gay s flubbed field-goal attempts Mike Sainristil s dropped punt and so on that are contributing to a failure of a season I guess we just discovered a way to lose right guard Sam Cosmi stated after the latest in a series of such results a - OT defeat against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in Spain A year after surprising everyone by going - and reaching the NFC title battle Washington is surprising folks again just in a bad way entering its bye week at - after six consecutive setbacks We re all mad over the month that s been Quinn reported It s certainly been longer The Commanders the greater part latest success came on Oct at the Los Angeles Chargers That made Washington - A week later came a one-point home loss to the Chicago Bears and nothing s been the same since With AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels sidelined by injury top target Terry McLaurin out too and plenty of other problems Washington has seen its play become as poor as its healthcare After traveling overseas for the latest bad impact linebacker Bobby Wagner declared It s a long way to journey to come up short What s working Quinn as defensive play-caller It s just one week and it came against the mediocre Dolphins Still the head coach s move to demote defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr appeared to pay off Sunday It wasn t perfect each of Miami s first three plays went for at least yards RB De Von Achane gained yards on carries and yards on five catches but the improvement was noticeable That included two stops of the Dolphins on drives that reached goal-to-go situations they had been for in scoring touchdowns on such opportunities There also was a sack on a cornerback blitz by Jonathan Jones the type of thing that didn t happen under Whitt Washington limited Miami to points through four quarters and totals of yards passing and for on third or fourth downs As players we ve got to go out and execute plays Wagner reported Currently we did a better job of that What necessities help The offense It doesn t help that Daniels dislocated left elbow missed his fifth match of the season and McLaurin missed his seventh Or that RB Austin Ekeler was lost for the season in Week Or that WR Noah Brown is on injured reserve Long drives that ended with nothing to show for them was a big challenge This offense can outcome a lot of points Mariota mentioned but if we re not converting our red zone opportunities it s tough Stock up WR Deebo Samuel He had a game-best seven catches for yards and Washington s lone TD Samuel has gang highs of catches yards receiving and six total touchdowns this season Stock down PK Matt Gay He missed a promising game-winning field-goal attempt from yards in the closing seconds of regulation sending it wide right You just feel like you let your unit down Gay declared Got to make it Cannot miss that kick He missed a -yarder earlier and is of on field-goal tries this season Only two kickers have been worse Gay is for on attempts from yards or more in a league where that sort of distance is nearly automatic for a great number of kickers Injuries Mariota returned after leaving briefly in the second half with what he called a stinger on his right side causing his throwing arm to get tingly and numb He declared it was nothing major something that every football athlete goes through WR-KR Jaylin Lane exited with an injured hip that s why Sainristil was on the field for the punt that he dropped Key number The current slot for the Commanders in the first round of the draft Next attempts Things do not figure to get much easier when Washington returns to action on Nov against the visiting Denver Broncos who are on an eight-game winning streak and at - are tied with the New England Patriots for the best record in the NFL Like the Commanders the Broncos are heading into their bye week AP NFL https apnews com hub NFL Source