The Commanders were their own worst enemy in heartbreaking loss to the Bears, and there are multiple moments to blame
The Commanders had every opportunity to win the game.
The Washington Commanders lost an absolute heartbreaker against the Chicago Bears, 25-24, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
The team will be beating itself up after watching all the chances it had on both sides of the ball. This loss didn’t fall on just one player or play, and it’s concerning to see certain things happen without a solution in sight.
The Commanders had the game won if they had started fast, stopped missing tackles, and protected the ball, but instead, they’re now 3-3 on the season.
The Commanders went down double digits again
The slow starts are killing the Commanders, and they won’t do anything to fix it, so I’m not sure what to even say to provide any hope of a change. This was the fourth time this season that the Commanders started the game with a double-digit deficit. The team keeps having to dig itself out of situations, and it’s on the coaching staff. Preparation and play calling are the only things to fix it, straight up.
The Commanders have to go on the road against the Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs in the next two weeks, and that will be two more losses if they continue this trend. We’ve heard week after week that things will change, but we haven’t seen it, and now there’s another loss from it.
The defense continues to miss tackles
Missed tackles have been a major issue all season for the defense, but we expected that to be fixed after an improvement against the Los Angeles Chargers. Here we are again, though, and arguably the play that flipped the game upside down was the missed Quan Martin tackle that allowed running back D’Andre Swift to score a 55-yard touchdown, and blow an eight-point lead.
All Martin had to do was push him out of bounds, but he took a poor arm tackle approach, and Marshon Lattimore didn’t help after assuming he made the tackle. That was the biggest third down of the game, and an effort play you can’t make excuses for.
Turnovers were a killer
Losing the turnover battle three to zero is a recipe for losing the game, and it was a major reason why the Commanders gave the win to the Bears, literally. The early turnovers on back-to-back drives to start the game created the double-digit deficit and were a killer, but the late fumble was a backbreaker.
Even after going down early, the Commanders fought back and built an eight-point lead with 10 minutes left. They converted a huge third and 13, and it looked like they could put the game away. Instead, Jayden Daniels fumbled a handoff to Bill Croskey-Merritt with three minutes left. The Bears drove down the field and killed the clock to kick a walk-off field goal to win.
The Commanders hit the road next week to take on the Cowboys, and they need to look themselves in the mirror and figure out why they start slow, forget how to tackle, and learn to win the turnover battle, or it’ll be a long game next Sunday.
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