Things continue to spiral out of control for the Washington Commanders and head coach Ron Rivera. On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys spanked the Commanders 45-10, pushing Washington to 4-8 this season and 0-5 in the NFC East.
This was a close game at the beginning of the third quarter, with Dallas holding a 20-10 lead. However, Washington’s failures on offense led to easy opportunities for the Cowboys offense. Of course, Washington’s defense made it far too easy for Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott with wide-open receivers running free in the secondary.
On those six second-half possessions, Washington punted once, turned the ball over on downs three times, had an interception returned for a touchdown and its final possessions ended when time expired.
That’s ugly.
Speaking of ugly, here are five takeaways from the Commanders’ loss to the Cowboys.