The Washington Commanders fell to 2-3 on the season after Thursday’s embarrassing 40-20 loss to the Chicago Bears.
Losing in the NFL isn’t embarrassing. As we know, it’s always “any given Sunday,” or in this case, Thursday, but losing by 20 to a team that hadn’t won a game in almost a full calendar year qualifies as embarrassing.
The Commanders were down 27-3 to the Bears due to a horrific performance from the defense. And while the entire defense was bad, not every defensive player struggled.
How about quarterback Sam Howell?
It’s time for our weekly grades from Pro Football Focus on the best — and worst — performers from the prior game for the Commanders.