The Washington Commanders were humiliated by the Dallas Cowboys 45-10 on Thanksgiving Day in front of a national audience. It doesn’t get much worse than that.
Some will point to Washington’s 31-19 loss to the Giants last week as much worse. And there is truth in that, considering the Commanders turned the ball over six times, and the Giants are terrible.
But if the Giants are terrible, what is Washington? New York has three wins — two over Washington.
So, let’s circle back to Thursday and the Commanders’ latest embarrassing effort under head coach Ron Rivera. As difficult as it may be to believe, this was a 10-point game to begin the fourth quarter. Yet, in typical Washington fashion, everything fell apart, and the rout was on.
Here are the studs and mostly duds from Thursday’s loss.