It’s not only Week 2 of the 2024 season, but the Commanders have some really discouraging streaks they need to break on Sunday.
In their home opener, Washington is trying to set a new path regarding home games for the Commanders. Did you realize the Commanders have not won a home game since the 2023 home opener? It was Week 1, and the Commanders defeated the Cardinals 20-16.
Since that 2023 opening-week win, the Commanders have dropped their last seven home games. Those last seven home losses were to Buffalo 37-3, Buffalo 40-20, Philadelphia 38-31, the New York Giants 31-19, Miami 45-15, San Francisco 27-10, and Dallas 38-10.
The Commanders lost their final eight games of 2023, many by lopsided margins. Coupled with last week’s 2024 opener loss in Tampa (37-20), the Commanders have not lost nine consecutive games.
As for the Giants in particular? The Commanders have not beaten the Giants in the last four games the teams have played. In 2023, the Giants won 14-7 at home and then at FedEx 31-19. In 2022, the two teams battled to a 20-20 tie, before two weeks later, the Giants significantly reduced the Commanders’ playoff hopes with a 20-12 win at FedEx. We must return to the 2021 season finale to find the Commanders beating the Giants 22-7 at MetLife in New Jersey.
Playing their NFC East rivals in a home-and-home set of games each year, it is hard to fathom that Washington has not even beaten the Giants at home in Landover since “You know who” was quarterback in 2017. Perhaps it should not be such a surprise, seeing Washington has not posted a winning regular-season record since “You know who” was the quarterback in the 2015 and 2016 seasons (Al Galdi last season began to refer to Kirk Cousins as “You know who”).
Washington trails in the all-time series to the Giants 108-71-5.