Tag: Commanders defeat Bears 12-7

Commanders ugly on offense, but get the win

It was a bad night for offense.

It was mostly an ugly night for the offenses Thursday night in Chicago.

The Bears defense limited the Commanders offense to only 214 yards, 12 points and a discouraging 2 for 11 third-down conversion success rate.

Carson Wentz passed for only 99 yards, completing 12 of 22 for a very unimpressive 4.5 yards per attempt. Wentz was also sacked three times losing 13 yards, and finishing with a mere 66.3 rating.

Yet, Wentz contributed a big play in Washington’s lone touchdown. Midway through the final quarter, Tress Way had punted 54 yards; his punt was mishandled and recovered by Christian Holmes for Washington at the Chicago 6 yard line.

Brian Robinson took a running play to the backside right. Wentz seeing him come his way stepped up and leveled the Bears’ Roquan Smith permitting Robinson to cut upfield and gain five yards to the Bears 1. Robinson then scored on the next play giving the Commanders a 12-7 lead.

The Commanders defense collected five sacks as five different players (Montez Sweat, Jonathan Allen, Kamren Curl, Efe Obada, Daron Payne) earned one sack each.

Washington pressured Fields, accumulating 12 QB hits. Sweat led the way with 4 QB hits and Obada contributed 3 and Payne 2.

At one point late in the first half, the Commanders had been outgained 133-16, yet because of the defense, the game was still scoreless. Twice inside the 10, the Bears had been stopped from scoring by the Commanders defense.

The Commanders came into the 6th game having forced only one turnover. They got two in this game, Holmes’ fumble recovery and a Jonathan Allen interception.

Following the game head coach Ron Rivera succinctly summed it up, “It’s never easy… especially when you do silly stuff.”

The Commanders started the night down a tight end with Logan Thomas being inactive. In addition, John Bates pulled a hamstring in warmups. Thus, Washington’s two tight ends were Cole Turner who played his first game just last week, and Armani Rogers who a year ago was a college quarterback.

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Bears bobble away win vs. Commanders

The Bears give the Commanders the win on Thursday Night Football.

Darnell Mooney bobbled what would have been the winning touchdown for the Bears, gifting the Commanders a 12-7 win in Chicago.

With 35 seconds remaining the Bears approached the line of scrimmage for their 4th & goal attempt from the 4 yard-line.

Quarterback Justin Fields took the snap, looked right and fired to Mooney who was slightly open, being defended by Washington’s Benjamin St-Juste.

As the ball reached the leaping Mooney, facing Fields, both hands extended upward, he appeared to catch the ball just after it had crossed the imaginary plane, which would have been a Bears touchdown and a 13-12 lead with 30 seconds remaining.

However, the replay showed that Mooney bobbled Fields’ pass and did not regain possession until he was back inside the field of play. Thus, the ball did not cross the plane and be in the possession of Mooney and was correctly spotted by the official at the Commanders 1, turning over the ball on downs back to the Commanders.

Washington then took one snap with Carson Wentz under center falling forward, and the Commanders were able to run out the clock, securing a very ugly and unimpressive 12-7 win.

Washington had a great opportunity to put the Bears in a much tougher position; however, Joey Slye’s 48-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining was hooked badly to the left.

The Commanders had the ball 4th & 4 at the Bears’ 30 with three options. 1) They could run a play attempting to get a first down, securing the win. 2) They could ask Tress Way to pooch-punt, pinning the Bears deep, forcing them to drive perhaps 90 yards in under two minutes with no timeouts. Ron Rivera chose the third option of having Slye extend the Commanders’ lead from 5 to 8 points, meaning the Bears would need to not only score a touchdown but also convert a two-point conversion.

The Commanders nearly gave away the game in the last minute, permitting the Bears to drive 61 yards in 8 plays.

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