The Washington Commanders hosted the New England Patriots on Sunday in their third and final preseason game. Here are some observations from the first half of the Commanders’ game against the Patriots.
- Jeff Driskel played the entire first half, completing 12 of his 18 attempts for 73 yards. He did have a bad interception, where he stared down his receiver and threw directly into coverage, which he never saw.
- Cole Turner had another pass go off his hands, and it was intercepted by the Patriots’ Joe Giles-Harris. This is Turner’s third season, and it has not been impressive in the last two weeks. We will see if Colton Yankoff gets that fourth tight end spot on the roster.
- I’m not sure about Noah Igbinoghene. Early on, I thought he would surely make the roster, but he missed two tackles in the first half.
- Armani Taylor-Prioleau is trying to make the roster at offensive tackle. But one play sticking in my mind is when he was taken and pushed all the way back to Driskel, forcing Driskel to abandon passing the ball and stepping up and being tackled at the line of scrimmage.
- KJ Henry was completely unblocked when he nailed Jacoby Brissett, appearing to cause Brissett shoulder pain. Henry had good penetration on two other plays, disturbing the Patriots’ offense.