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Quick facts from Commanders’ 18-15 win over the Bears

Some quick facts from Commanders’ win over Bears.

The Commanders were entirely outplayed in the final quarter, gave up the lead, and yet won with a final Hail Mary to beat the Bears 18-15 at Northwest Stadium.

Here are some of the quick facts from the sixth win of the Commanders’ season:

  • Jayden Daniels said it was his very first Hail Mary to win a game…ever!
  • Terry McLaurin today passed Ricky Sanders for seventh place in franchise receptions.
  • Daron Payne recorded his first solo sack of the season.
  • The Commanders went 59:57 seconds before scoring their only touchdown today, scoring on the game’s final play.
  • The Commanders outgained the Bears 481-307.
  • The Commanders, in the final quarter, surrendered drives of 84 yards (but the Bears bailed them out by fumbling on the exchange) and then 62 yards for what appeared to be the winning touchdown by the Bears.
  • P Tress Way has achieved his 280th career punt to be inside the 20-yard line. Way is second in the NFL.
  • Jayden Daniels had 313 passing yards compared to only 111 for Caleb Williams.
  • The Commanders have not lost a game at “Northwest Stadium” (4-0).
  • DT Johnny Newton recorded his first NFL quarterback sack and first recovered fumble today.
  • 1997 was the last time the Commanders had held two consecutive opponents scoreless in the first half (Weeks 10 and 11).
  • Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’s three first-half completions for 33 yards were his fewest for any half thus far in 2024.
  • The Commanders are 6-2 for the first time since 2008. That team collapsed, finishing 8-8.
  • K Austin Seibert passed Mark Mosely’s franchise record of 81 points scored through eight games, which he accomplished in the 1983 season. Remember, Seibert did not play in the first game of this season.
  • Austin Seibert made his first four field goal attempts before missing his fifth attempt, (connecting with the ground slightly before his foot struck the ball).

Wow! Commanders romp Cardinals 42-14

Some facts and numbers from the Commanders’ win vs. Cardinals.

The Washington Commanders are atop the NFC East after four games!

Washington has won three straight games.

Tress Way has punted once in those three games.

Might the Commanders now be the difficult game on the opponent’s schedule?

Washington scored 40 points for the first time since Thanksgiving 2020 when they routed the Cowboys 41-16.

This road win was the first double-digit win since the meaningless season finale in 2022 when they beat the Cowboys 26-6.

The Commanders ran the ball 37 times for a whopping 216 yards, averaging 5.8 yards per rushing attempt.

The Commanders won the time of possession of the football with 33:22 and the Cardinals only 26:38.

Jeremy McNichols came into the game with one career touchdown. He scored two touchdowns just today, including a 27-yard run.

The Commanders’ defense, which came into the game with the worst third-down defense by far, recorded four sacks of the very mobile Kyler Murray!

Can you believe Jayden Daniels? Today, Daniels did it again, completing 26 of his 30 attempts for 233 yards, one touchdown pass and one interception.

Washington scoring 42 points was the most for this franchise since “You know who” (Al Galdi) was quarterbacking the team up and down the field in a Sunday Night win over the Green Bay Packers.

 

Quinn names game captains, provides Newton, Forbes injury updates

Quinn updates the Commanders’ injury situation ahead of Monday night. He also named the captains.

At his Saturday press conference, Dan Quinn announced the three captains for the Commanders’ game on Monday night.

Quinn announced the three captains will be receiver Olamide Zaccheaus, punter Tress Way and linebacker Bobby Wagner.

Zaccheaus signed as a free agent in the offseason. He plays with the Falcons (2019-22) and last played for the Eagles in 2023. The former Virginia Cavalier has played in two games this season for the Burgundy and Gold. He has four receptions for 29 yards and returned a punt against the Giants for 24 yards. Quinn Saturday spoke of how Zaccheaus is working hard, “chasing better and better.”

Wagner, a future Hall of Fame linebacker, Quinn said Saturday he really likes Wagner’s “consistency, dependability, if you need something, you look to Bobby. His tackling, his hitting will certainly be a presence this game.” Wagner leads the Commanders with 19 combined tackles, 9 assists and 4 tackles for a loss through two games.

Way is the longest-tenured Washington player, dating back to 2014. “The impact in our building goes way beyond being a great punter, and he has a real presence with our guys,” expressed Quinn. Way has punted three times, averaging 46.3 yards a punt, with 41.3 net yards per punt.

Quinn also spoke positively about rookie defensive tackle Johnny Newton. Recovering from foot surgery after the draft, Newton missed the season opener but saw his first action last week against the Giants, playing 12 defensive snaps.

Quinn preached throughout Newton’s rehab and now returns that he was going to be patient with Newton throughout training camp, choosing to bring him along slowly and have him become more acclimated to the speed of the NFL.

Newton did not record a statistic during his 12 snaps last week, but Quinn said this week in the practices with Newton, “You felt the speed, you felt the movements. And we’re excited to get him more reps.”

Lastly, Emmanuel Forbes did get some practice reps on Saturday. Quinn said they will monitor him, and he could be available on Monday; however, Quinn added Forbes would be more likely to play the following week.

 

Commanders fall to Eagles on overtime field goal

The Commanders were close to winning another game at Lincoln Financial Field but came up short in overtime.

Jake Elliott connected on a 54-yard field goal attempt in overtime causing the Commanders to lose 34-31 to the Eagles, Sunday in Philadelphia.

The Eagles had driven 34 yards following Tress Way’s uncharacteristically subpar punt of only 29 yards, giving the Eagles the ball on their own 41.

The Commanders had forced overtime when trailing 31-24; they drove 64 yards using all of the final one minute and 34 seconds. On a 3rd & 17 from their own 40, Howell had connected with Byron Pringle for 15 yards, setting up a 4th & 2.

Howell then found Dyami Brown for 16 yards and a first down at the Eagles 29. He then connected with Terry McLaurin on consecutive passes of 8 and 11 yards, moving the ball to the 10 with five seconds remaining.

The Eagles rushed six, forcing Howell to throw immediately incomplete, leaving one second for one final play.

This time, the Eagles rushed only four, dropping seven, and Howell found Jahan Dotson on the right side of the end zone, sending the game to overtime.

Commanders Tress Way involved in kicking competition

Way weighs on Washington’s kicking competition.

Tress Way is in a big competition this training camp.

No, Way is not in danger of losing his job as punter. However, the veteran of 145 Washington regular season games is heavily involved in the battle for place kicker.

Way is the holder on extra points and field goal attempts; thus Way is holding for both Joey Slye and Michael Badgley in the battle for the kicker roster spot.

This also involves long snapper Camaron Cheeseman. Way conveyed Friday that Cheeseman is working hard at his game as well.

“He’s been working on this grip and man, he’s throwing nails, but that hardest transition is into those team periods and preseason.  We were talking about it after because, I mean, that dude works his tail off, and it’s been bugging him. And I was like, man, that’s the ultimate time to just trust yourself; you gotta do it like you gotta go out there, the team situations and preseason games because it’s ultimately the way to go. He has been snapping great.”

Way talked of how Cheeseman is not relaxing but is working to develop more of his skill set.  He referred to last season:

“He was snapping good, he just didn’t really like his rotation. And me being the holder, I was like, yeah, man, I’d really like a perfect spiral too; that’d be nice to catch. And so, he’s just working on it and made that change this summer.”

Back to the kicking competition. If both are to perform at their very best throughout training camp, then it is also up to the holder (Way) to not only make a clean catch of the snap, but get the ball down with the particular preference of each kicker.

“The biggest thing is just remembering their tilts. Every kicker with their swing plane and how they position their foot; they like the ball and different tilts. And then, ultimately, it’s just kind of kind of fun being the middleman. Like I feel the snap from Cheese, and I’m trying to give these guys the best opportunity. I mean, dude, those specialist competitions, they’re no joke.”

Way was then asked about the difference in the preferences of the two kickers competing for the job.

“Joey likes his ball a little bit more forward, and he kind of has this swing plane where, I mean, it’s really beautiful to watch. He kind of comes up and through and goes through the entire ball, and Badge is kinda more like that old school style where it’s a little bit tilted to the side but straight up and down in terms of depth, and he just comes sweeping through.”

One thing Way made abundantly clear is that he wants no part of kickoffs. He is leaving that to the winner of the battle between Slye and Badgley.