One week ago, the Washington Commanders were riding high. The Commanders actually moved up a spot in the NFC playoff picture on their week off.
On Sunday night, the Commanders hosted the New York Giants with a chance to almost ensure their place in the playoffs with a win. Unfortunately for the Commanders, another slow start, combined with multiple missed opportunities, turnovers and questionable officiating doomed them.
Now, at 7-6-1, Washington still holds the NFC’s No. 7 seed but has a trip west to face one of the NFL’s better teams, the San Francisco 49ers.
As expected, a loss dropped the Commanders in the various NFL power rankings. How far did Washington fall?
We inspect this week’s power rankings.