Washington Football Team Week 6 highs and lows
Lows
Injuries Piling Up
Injuries are always devastating, but given how shallow the Washington Football Team’s depth is, losing key contributors always hurts a bit more. Saahdiq Charles, who was getting his first start this week over Wes Martin, injured his knee and left the game in the first quarter. Wide receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden also left in the first half with a hamstring injury, and Isaiah Wright went down with an injury on Washington’s last drive of the game.
Slow Starts
The Washington Football Team again found themselves down 10-0 early, after a missed field goal and an interception on their first two possessions. This has been a trend across all six games thus far this season, with the only victory coming on a second-half comeback against the Eagles.
Washington has now been outscored, 47-14, in the opening quarter this season. They have also been outgained, 521-339, in the first quarter. In short: They get off to bad starts way too often. https://t.co/7swqJuW9VG
— John Keim (@john_keim) October 18, 2020
More Big Plays Allowed on Defense
The setup could not have been any more ironic. After ESPN displayed a graphic stating New York had the fewest 40-plus yard plays in the NFL, while Washington had given up the most 40-plus yard plays in the NFL, the next play just so happened to be a 49-yard run by Daniel Jones. Jones is no Lamar Jackson, but the Washington defense made it look like he was.
Jones long run - Everyone crashed inside, nobody scrapped to account for threat of QB pulling and running. pic.twitter.com/oSRaKbgTR5
— Mark Bullock (@MarkBullockNFL) October 18, 2020
On the Giants’ first two plays of the game, Washington gave up a 21-yard reception to Evan Engram, followed by a 14-yard run by Devonta Freeman. Washington also gave up a 23-yard touchdown catch to Darius Slayton, which put the Giants up 10-0.
Two-Point Conversion to End the Game
You can call it gutsy all you like, but going for the win instead of a tie at the end of this game was all kinds of boneheaded. I understand that you are trying to give your team a confidence booster, but after driving down the field, I would feel pretty confident about my team’s chances in overtime.
Although Riverboat Ron had been successful with his gutsy fourth-down play-calling throughout the game, there was no reason to go for two in that situation. Your team just drove 75 yards down the field in under three minutes. I would feel confident letting them go into overtime, instead of having the outcome of the game decided on the two-point conversion.
You could easily juxtapose Washington’s decision with Mike Vrabel’s decision late in the game for the Titans. After scoring with four seconds left in the game, the Titans decided to kick the PAT and go to overtime.
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In spite of the Texans looking hot throughout the game, the Titans didn’t risk the game on a two-point conversion. And guess what happened? They ended up winning the game in overtime and moving to 5-0. Sometimes there’s logic in going for the less risky option at the end of a game. That’s what separates a 5-0 Titans team from a 1-5 team that is last in the NFC East.