Last Thursday’s night game was brutal, but at least we got a touchdown this time.
It was sloppy from start to finish, but a surge in the second half and help from the opposition saw the Washington Commanders win 12–7 over the Bears in Chicago.
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Leading 7-6 with just over eight minutes remaining, the Commanders made their sixth punt of the night. But Bells his Jones muffed a Commanders punt, and Washington recovered at his 4-yard line and was perfectly positioned.
On the second play of the omitted drive, Brian Robinson Jr. scored from the 2-yard line in his first NFL start, less than two months after being shot. His two points for Washington fell short of his conversion, but he led 12-7 with 7:21 remaining.
Chicago tried to run down the field, but Dante Pettis dropped passes on the 3rd and 11th, a game delay pushed them back, and another pass to Ymir Smith Marset for a turnover on downs. passed into the hands of
Washington had a chance to make it an 8-point game, but Tresway missed a 48-yard field goal to give the Bears life with 1:48 remaining and no timeouts from the 38-yard line.
And suddenly, they rebounded with Justin Fields’ 39-yard scramble to catch up to the Commander’s 5-yard line but fail to punch.
Fields ran just 1 yard on first down, the second down pass was batted down, and Pettis failed to hold the ball 50–50 in the third end zone. On fourth down, he found Darnell Mooney on the goal line, but he bobbled the ball and had no more – the referee marked him short and Wentz kneeled at the 1-yard line. I clinched. Victory.
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The second half was a much better product than the first, and it doesn’t say much, but the first half really was something. I tripped. The first trip ended in an interception, the second in a turnover after being crammed to the goal line.
The Commanders’ first four drives led to a punt before finally kicking a 38-yard field goal with 46 seconds left in the game’s first score. At the half, the Commanders had just 88 yards of offense, but it was they who headed to Locker his room at 3-0. Of the ten drives in the first half, seven were punts and two were turnovers.
The Bears were desperate after the Commanders (you guessed it) punted on their first drive of the second half. So Fields started one downfield for Pettis, who tiptoed in the back of the endzone for a 40-yard touchdown, and his subsequent PAT gave the Bears a 7-3 lead on him. . But that was the only score of the night, his ninth touchdown of the season, now spanning six games.
That touchdown clearly set fire under Washington – Carson Wentz eventually moved the ball into the red zone and down to the 5-yard line. .
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Wentz threw for just 99 yards and completed 12 of his 22 passes. Robinson, on the other hand, made the most of his first career his start. Along with his first touchdown, he put up 60 yards on 17 carries.
Fields threw 190 with picks on touchdowns and 14-for-27 passing. He also ran for 88 yards on 12 carries.
David Montgomery ran for 67 yards on 15 carries. Herbert had 7 yards on his 75 carries, but 85% of his total was on his 1 carry.
Both teams are now 2-4. The Commanders will host Green Bay his Packers in Week 7, while the Bears head to New England on Monday night of that week.