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Commanders 38 Bengals 33
The Bengals are 0-3 and in a world of hurt.
Jayden Daniels, the Heisman trophy winning rookie QB had more TDs, two passing and one rushing, than incompletions (2)… and set an NFL rookie completion % record (91.3).
The Commanders sealed it with a late 12 play/70 yard drive capped by a 27-yard TD pass from Daniels to Terry McLaurin.
A Zac Moss 1-yard TD run cut it to 38-33 with :40 remaining. The onside kick failed.
Bengals led 7-0. Trailed 21-13 at half. Trailed 28-13 after opening drive 3rd QT.
There were no turnovers or punts in the game.
Defense: Total mess. Toyed with. Back-to-back weeks allowing TD passes to OL?
6 drives: TD-TD-TD-TD-FG-TD
Washington: 6 red zone trips last week/no TD. 5 TD Monday, 3 in red zone.
Reached 3rd down only twice on three 1st half drives/24 plays. Total: 5-9.
14 consecutive scoring drives last two weeks for Commanders.
Daniels: 21-23-254, 2 TD. 1st career TD pass was to OL. Dazzling. Elusive. Tough. Picked apart D. Rarely pressured. Rushed 11-40, TD.
Rushing: 31-109
1st drive: 10-70, TD drive answered Bengals TD. 30-yard pass on 4th & 2. 12 men on the field and offside.
2nd drive: 7-62, TD. Austin Eckler 24-yard TD, 14-7 Washington
3rd drive: 6-75, TD. 55-yard deep ball to Terry McLaurin beat CTB. Jayden Daniels jogged in for a 4-yard TD run.
4th drive: 9-33, TD. 62-yard KR. CMT illegal hands face. TD pass to OL Trent Scott.
5th drive: 12-46, FG. 4th & 1 at Bengals 33, 13:35. Daniels 3-yard keeper. 42-hard FG w/ 11:35. Washington 31-20.
6th drive: 12-70, TD. Commanders recovered own fumble. Pass completion 3rd & 2 w/ 6:44. Trey sack. 2 false starts. 2nd & 21/3rd & 13/4th & 4 completion from Bengals 39 w/ 4:29. 3rd & 7 27-yard TD McLaurin with 2:15.
Signed last week, Lawrence Guy got snaps
Kris Jenkins season debut
Sack: Jay Tufele, Hendrickson
Offense: 2 for 4 in red zone.
Opening drive TD: 6 plays, 71 yards. Burrow 3rd & 2 scramble. Chase 44-yard TD.
Burrow: 29-38-324, 3 TD, 2 sacks. 100th career TD. Red zone sack. TD passes: 2 Chase (41,31), 1 Iosivas.
4th QT: Trailed 31-20. Burrow to Chase cut to 31-26 w/ 9:42 left. 2 point attempt failed. No PI call? Higgins had one arm pulled and ball hit in face mask.
FG settles:
2nd QT 28-yard FG after 1st & goal at 8. Burrow redzone sack.
End half 31-yard FG…Burrow miss/Chase drop?
Had to burn a 3rd QT timeout over play call confusion.
Huge 3rd QT drive down 28-13: 13-78-TD. Burrow high on Tee 3rd down pass back endzone. 4th & goal 2-yard TD to Iosivas. Cut to 28-20.
Chase: 6-118. 2 TD.
Tee: 3-39, 14,16
Jermaine Burton active over Trent Irwin: 0 catches
Andrei Yosivas: 5-52. 3rd TD season. 7 TD on 22 career catches.
TE:
Erik All Jr. 4-22. 3rd & 1 catch.
Mike Gesicki: 4-47
Run game: 20-134. Ran right at DT. Chunk gains.
Moss 12-58. TD. 15-yard run out of I-formation w/ All
Brown: 7-62. 14, 16 yard run.
OL:
Amarius Mims debuted as 6th OL. Gave up sack. False start on PAT.
Trent Brown injured knee/left on cart
Special Team
McPherson: 48 miss, 1st of year (5-6). 28-yard, 31 yard make.
Allowed 2nd half KO return 62-yards…led to TD.
False start Mims on McPherson PAT
Penalty on onside kick