The second game of ' NFL career as quarterback of the . It also came with six trips to the red zone, zero touchdowns and an important lesson. “We’ve got to finish in the red zone; that’s the main thing we can take away from that," Daniels said.
"Extremely frustrating. We moved the ball efficiently down the field and, not to say anything, but to go out there and leave points on the field, man, we work so hard to get down there — we want touchdowns.” Instead, they got flags.
Five false-start penalties stalled out drives and provided a reminder that this transformed offense with Daniels, a revamped line and new coordinator Kliff Kingsbury still has work to do to get on the same page. “Luckily, those are things that we can control, so we can get that corrected,” said running back , one of more than 30 new players on Washington's 53-man roster. “We will definitely be emphasizing that going forward.
It’s the details of going through practice and saying: ‘Hey, we’ve been through this. We can’t be doing this to ourselves, especially in the red zone.” The Commanders, who are 1-1 going into a matchup at next Monday night, reached the 20-yard line seven times Sunday against the and could not crack the end zone.
Rookie tight end false-started on fourth-and-1 on their opening possession; right guard moved early twice and left guard and left tackle once each. Allegretti, who started in two of the during his five seasons with , said holdovers are usually able to pr.