Instant analysis | Commanders struggle to finish in 26-18 loss to Eagles

Washington’s offense opened the second half with one other spark, getting all the way down to the Eagles’ 20-yard line with an eight-yard run from Robinson. They had been met by a wall as soon as once more, made by a mixture of their very own errors and a seven-tackle efficiency by defensive deal with Jalen Carter. Daniels was tackled for a loss on second-and-2 and missed on a go to Terry McLaurin on third down, which led to them settling for a 45-yard discipline aim.

In the meantime, the Eagles had been beginning to discover their rhythm on offense. They responded to the Commanders’ discipline aim with one in every of their very own, this time a 31-yarder from Elliott. Then, after the Commanders moved simply seven yards downfield on 5 performs, they discovered the tip zone for the primary time after Hurts barreled into the tip zone on a quarterback sneak, giving them a 12-10 lead.

That led to the choice from Quinn to go for it on fourth-and-2 from the Eagles’ 26-yard line. Daniels bobbled the snap and turned proper, searching for open house to run free. He might need discovered it, too, had it not been for Blankenship chopping beneath Noah Brown to knock him out of bounds for no achieve.

It was the second of the sport, and the protection, which had bent however held agency for a lot of the night time, lastly broke. The Eagles scored two on seven offensive performs, separated by an interception from Daniels. Barkley broke free on a 23-yard rating to place the Eagles up 19-10 after which once more on a 39-yard romp to make the rating 26-10.

By the point Washington was in a position to muster a response — a 15-play, 70-yard drive that ended with a landing and two-point conversion from Zach Ertz — the sport had been all however determined in Philadelphia’s favor.