by Ray Wyvill
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Ray Wyvill
The Washington Commanders are in Detroit today for this second game of the 2022 season. Expect a lot of discussion about the Commander’s starting quarterback, Carson Wentz, and comparisons with the Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff. Technically they don’t face each other on plays on the field, they will alternate with their respective offenses when they are on the field. These two QBs were picks № 1 and № 2 in the 2016 NFL Draft and that makes this a rare matchup.
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We finally have the long-awaited first game of the season in 2022/2023 season in what seemed like forever to get to this point. The off-season had the build-up to the permanent name change to the Washington Commanders, and the team traded for quarterback Carson Wentz in a much-debated move. Isn’t there a debate on any move that Washington makes?
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There is always next season. Another disappointing season to turn the page on. Few things went right in this past year. A pair of four-game losing streaks with a four-game winning streak sandwiched in between was a tease. After that gutsy win beating the Raiders in Las Vegas on December 5th propelled the the Washington Football Team into a playoff spot, the elation turned into frustration after these recent four consecutive losses sealed the fate that the WFT was officially knocked out of the postseason.
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With just two games remaining in the regular season, Washington was standing in the seventh playoff spot just four weeks ago. Much can change when you drop three in a row. Philadelphia is now in the playoff hunt and Washington would need a miracle to get into the playoffs. Today, Washington serves as a spoiler. If the WFT can win, we will look at all of the possibilities next week of making the playoffs if applicable.
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The gap between the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys coming into tonight’s game is separated by four games and going into this 15th game of the season it is now impossible for Washington to catch Dallas in the standings. Washington (6-8) just needs to win out for a shot at a Wild Card. Three weeks ago, the WFT had the seventh best record in the NFC, but after dropping two straight games, they are on the outside looking in.
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The most positive development for today is that the Washington Football Team will have custom WFT benches on their sideline in a road game. If you ask why, it seems to be a response to the Cowboys as they flew in custom benches into FedEx Field last week.
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Remember the times when Washington was in a frenzy the week the team played Dallas. Times have changed and the fan base has evolved over the years. Some say Diron Talbert started the hate for the Dallas Cowboys back in the 1970’s when he was a star for the Washington Redskins. Some say it was former Washington head coach George Allen. The hate ran deep then both teams went through the ups and downs where the rivalry faded. Some still cannot forget those days when “Dallas week” was a week-long event.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — After Washington’s Monday Night victory, they had to travel across the U.S. in a short week to take on the Las Vegas Raiders. Washington enters at 5-6 and the Raiders at 6-5. Both teams are fighting for their playoff lives today.
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The Washington Football Team has a golden opportunity ahead of them. Left for dead two weeks ago, they upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers in consecutive weeks to jump from 2-6 to 4-6 and get back into sniffing distance of a playoff berth. This week’s challenge is the 3-7 Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football. The last time the WFT was on MNF? It was December 3, 2018. After a long absence, they are back.
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Work trip, business trip, head trip. Head coach Ron Rivera is back in North Carolina, and it is Déjà Vu all over again. Not only does Rivera play his ex-team today, his old quarterback, Cam Newton, will start for Carolina due to Sam Darnold’s injury.
Rivera started his head coaching career for Carolina in 2011 and had his run sacked during the 2019 season. In coaching years, that is a long time. Rivera paid his dues with 14 years in various defensive coaching jobs with three different teams before the Panthers hired him as their head coach. They fired him mid-way through that 2019 season. That stung. He was kicked to the curb like an empty soda can. This was the same coach who took Carolina to their first Super Bowl in 2015 with a regular season record of 15-1.
The Washington Football Team (3-6) comes into Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte looking for direction after a stunning upset victory against the defending Super Bowl-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week. The WFT decidedly stomped on Tom Brady’s Bucs by a final score of 29-19. So the question lies, can they do it again this week?
“Well, I know as far as playing against them, it won’t be the same effect. But it’ll be back in Charlotte, that’ll be probably the bigger thing more so than anything else for me. Just because, again, as I said, the thing that I really appreciated about my time there were the people. That’s probably the bigger thing. Now, what I’m doing is I’m limiting my exposure to that. Stephanie will do all the visiting and saying hello to folks.
Me, I’m pretty much going to try and stick to the mantra that this is a business trip.”
“No, there’s no reason to be bitter. I did the best I could. When it was time to move on, [Carolina Panthers Owner] David Tepper treated me with tremendous dignity and respect. He really did. He gave me an opportunity to say goodbye, and I really appreciated it. What’s really kind of cool, kind of speaks to who he is. When we played him in [Washington], he did a Rivera Strong as well.
I got a tremendous amount of respect for what [Tepper] is doing there right now, what they’re trying to do in terms of their rebuild as well. There is no bitterness. If there is anything, it’s just miss the folks and the friends we had in Charlotte.”
Head Coach Ron Rivera
This will also be Taylor Heinicke‘s first start as a visitor in Carolina which is one of his former teams. While he only played six games there, he had nearly 1 1/3 years with the organization until they cut him prior to the start of the 2019 season. This might feel a little personal for Heinicke.
“Yeah, it’ll be fun. Me and [Cam Newton] had a great relationship. He was a lot of fun to be around. That place is going to be rocking on Sunday. Like I said before, he’s like the God of Charlotte. Everyone loves him up there. So, it will be his first home game there. It’s going to be loud and it’ll be an exciting game. He’s very animated and likes to have fun out there. So yeah, it’ll be cool.”
QB Taylor Heinicke about facing Cam Newton
Washington lost Chase Young for the season, and WR Curtis Samuel (groin) is questionable out with TE Ricky Seals-Jones (hip) ruled out for this game. TE Logan Thomas was supposed to be activated off of the IR and was not as of yesterday.
Date/Time: Sunday, Nov. 21st | 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Bank of America Stadium | Charlotte, NC
TELEVISION: FOX
Kevin Kugler (play-by-play), Mark Sanchez (analyst), Laura Okmin (sideline)
VEGAS ODDS:
Money line: Washington +145 (bet $100 to win $145) | Panthers -180 (bet $180 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Washington +3.5 (-117) | Panthers -3.5 (-103)
Over/Under (O/U): 42.5 (O: -117 | U: -103)
