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I have no idea why the Eagles went for that. Could've pinned them deep with a punt now you're handing them the ball nearly at midfield.

22/32 for 170 yards and 1 TD, 7 carries for 34 yards. Missing reads. Just fumbled the ball away when they were looking to run click to ice it. Nah, he has not had a good game.

Oof. Hurts with a crucial late fumble.

OMG, Hunter Henry just make a stupidly ridiculous one handed catch. Mac Jones is fuging trash.

I honestly did not see this. As good or better than all QBs we've had since '19 is WAY too low of a bar for a QB we mortgaged the franchise to trade up to #1 to get since we've probably had the worst QB situation in the NFL during that stretch. I just didn't see any plays from Bryce today that showed me special talent. The type of talent you mortgage the franchise to go and get.

Not sure what the first half looked like, but I turned on the Eagles/Pats at halftime and Hurts is really struggling in the second half. Doesn't look good at all.

With TD it was at least the same injury over and over until they finally got the fix right. With Horn it's everything.

Get out of here about trying to use players intelligently. Hell, we ran Cam like he was Jerome Bettis.

I honestly think CMC would've played in significantly more games had we been competitive. It just got to the point in those seasons that why put more miles on the tires of your best player when you're out of contention? Sure wish we'd done that with Cam and his shoulder.

I'm rapidly losing hope that he's ever going to be available consistently.

The Bears and Commanders look to be neck and neck for worst OL in the league.

Commanders on one TV and Panthers on the other. Probably gonna be that way all year.

They are EVERYWHERE throughout the rural south. It wasn't like this in CO but hell, maybe they've exploded in CO over the last three years too.

I can't say I'm shocked because he looked like this in the preseason. I was just really hoping that scheming was going to help. It didn't. Let's just hope he, the staff, and the whole team improve throughout the season. Because we basically lost to a team that was practically playing without a QB given their play calling that was clearly primarily about not letting Ridder lose them the game.

Aside from the two bad INTs he looked okay. Not great, not terrible. Just okay. The miss deep from the 1 was tough. You have to hit that throw at this level. Mingo (I think it was Mingo) was NFL wide open with two steps on the DB and Bryce was in a clean pocket. You HAVE to hit on that. What disappointed me is when you make the type of huge move we made to get a guy you're wanting to at least see a few splash plays that make you think "Okay, yeah that was special. I see why this is a guy we felt like we had to go all in on." I just didn't see any of those types of plays. I still see a guy with very marginal NFL physical tools who is going to have to be NFL Einstein level intelligent (and likely surrounded by a top tier supporting cast) to be special.

Biggest takeway of this game for me? We weren't hiding a bunch of cards up our sleeve in the preseason. The OL protected better but other than that we pretty much looked just like we did in the preseason.

Commanders are going to overcome three turnovers to win. Their D delivered and their QB worked just enough magic to overcome a turnstile OL. Howell had a bad fumble late in the 1st half but bounced back with some hero throws to setup a FG. He threw a pick but it was off a tipped ball at the LOS, but he did have one ball that should've been picked dropped so that kinda washes out. Showed off his arm, showed off his legs. There's definitely room for improvement and refinement but overall Commanders fans have to be happy with their young QBs second start.

Damn. Johnathan Allen just got a sack via bitch slap.

Oh man, classic Ron. Get a turnover bordering on redzone territory up 1 late and run it up the gut three times to setup a FG so you can bite your nails and pray your D holds.

Meh, I'm not giving up on him but those two staredown late INTs across the middle aren't what I wanted to see from a guy who was supposed to be super NFL ready. It just seems like his physical toolset is pretty limited at the NFL level so he's going to have to be two steps ahead mentally and that's a tall ask in the NFL.

This has been pretty deflating. I had really hoped all the folks scoffing about preseason not mattering would prove to be correct. But for week one at least, the preseason was a perfect crystal ball.

Hey, the Panthers are playing here and you're obsessed with talking about college football when no one else is. Why don't you talk about the Panthers in the Panthers game day thread and stop building snowmen?

I wanted him bad. You can't teach his tools. I don't know if he'll ultimately make it or not but he's Cam 2.0 physically

Why is Henderson still on this roster? He's terrible.

Ouch. Perfect bracket coverage and our DBs just can't find the ball. And DOI to boot? Oof.