Instead, Jones was out there trying to field a punt he misjudged inside the 10 with the Bears leading by a point in the fourth quarter. And Eberflus deserves blame for seeing all of this and not simply ordering it himself. He should have told Eberflus to pull the punt returner. He let two hit the ground that should have been caught and had another he called fair catch on when he had clear sailing ahead for 10 yards at the least. Special teams coordinator Richard Hightower had seen Jones three times have trouble judging punts. Just like with special teams, one person ruined this for everyone. His play completely ruined this grade for the rest of special teams and the team. He had no business trying to field the muffed punt inside the 10 to begin with. Too bad he didn't do the same with one of the punts. Velus Jones didn't try to return three of the kickoffs he was sent back to return. They held an offense with three 300-yard passing days to 86 net yards passing, 27:48 of possession time, 3 of 13 on third down and eight drives of five plays or less. Perhaps inspired by Johnson's play and return, Kyler Gordon played his best game of the year, with six tackles and a pass breakup. Terry McLaurin was held in check with only three catches for 41 yards thanks largely to Johnson. Washington had 359 passing yards its previous game and had no plays longer than 18 yards Monday night while the Bears had six plays longer than the Commanders' longest play. Roquan Smith made 12 tackles and was even used to blitz on occasion. Watts, especially, impressed with six tackles. Most of Washington's rushing yardage came around the edge. Tackles Justin Jones, Mike Pennel, Angelo Blackson and Armon Watts needed big games against an offense with big backs, and they had their best game of the year. The average isn't great, and they leaked at a bad time in the game, when Washington was trying to kill the clock, but they ultimately got it done. It's at 23 sacks and counting now, if anyone cares, and Fields has a sore left shoulder.Ī total of 128 yards on 28 carries by backs says the Bears solidified the run defense. Fields was sacked five times for 36 yards in losses. Brown didn't even have a target in the game. They hit Cole Kmet for 15 yards, but targeted him only three times. It's hard to believe they couldn't have used N'Keal Harry in the red zone to at least jump up for a pass one of the three times they were inside the 10-yard line but he was left inactive after they brought him off injured reserve. had a 10-yard run with a glorified handoff. Mooney had his seven catches for 68 yards and Pettis four for 84, but once again there is no support forthcoming from other receivers. He didn't see a few receivers because he seems to gets fixated elsewhere running through his progression - or looking to run for his life because pass blocking broke down. Fields was missing too many receivers with his eyes, and also with his arm. Again a bit deceiving in the numbers as 40 of Fields' 190 passing yards came on the one throw for a TD to Pettis.
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