The Washington Commanders failed to build on their momentum from their Week 9 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, as they lost their next game.
On Sunday, Washington suffered a 20-13 loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams at Northwest Stadium in Landover, leaving Commanders head coach Dan Quinn with a blunt assessment of what just took place on the field, particularly regarding his team's performance.
“Once again, like we have not nailed our complementary football,” Quinn told reporters in the postgame press conference, via a video shared by JP Finlay of NBC4 Sports on X, formerly Twitter.
“I'll keep saying it until we do. We're halfway through the season, and that all has to click. After stops, capitalized, team takeaways, we got three points out of it. That's an opportunity for fourth-down stops defensively. To get those stops to get flipped the other way, added Quinn, who is in his third season as the Commanders' head coach.
“So all I said, it's a short week. It's our division leader on the road, and we gotta go. And we have to play all three phases together. See, too much of it works. Part of it, not the whole thing. And so that's what we're gonna continue to do.”
The game ended on a frustrating note for the Commanders, who still had a chance to at least tie on a drive down the stretch of the fourth quarter. However, Washington ended the drive on a fumble, allowing the Rams to escape Landover with a victory as the Commanders suffered their fifth loss of the season.
The Commanders had 313 yards of offense against the Rams, but were also just 3-of-12 on third downs. Defensively, Washington allowed 343 yards and let the Rams go 3-of-3 on fourth downs.