Washington Commanders Lead NFC East: A Season Surprise

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00:00One of the surprises so far through five weeks of this NFL season, the Washington

00:08Commanders, the best record in the NFC East at four and one, four consecutive

00:15wins for Washington led by their rookie quarterback, Jaden Daniels.

00:20Yesterday, they got to take advantage at home against one of the worst teams in

00:25the NFL and potentially the worst starting quarterback in the National

00:27Football League. That is Deshaun Watson. 34-13, the win for the Commanders,

00:34easily covering as a three-point home favorite. DRS, there was actually a part

00:39of me that said everything, that we have seen everything this year. One and three

00:43Cleveland team entering, three and one Washington team entering on a three-game

00:47win streak. The Commanders should cruise to a win, but it just felt like that

00:50trappy spot on the Sunday slate where if Cleveland has anything this year, they

00:56might be able to pull off an upset. Four consecutive wins for Washington,

01:01covering in all four, two outright as an underdog, and two covering the number as

01:06a favorite as well. The Commanders over in three straight, 21-point win.

01:12Washington entered a statement at home yesterday against the really bad

01:17Cleveland Browns. They are really bad, but let's focus on the good here. The

01:20Washington Commanders, 34-13, that offense really coming into his own.

01:24Jaden Daniels did have an interception yesterday, but it didn't matter in the

01:27game when they were playing the Browns. I like what I see, and also this stems

01:30back from the offseason. You take a look at changing the head coach, changing the

01:34offensive coordinator, it's worked out in spades. Dan Quinn comes in, calms the

01:38waters there. You have an exciting offensive coordinator that's using some

01:40tendencies back in his college football days in Cliff Tingsbury, and it's working

01:44out really well in an ultra-efficient offense, something that you really don't

01:47talk about with Cliff Tingsbury, but also the players, Ben, that they added in the

01:51offseason, making a lot of non-spy, like, hey, superstar players coming in. No, guys

01:56like Austin Eckler came back off the concussion, Ben. Six carries, 67 yards, two

02:00catches for 30 yards. You take a look also at some of the other running backs

02:03chipping in. McNichols has been fine. Robinson's banged up and still scored

02:06two touchdowns yesterday. It's all working out. Dan Quinn, you know, is gonna

02:10be bringing that defensive heat, and he's been doing that the past couple weeks

02:13here. This isn't a fluky 4-1 because you can no longer say, well, they're

02:17playing really bad defenses and bad football teams. I don't know. They

02:20absolutely smashed the Cardinals, who went on the road and beat the 49ers on

02:24the road yesterday, so it's no longer any given Sunday, oh, they're getting lucky.

02:28No, this is a really good football team. You know what getting lucky has been?

02:3117-16, 15-14, 13-12. The commanders are laying it on people on offense, and it's

02:37a lot of fun to watch. I'm really impressed, and at 4-1, there is

02:40reason to believe that, A, they can be a playoff team, and quite frankly, maybe,

02:43able to win the NFC East. I like everything that I'm seeing from the

02:47commanders right now.