Commanders and Falcons combined for 81. Somebody had to lose it. Jayden Daniels was steady for Commanders — 20/29, 290 yards, 4 TD. Marcel Reed threw for Falcons — 27/42, 301 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT — in a losing effort. Jayden Daniels has not had a better afternoon this season. On the ground: Commanders 173, Falcons 125.

Commanders won the turnover battle, and the turnover battle won the game. Jayden Daniels was steady for Commanders — 20/29, 227 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT. Chris Olave moved the ball for Commanders — 5 catches, 76 yards, 1 TD. A season best for Jayden Daniels. Total yards: Commanders 311, Jets 98.

Not one for the highlight reel. Giants 19, Commanders 7. Jaxson Dart did the damage for Giants — 20/29, 244 yards, 1 TD. Jayden Daniels did the damage for Commanders — 20/33, 225 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Jayden Daniels has not had a better afternoon this season. Total yards: Giants 405, Commanders 272.

Commanders were never troubled, putting Dolphins away 35-0. Jayden Daniels did the damage for Commanders — 19/24, 225 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT. Jeffery Simmons was the problem for Commanders — 4 sacks. Total yards: Commanders 300, Dolphins 93.

Ethan Price: "Dallas had no running game to lean on—37 yards on the ground—and abandoned what little it had, throwing 75% of the time into a Washington defense that needed only 1 sack to win. Chris Olave's 96 yards carried the Commanders past a 2-seed that couldn't establish anything." Nicole Santos: "Dallas threw 75% of the time into a secondary that doesn't need to respect the run, and it showed: Washington's ground game—93 yards to Dallas's 37—won the line of scrimmage while the Cowboys were still chasing through the air."

Cowboys kept it respectable. Commanders still won by 7. Chris Olave moved the ball for Commanders — 3 catches, 96 yards. Jalin Hyatt's high-water mark for the year. On the ground: Commanders 93, Cowboys 37.

Kayla James: "Atlanta's ground game evaporated—37 rushing yards is a ghost of Bijan Robinson's season, and without it, the Falcons couldn't manufacture enough to stay close in a low-scoring affair that Washington simply refused to lose." Devon Walker: "This wasn't a breakdown—it was a mismatch. Washington's 9-5 record and Atlanta's 7-7 aren't close, and the advanced metrics confirm it: the Commanders hold a 3.9 SRS to the Falcons' 3.0, and their turnover differential of 14 versus Atlanta's 6 tells you everything about who's built to win close games and who isn't."

Washington's 23-15 win over Atlanta came down to execution on the ground and discipline with the ball. The Commanders rushed for 123 yards and turned it over just 3 times while holding ATL to 37 rushing yards and forcing 1 turnover—a turnover advantage that explains most of an 8-point margin in a 38-point total. Jayden Daniels threw 2 interceptions but still completed 16 of 29 for 236 yards, and Ashton Jeanty carried 13 times for 119 yards and a touchdown to move the chains when Atlanta's pass-heavy approach—71 percent of the time—couldn't get its run game started. Kyle Pitts Sr caught 6 passes for 85 yards, but one receiver cannot sustain a team that gained only 193 total yards against a Commanders defense that recorded 2 sacks and controlled the line of scrimmage.