Blame the short week. Blame the lack of game reps for the first string and practice reps for the team’s top wide receiver. Blame the fact that Green Bay might be the class of the NFC.

But the Commanders, with a chance to shine under the lights, did not deliver in a 27-18 loss to the Green Bay Packers. But does anyone remember last year’s week one loss to Tampa Bay?

It’s a long season and we’re just getting underway. As Jayden Daniels (who had an MRI on his knee Friday) said after the game, they’re not hitting the panic button. Even though that brings up the question, “What does this panic button look like and are there reasonable safeguards?”

First Down: There was a lot not to like in that game, from an offense that couldn’t get into the end zone for the first three quarters to a defens

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