For all the angst about Kliff Kingsbury’s play calling, the inability of the defense to stop the run, or the disappointing rushing attack, the Commanders had a 2 point lead and were seemingly in control with 3:10 remaining in the fourth quarter.
What happened next was the same thing that kept them from taking a commanding lead earlier in the game: a turnover on a botched handoff to RB Bill Croskey-Merritt. The Commanders’ third unanswered turnover of the game gave Bears’ RB D’Andre Swift the opportunity he needed to march his team into field goal position and steal the win on the final play of the game.
The Commanders’ opening drive ended on a Jayden Daniels interception, thrown from the Chicago 21 yard line. That resulted in a Bears’ field goal. On the second play of the next possession