Dan Quinn's defense was better than Joe Whitt Jr.'s has been. Otherwise, the Washington Commanders made the sorts of mistakes — Marcus Mariota's overtime interception, Matt Gay's flubbed field-goal attempts, Mike Sainristil's dropped punt and so on — that are contributing to a failure of a season.

“I guess we just found a way to lose,” right guard Sam Cosmi said after the latest in a series of such results, a 16-13 OT defeat against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in Spain.

A year after surprising everyone by going 12-5 and reaching the NFC title game, Washington is surprising folks again, just in a bad way, entering its bye week at 3-8 after six consecutive setbacks.

“We’re all mad over the month that’s been,” Quinn said.

It's actually been longer: The Commanders' most recent victory cam

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