The Washington Commanders wore dejected looks as they tried to process their loss to the Denver Broncos. It was their seventh straight, and while it didn't mathematically eliminate them from the playoffs, it did ensure they will finish the year with a losing record.

But this defeat was a bit different from the others, and head coach Dan Quinn made sure the players knew that during his postgame speech to the team.

"We lost," he said on the debut of this year's in-season Hard Knocks on HBO Max, "but we're not lost anymore."

The quote summed up the biggest takeaway from the overtime home defeat. The Commanders, whose season has been upended by injuries and other factors, took the Broncos -- one of a few teams in the running for the No. 1 seed in the AFC -- to the brink and were one batte

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