That doesn’t mean the games are bad; it just means we are past the trade deadline, and we are past the halfway mark of the year.
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we → mean → year
Teams will still have bye weeks, and the playoff push will be fully underway.
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push → have → weeks
It is an exciting time, but it does mean we are getting closer to the end than the beginning, and that’s a bit sad.
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that → mean → beginning
Today we see the Commanders take on the Giants in a good matchup for the NFC East.
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Commanders → see → East
The Washington Commanders come into tonight’s game with a 2-5-1 record, and they’ve lost all of their road games this season.
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they → come → games
The Commanders have had a frustrating season.
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Commanders → have → season
They started the year looking decent, but fell well short against the Eagles.
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They → start → Eagles
The next week, they lost to the Cowboys and gave up 37 points.
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they → lose → points
They opened their home season with a game against the Seahawks and got a surprising win with Marcus Mariota under center.
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They → open → center
Then they flew overseas and played against the Colts, losing with their third-string quarterback taking most of the snaps.
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quarterback → fly → snaps
After returning home, they hosted the Giants.
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they → return → Giants
Jayden Daniels also returned under center for the Commanders, but that turned out to be a bit of a disaster as well.
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that → return → disaster
Due to poor clock management, the team ended up tying the Giants.
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team → end → Giants
They faced the 49ers and played pretty well, but lost 23-17.
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They → face → 49ers
After their bye week, they got to get revenge against a banged-up Eagles team.
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they → get → team
Last week, they hosted the Rams and lost, but it was a valiant effort, losing 20-13 to Los Angeles.
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it → host → Angeles
The New York Giants are a team that feels like they are a quarterback away from the postseason.
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they → feel → postseason
They are in a very winnable division, and they are currently leading it.
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they → lead → it
Sitting at 5-2-1 for the year, if the team can find a way to keep the Cowboys away, they should coast to the division.
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they → sit → division
It just doesn’t feel like the Commanders or Eagles are good enough to win it this year.
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Commanders → feel → it
The problem for the Giants is that they will go through this season with inconsistent quarterback play.
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they → go → play
Jaxon Dart got hurt early in the year, and Jameis Winston is fun, but not great.
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Winston → hurt → year
JJ McCarthy has played in a few games for them as well, but I’m not sold on him actually being good.
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him → play → them
McCarthy threw the ball 19 times compared to eight for Winston last week.
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McCarthy → throw → Winston
I somewhat envision that head coach John Harbaugh will go with whichever quarterback has the hot hand.
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quarterback → envision → hand
It kind of seems like what they are doing with their running back situation as well.
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they → seem → situation
It really doesn’t matter who the Giants put on the field on this one; I don’t think the Commanders will take this one.
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Commanders → matter → one
Maybe they had the game circled and will put in extra effort because they are frustrated with the tie they had when the two played the first game, but I don’t think it matters here.
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it → have → game
Daniels is the best quarterback in the game, but when the rest of the team isn’t helpful, it really doesn’t matter.
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it → matter → team
I expect Harbaugh to have a better game plan and for the Giants to execute better.
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Giants → expect → plan
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