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Rivera hunched over and talked to Howell for almost a minute before giving him a tap of encouragement on the right leg. Others followed to console Howell after the worst game of his NFL career contributed to adding another embarrassing defeat in a season with a few of them. Howell threw three interceptions among six Commanders turnovers, and Washington may have reached the low point of Rivera's tenure as coach with a 31-19 home loss Sunday to the last-place New York Giants.

LAST WEEK: Giants lost to Cowboys 49-17; Commanders lost to Seahawks 29-26. GIANTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (32), RUSH (14), PASS (32), SCORING (32) GIANTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (27), RUSH (24), PASS (21), SCORING (29) COMMANDERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (16), RUSH (28), PASS (11), SCORING (17) COMMANDERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (29), RUSH (21), PASS (29), SCORING (31) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Giants minus-3; Commanders minus-2 GIANTS PLAYER TO WATCH: LB Bobby Okereke. He needs nine tackles for his third consecutive 100-tack...

COMMANDERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (17), RUSH (26), PASS (9), SCORING (18) COMMANDERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (28), RUSH (20), PASS (27), SCORING (30) SEAHAWKS OFFENSE: OVERALL (20), RUSH (23), PASS (19), SCORING (17) SEAHAWKS DEFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH (21), PASS (20), SCORING (22) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Commanders minus-1; Seahawks plus-2 COMMANDERS PLAYER TO WATCH: WR Terry McLaurin is getting plenty of targets. He's not getting many touchdowns, though. McLaurin has just one touchdown catch since Wee...

Mac Jones appeared to have put his earlier struggles behind when he moved the Patriots into Washington territory with under 2 minutes to play. On second-and-8 from the Commanders 41, Jones dropped back in the pocket and threw down the middle to JuJu Smith-Schuster. “I feel like I’ve been saying it every week,” Patriots tight end Hunter Henry said.

The Commanders quarterback was leaving the field minutes after throwing a red-zone interception to Patriots safety Kyle Dugger that negated his team’s chance to take a lead into halftime. Coach Ron Rivera noticed the agitation on Howell's face and had a quick word with him in the team's tunnel. “He’s resilient," Rivera said.

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Sweat has 6.5 sacks in eight games this season and is in the final year of his contract with the Commanders.

Chase Young and Montez Sweat sat side-by-side on folding chairs in Washington's locker room Sunday, whispering to each other as reporters gathered nearby after the Commanders' latest loss, 38-31 to the Philadelphia Eagles. With the trade deadline approaching Tuesday, and plenty of speculation about whether Washington (3-5) could trade one or the other — or both — edge rushers, Young and Sweat were aware this might have been their last game as teammates after coming into the NFL as ...

Chase Young and Montez Sweat sat side-by-side on folding chairs in Washington's locker room Sunday, whispering to each other as reporters gathered nearby after the Commanders' latest loss, 38-31 to the Philadelphia Eagles. With the trade deadline approaching Tuesday, and plenty of speculation about whether Washington (3-5) could trade one or the other — or both — edge rushers, Young and Sweat were aware this might have been their last game as teammates after coming into ...

EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (4), PASS (9), SCORING (4) EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (6), RUSH (1), PASS (18), SCORING (15) COMMANDERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (26), PASS (19), SCORING (20) COMMANDERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (29), RUSH (22), PASS (28), SCORING (29) TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Eagles minus-2; Commanders minus-1 EAGLES PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Jalen Hurts, who's expected to play through an injured left knee. He's 4-2 against Washington in his career, throwing for 1,416 yards, eight to...