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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-tackle season.

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 Week 2 despite being the favorite target of QB Sam Howell.

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.