Washington Commanders are among most unpredictable 2-0 teams

As Brandon Johnson hauled within the tip-drill Hail Mary pass from Russell Wilson, all the District of Columbia and surrounding areas let loose several expletives, I’m sure.

“The Commanders are really going to Commie this up, aren’t they,” some drunk person in Adams Morgan said. After a comeback that showed strength on each side of the ball with Sam Howell properly running the offense, Brian Robinson Jr. looking like one among the most-improved running backs in football, a defensive front that may disrupt a well-oiled offensive line, and not one of the bone-headed mistakes which have defined Washington’s on-field NFL purgatory of this millennium, all of it nearly went away as no Commanders’ defensive back managed to knock the ball to the turf and end the sport.

By some means, Washington didn’t further screw up its season from there and won the sport. And the Commanders are 2-0 for the primary time since two names ago, and more specifically, 2011. That yr, Washington went to 3-1, had a Week 5 bye, then won two games the remaining of the season to complete 5-11. Then they traded as much as the second overall pick of the subsequent yr’s draft and chosen Robert Griffin III.

Welcome to the Commanders, Drake Maye!

Kidding. 

History (hopefully) won’t repeat itself as Washington already has a North Carolina quarterback leading it. The outlook for this season is higher than only five wins for the Commanders, even in the most effective division in football.

The Commanders needed a fourth-quarter comeback at home to defeat one among the worst teams within the league by 4 in Week 1. They usually were dismantled by the first-half Broncos. The second-half Broncos are trash and Washington picked them apart. Now with the Bills coming to town in Week 3, will we finally see the “real” Washington? I’m not so sure. If the Commanders get blown out, everyone will say it’s more of the identical crap within the nation’s capital. If Washington wins, everyone will think it’s a fluke unless it’s an intensive demolishment. So the Commies really don’t have anything to lose against a team regarded as one among the favorites to achieve the Super Bowl.

Well, aside from one game.

Despite two wins, the outlook for the Commanders within the NFC East is third, at best, which is wonderful. Philadelphia is actually one among two teams adequate to play within the Super Bowl from the NFC this season, and Dallas’ defense is among the finest within the league and would join the 49ers and Eagles as possible Super Bowl contenders if it didn’t have an enormous recent history of choking within the playoffs.

The Giants comeback win over Arizona doesn’t prove anything about their ability, as taking on a game against one among the worst teams in football isn’t impressive. A lot of the remainder of the NFC is unproven too. The Lions and whoever comes out of the NFC South may also make the playoffs, meaning there’s loads of wiggle room for the Commanders to go 9-8, or possibly 10-7 and still make the postseason.

Will this Washington team set the world on fire?

Nope, not even close.

Is that this a Washington team on the rise?

Yes, which is a bracing-for-impact-style answer.

There’s been loads of times the franchise has “turned a corner” only to have fallen back into purgatory, namely with Griffin because the team’s future greater than a decade ago. And without Dan Snyder involved within the organization, possibly this euphoria isn’t unwarranted.

And that’s the crazy part.

We’ve seen eight quarters and two wins from the Commanders. We’re not near determining what the team is able to.