On the finish of the primary half of Monday evening's recreation, with the Commanders down 20-3 and coach Dan Quinn going viral based mostly on a lip-reading clip that was being broadly interpreted as him n (after a failed fourth-down play), it appeared like Quinn was on observe to get fired after the sport.
Then got here the second half, and an effort by the Commanders that made the ultimate rating (23-17) much more respectable.
So now proprietor Josh Harris has a call to make. One week faraway from the humiliating clock debacle and getting into the bye week, will Harris make a change?
Even with the six-point margin, the Commanders stay 1-4-1. Working in Quinn's favor is the truth that the division continues to be there available, if they will flip it round.
The opposite consideration is that the bump from making an interim rent might additionally give the staff the sort of wakeup name that would carry them to an NFC East title. (At that time, nevertheless, it might be troublesome to not reward the interim coach by giving him the everlasting job.)
There's a mini-bye looming, between the Week 10 Thursday evening recreation in opposition to the Giants and the Week 11 Monday evening recreation in opposition to the Bengals. Possibly Harris will resolve to kick the can, giving the Commanders three extra video games (Eagles, Rams, at Giants) earlier than making a closing determination.
