Washington Football team “finds a way to win” season opener

With no-fans-in-the-stands Washington’s football team got a season opening win – at home – defeating their division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-17.

After throwing two touchdowns in the first half, it looked like the Eagles would dominate the entire game and defeat the Washington Football Team.

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Washington Football celebrate win over Eagles. Photo credit: WFT photos

It would be just the opposite.

Washington’s football team has been going through a tumultuous offseason. The team was forced to change its name from the Washington Redskins; several executives (and its owner) allegedly, have been called out for sexual misconduct; and before the start of the season it was reported that head coach Ron Rivera has cancer. Rivera had to get an IV from during half-time, “just to be safe”.

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Coaches and team captains usually give half-time speeches to rally their team before the start of the second half. Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins led the charge Sunday. In his speech, Haskins reminded his team that the Eagles are in ‘our house.’

“They're the visitors”, Haskins said. “There's no reason why we should be feeling like the little bro in a sense.”

Washington let the Eagles know that Washington, indeed, is not the little bro.

By the end of the second half, Wentz threw an interception that Washington’s Fabian Monroe capitalized on in a major way, putting Washington on the Eagles’ 45 yard line. Two plays later Haskins would find Logan Thomas (TE) in the end zone for a touchdown, his first to start the 2020 season.

After the disappointing loss in the wake of the absence of key Eagles’ players along with their QB getting sacked a career-high eight times by Washington’s defense in Sunday’s game, Wentz, in apologetic-like fashion said, I’ve got to get better. It starts with me.”


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Eagles’ center, Jason Kelce, credited Washington and agreed his team has to “be better.”

"I felt like we were never really able to establish the run game very well," Kelce said. "That's a combination of guys not executing. Credit to Washington [for] throwing some well-timed blitzes, but we got to be better. We got to be better up front. No excuses."

Washington hadn’t defeated the Eagles since 2016.

Coach Rivera credited the team for continuing to fight during Sunday’s game.

"They were down, 17-0, and they responded and they just kept fighting and stuck to it", Rivera said. "And it just shows what these guys are capable of."



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