The Washington Redskins played their worst game of the season in an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers.
The competitive version of the 2017 NFL season is officially over for the Washington Redskins. No more of the talk about Washington still being alive. Technically, it ended last week in a mistake-filled loss at Dallas. On Sunday, the Redskins were just humiliated by the Los Angeles Chargers 30-13 in their worst performance of the season.
There’s not a lot of good to speak of in this game for the Redskins. Kirk Cousins was bad. His receivers weren’t much better. The running game continues to be a liability. Offensively, at least the patchwork offensive line held up fairly well against Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram.
Defensively, Washington looked like an expansion team on Sunday afternoon. Philip Rivers and the Chargers could literally do anything they wanted, amassing over 350 total yards — in the first half. For the game, Los Angeles went for almost 500 total yards and finished with 174 rushing yards. Receivers were open all day long and Rivers didn’t miss them. Washington’s secondary blew coverage after coverage, which has become a recurring theme in recent weeks.
Here are three takeaways from Washington’s pathetic performance against the Chargers on Sunday in Los Angeles.