{"id":49246,"date":"2023-11-03T09:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=49246"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:59:42","slug":"morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/","title":{"rendered":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nOffense <\/strong><\/td>\n3WR 1TE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSTARTER<\/strong><\/td>\n2ND<\/strong><\/td>\n3RD<\/strong><\/td>\n4TH<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QB<\/td>\nSam Howell<\/td>\nJacoby Brissett<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RB<\/td>\nBrian Robinson<\/td>\nAntonio Gibson<\/td>\nChris Rodriguez<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nTerry McLaurin<\/td>\nJamison Crowder<\/td>\nMitchell Tinsley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nJahan Dotson<\/td>\nDyami Brown<\/td>\nDax Milne IR<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WR<\/td>\nCurtis Samuel Q<\/td>\nByron Pringle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TE<\/td>\nLogan Thomas Q<\/td>\nJohn Bates<\/td>\nCole Turner<\/td>\nCurtis Hodges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FB<\/td>\nAlex Armah<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LT<\/td>\nCharles Leno<\/td>\nCornelius Lucas<\/td>\nBraeden\u00a0Daniels IR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LG<\/td>\nChris Paul<\/td>\nRicky Stromberg\u00a0Q<\/td>\nSaahdiq\u00a0Charles IR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/td>\nTyler Larsen<\/td>\nNick Gates<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RG<\/td>\nSam Cosmi<\/td>\nRicky Stromberg\u00a0Q<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RT<\/td>\nAndrew Wylie<\/td>\nTrent\u00a0Scott<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sam Howell has played very well the last three weeks.\u00a0 He has thrown 7 TDs to just 1 INT.\u00a0 The Commanders beat Atlanta in Atlanta.\u00a0 Howell threw for 151 yards and 3 TDs.\u00a0 Against the Giants in the Meadowlands, they lost 14-7 but Howell was 22 of 42 for 249 yards and his lone INT.\u00a0 The Commanders nearly pulled off the upset of the Eagles at Washington but came up short 38-31.\u00a0 Howell was brilliant going 29 of 38 for 319 yards and 4 TDs.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Howell is 2nd<\/sup> in the league in passing attempts, 6th<\/sup> in yardage, 6th<\/sup> in passing TDs.\u00a0 On the negative side Howell is second in INT with 8 and he has been sacked 41 times already this season.\u00a0 That is a combination of the O-line play and Howell holding onto the ball.<\/p>\n

The new Offensive Coordinator is Eric Bieniemy and he brings the Andy Reid offensive system to Washington.\u00a0 Bieniemy has been interviewed for several Head Coaching jobs in recent years.<\/p>\n

The Wide Receiver group is very good in Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel and Jahan Dotson.\u00a0 Any one of these wideouts can take it to the house on any given play.\u00a0 Samuel is listed as Questionable. \u00a0Antonio Gibson can catch the ball out of the backfield like he was a Wide Receiver.\u00a0 He is being underutilized by Bieniemy.\u00a0 \u00a0Look for him to have a big impact against the Patriots LBs, who are not very good in coverage.\u00a0 Dyami Brown is also a big play receiver but it’s tough for him to get on the field with all that talent ahead of him.<\/p>\n

Logan Thomas is a big target but had been battling injuries all season.\u00a0 He was listed as questionable but he was back Thursday to Full Participation.\u00a0 Thomas has 29 catches on 49 targets for 280 yards, a 9.7 YPC and 3 TDs.\u00a0 His backups are John Bates with 8 catches and Cole Turner with 7 receptions.<\/p>\n

The Oline are surrendering an alarming 41 sacks on the year. \u00a0\u00a0This offense is designed to get the ball out quickly.\u00a0 \u00a0They should be better at protecting Howell.\u00a0 Left Tackle is Charles Leno entering his 9th<\/sup> year in the league.\u00a0 The Boise State grad was drafted by the Bears in the 2014 draft in the 7th<\/sup> Round (236).\u00a0 The 32-year-old Leno made the Pro-Bowl in 2018.\u00a0 In 2021 he signed a one-year contract with Washington in 2021 and then added a 3-year extension after that.\u00a0 \u00a0Left Guard is manned by Chris Paul from Tulsa.\u00a0 He was a 7th<\/sup> round (#230) pick last year by Washington and is now the starter.\u00a0 Paul was beaten out by Shaadig Charles to start the season, but Charles ended up on IR and Paul was reinserted in his place.\u00a0 Backup rookie Guard Ricky Stromberg is listed as questionable.\u00a0 Center is the veteran Tyler Larsen.\u00a0 Larsen layed for Utah State and went undrafted in 2014 when he signed with Miami but was cut before the season and did not play in 2014.\u00a0 Same thing in 2015 when he signed a futures contract with Washington but was released in camp.\u00a0 In 2016 he signed with Carolina and made the team only to be cut in October and re-signed to the Practice Squad, only to be elevated to the 53-man Roster in November.\u00a0 He made his 1st<\/sup> start.\u00a0 In 2017 he played in 14 games with 10 starts.\u00a0 In 2021 he signed with the Commanders and later that season took over as the starting Center.\u00a0 \u00a0Right Guard Sam Cosmi attended Texas and was a 2nd<\/sup> round pick (#51) in 2021.\u00a0 \u00a0He started at Right Tackle for the Opening Game of 2021, but was injured and spent most of the season on IR.\u00a0 He was hurt again in 2022 with a thumb injury in week 4.\u00a0 He came back in week 8 and played with a club on his hand.\u00a0 He did not start until week 13 and injured an ankle which kept him out the remainder of the season. \u00a0He was reinstated as a starter and has played all the games so far.\u00a0 Cosmi is considered an above average player.\u00a0 Washington is thin at Guard as both backups are hurt.\u00a0 Right Tackle is played by Andrew Wylie.\u00a0 In 2017 he went undrafted out of Eastern Michigan.\u00a0 The 6\u20196\u201d 309 lb tackle was in camp and on practice squads for 3 different teams in 2017 (IND, CLE, and LAC).\u00a0 In December 2017 he signed with Kansas City, and they promoted him to the 53-man roster.\u00a0 He was the starter for Super Bowl LVII which the Chiefs won 38-35 over the Eagles.\u00a0 Wylie was highly criticized for his play. Washington signed him as a Free Agent in March 2023.<\/p>\n

The backs are Brian Robinson, Antonio Gibson, and Chris Rodriquez.\u00a0 The running game is nothing to be worried about.\u00a0 The last three games they ran 22 times for 72 yards against Atlanta with Robinson leading the way with 10 carries for 31 yards.\u00a0 Versus the Giants they ran 19 times for 76 yards with Rodriguez leading the way with 7 carries for 31 yards.\u00a0 Last week in the Eagles game they rushed 16 times for 84 yards and Robinson lead the way with 10 carries for 59 yards.\u00a0 Gibson is more a receiving back than runningback.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Defense is led by Jack Del Rio a close friend of Head Coach Ron Rivera.\u00a0 The Commanders traded away their two top young defenders that had 11.5 sacks between them.\u00a0 The Patriots O-line will not have to deal with Montez Sweatt (6.5 sacks) or Chase Young (5 sacks). \u00a0According to Rivera, “We have an opportunity to go out and play well. I do think there’s every opportunity in front of us. … It’s an opportunity to see what else we have. It’s an opportunity to go out and win football games using different guys.” \u00a0\u00a0I throw out the BS card, that I what I call tanking.<\/p>\n

The Commander’s Defense was ranked #29 in the league and that was with Sweatt and Young playing.\u00a0 According to Pro Football Database the Commanders were 22nd<\/sup> against the run and 29th<\/sup> versus the pass.\u00a0 This is by far the worst defense the Patriots will be playing all season.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDefense <\/strong><\/td>\nBase 4-3 D<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSTARTER<\/strong><\/td>\n2ND<\/strong><\/td>\n3RD<\/strong><\/td>\n4TH<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LDE<\/td>\nJames Smith-Williams<\/td>\nEfe Obada<\/td>\nKJ\u00a0Henry<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LDT<\/td>\nDaron Payne<\/td>\nJohn Ridgeway<\/td>\nCurtis\u00a0Brooks IR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RDT<\/td>\nJonathan\u00a0Allen<\/td>\nPhidarian Mathis<\/td>\nDavid Bada\u00a0IR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RDE<\/td>\nCasey Toohill<\/td>\nAndre\u00a0Jones<\/td>\nShaka Toney SUSP<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WLB<\/td>\nKhaleke\u00a0Hudson<\/td>\nDe’Jon\u00a0Harris<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MLB<\/td>\nDavid Mayo<\/td>\nCody Barton\u00a0IR<\/td>\nDrew\u00a0White O<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SLB<\/td>\nJamin\u00a0Davis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LCB<\/td>\nKendall\u00a0Fuller<\/td>\nDanny\u00a0Johnson<\/td>\nJartavius\u00a0Martin<\/td>\nChristian\u00a0Holmes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/td>\nKamren Curl<\/td>\nJeremy Reaves\u00a0IR<\/td>\nTroy Apke\u00a0IR<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FS<\/td>\nPercy\u00a0Butler Q<\/td>\nTerrell Burgess<\/td>\nDarrick Forrest\u00a0IR<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RCB<\/td>\nBenjamin\u00a0St-Juste<\/td>\nEmmanuel Forbes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who are the Commanders Defensive Ends, James Smith-Williams and Casey Toohill?\u00a0 These are the replacements for Sweatt and Young.\u00a0 Smith-Williams is a 2020 7th<\/sup> round pick (#229) from North Carolina State.\u00a0 He has 11 tackles this season with 1 sack.\u00a0 Toohill is a Stanford grad who was drafted by the Eagles in 2020 (#233) 4 picks after Smith-Williams.\u00a0 He was cut in October after making the original 53-man roster of the Eagles.\u00a0 Washington snatched him up off waivers.\u00a0 On the season Toohill has 10 Tackles but has 4 sacks (more than any active Patriots player).\u00a0 Washington boasts former Alabama studs, Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne inside at Defensive Tackle. Allen is tied for 1st among interior defensive linemen in stops (20) and ranks 5th in total pressures (28), including the 3rd-most hits (8). Payne hasn\u2019t been far behind in production, ranking top-10 among at the position in quarterback hits (6, t-8th) and tying for 11th in stops (14). Payne was re-signed after last season.\u00a0 He was drafted in the 1st<\/sup> round (#13) out of Alabama.\u00a0 The 6\u20193\u201d 330 lbs run stuffer has 25 tackles on the season.\u00a0 Allen is 2017 1st<\/sup> round pick (#17) again out of Alabama.\u00a0 He is 6\u20193\u201d 300 lbs and has 29 tackles and 3 sacks.\u00a0 Hey are both Washington\u2019s Defensive Beasts.<\/p>\n

The linebackers are Khaleke Hudson at Will linebacker, David Mayo in the middle and Jamin Davis on the Strongside.\u00a0 Hudson is a 2020 5th<\/sup> round pick by Washington out of Michigan.\u00a0 He is one of those smaller\/quicker linebackers.\u00a0 At 6\u2019 200 lbs., he is smaller than Patriots S Kyle Dugger who is 6\u20192\u201d 222 lbs.\u00a0 \u00a0The Patriots should run right at him.\u00a0 Jamin Davis was an acclaimed player at Kentucky.\u00a0 He was the Commanders 2021 1st<\/sup> round pick (#19).\u00a0 The 6\u20193\u201d 234 lbs. backer now leads the LBs in tackles with 48.\u00a0 The placement of LB Cody Barton on IR last week was a huge loss.\u00a0 He was playing 88% of the Defensive snaps and led the linebackers with 61 tackles thru 7 games.\u00a0 He was on a one-year contract and playing the most he had ever played in his career.\u00a0 David Mayo is filling in for Barton.\u00a0 He was a 2015 5th<\/sup> Round selection (#169) by Carolina.\u00a0 He played 4 years for Carolina.\u00a0 In 2019 he signed as a Free Agent with San Francisco but was cut in the final cutdowns.\u00a0 He played two years with the Giants before joining the Commanders in 2021.\u00a0 He has signed two one-year contracts with the Commanders.\u00a0 While playing against the Patriots for the Giants he had 13 tackles in that game.<\/p>\n

The secondary is led by SS Kamren Curl.\u00a0 He leads the team in tackles with 65.\u00a0 Emmanuel Forbes will forever be linked to the Patriots Christian Gonzalez because of where they were drafted.\u00a0 Washington took Forbes with the 16th<\/sup> pick, just ahead of the Patriots that took Gonzalez 17th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Gonzalez was completely outplaying Forbes through the 1st<\/sup> month when the injury bug hit, and Gonzalez was out for the season.\u00a0 Forbes has 1 INT and 20 Tackles through 7 games.\u00a0 According to Taylor Kyles of CLNS Media, \u201cThe stats say they\u2019re (Washington Secondary) hemorrhaging, allowing an NFL-high 18 receiving touchdowns and 32 catches of 20+ yards. Rookie corner Emmanuel Forbes has been the chief aggressor in a leaky group, with his aggressive style resulting in the league\u2019s highest explosive reception rate allowed (8.8%, min. 10 targets). Forbes serves as back up to Benjamin St.-Juste.\u00a0 For the season St.-Juste has 35 tackles.\u00a0 Free Safety Percy Butler is listed as questionable on Thursday\u2019s Injury Report. \u00a0If he can\u2019t go, then Terrell Burgess will take his place.\u00a0 The Washington secondary could be very thin.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSpecial Teams<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSTARTER<\/strong><\/td>\n2ND<\/strong><\/td>\n3RD<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PK<\/td>\nJoey Slye<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P<\/td>\nTress Way<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
H<\/td>\nTress Way<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PR<\/td>\nJamison Crowder<\/td>\nJahan Dotson<\/td>\nDax Milne IR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KR<\/td>\nAntonio Gibson<\/td>\nByron Pringle<\/td>\nDax Milne IR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LS<\/td>\nCamaron Cheeseman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Kicking game in Washington is suspect with Joey Slye just being average. He ranks 21st<\/sup> in the league for FG kicking.\u00a0 Tress Way is 5th<\/sup> in Punting.\u00a0 Patriots Bryce Baringer is 2nd<\/sup> but he has an incredible number of punts inside the 20.\u00a0 Half his punts have landed inside the 20.\u00a0 That is far above the nearest competitor.\u00a0 Jamison Crowder ranks 8th<\/sup> in Punt Return yardage.\u00a0 The Patriots Demario Douglas doesn\u2019t have the required number of punt returns to qualify for ranking.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Coming and Going<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kendrick Bourne was put on Injured Reserve and is out for the year with a Torn ACL.\u00a0 I would like to see the team sign him to a one-year contract so that he can rehab his knee and see if he can contribute next year.\u00a0 Depending upon his progress, that will determine if he can get another contract with the Patriots.<\/p>\n

His place on the roster was taken by rookie Defensive Back Alex Austin from Oregon State.\u00a0 He was 7th<\/sup> round selection in this year\u2019s draft by Buffalo.\u00a0 He was waived at the cutdown and claimed by Houston.\u00a0 He was inactive for two games and played three games for the Texans before he was waived.\u00a0 He cleared waivers and was signed to the Houston Practice Squad.\u00a0 \u00a0He spent two weeks on the PS and was waived on Wednesday 1 November.\u00a0 The Patriots wasted no time signing him on Thursday and he was at practice on Thursday.\u00a0 I am not sure they were actually awarded Austin on waivers!\u00a0 Austin is 6\u20191\u201d 196 lbs. and ran a 4.55 40-yard dash, with a 7.06 3-cone drill.\u00a0 He came out early for the draft.\u00a0 His attributes are that he supports the run very well.\u00a0 He has trouble on deep coverage and his back pedal needs work.<\/p>\n

Austin is very familiar with the Patriots and the \u201cPatriots Way\u201d.\u00a0 His \u201cUncle\u201d is Willie McGinest, and although not a blood relative, he is very close with McGinest having grown up in Long Beach.\u00a0 McGinest was the 1st<\/sup> person he called when he was notified, he was going to be a Patriot.\u00a0 He was also a teammate of Jack Jones in Pop Waner Youth Football and on the same High School team together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":48993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news"],"yoast_head":"\nMORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders | PatsFans.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PatsFans.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg?fit=1583%2C1055&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1583\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1055\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Morse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@patsfans\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@patsfans\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Morse\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db6ff3fd6d44db4d259b674785ea2167\"},\"headline\":\"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2208,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Patriots News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/\",\"name\":\"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg\",\"width\":1583,\"height\":1055,\"caption\":\"Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/03\\\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Patriots News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/patriots-news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"PatsFans.com\",\"description\":\"Patriots Blog with News and Analysis\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PatsFans.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/PF_Social_Logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/PF_Social_Logo.webp\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"PatsFans.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/patsfans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@patsfans.official\"],\"foundingDate\":\"2000-06-17\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db6ff3fd6d44db4d259b674785ea2167\",\"name\":\"Mark Morse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Morse\"},\"description\":\"Merrimack Valley native and lifelong fan of the New England Patriots. My earliest memories of the Patriots were attending as a child with my dad, the off-season practice at Phillips Academy. I was at the Patriots game at Harvard Stadium in 1970 where Bob \u201cHarpo\u201d Gladieux was called out of the stands by the stadium announcer over the PA to play in the game. Analyzing the draft since ESPN first started to televise it in 1980 and former writer for the Lowell Sun Newspaper.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/markmorse5\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders","description":"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders | PatsFans.com","og_description":"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/","og_site_name":"PatsFans.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans","article_published_time":"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1583,"height":1055,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg?fit=1583%2C1055&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Morse","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@patsfans","twitter_site":"@patsfans","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/"},"author":{"name":"Mark Morse","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff3fd6d44db4d259b674785ea2167"},"headline":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders","datePublished":"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/"},"wordCount":2208,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg","articleSection":["Patriots News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/","name":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-03T13:59:42+00:00","description":"Coming into this game I didn\u2019t know a lot about the 3-5 Washington Commanders team.\u00a0 All I knew was that QB Sam Howell is an up-and-coming QB; Washington had traded away both their young Defensive Ends, and according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Commanders are interested in trading for Bill Belichick.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg","width":1583,"height":1055,"caption":"Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/morse-week-9-preview-of-the-washington-commanders\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Patriots News","item":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/category\/patriots-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MORSE: Week 9 Preview of the Washington Commanders"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/","name":"PatsFans.com","description":"Patriots Blog with News and Analysis","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization","name":"PatsFans.com","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PF_Social_Logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PF_Social_Logo.webp","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"PatsFans.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans","https:\/\/x.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/patsfans\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@patsfans.official"],"foundingDate":"2000-06-17"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff3fd6d44db4d259b674785ea2167","name":"Mark Morse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/edac4d42d2c985795df98560d6b4a8771bc8502406d21e7a8ee977393412af3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Morse"},"description":"Merrimack Valley native and lifelong fan of the New England Patriots. My earliest memories of the Patriots were attending as a child with my dad, the off-season practice at Phillips Academy. I was at the Patriots game at Harvard Stadium in 1970 where Bob \u201cHarpo\u201d Gladieux was called out of the stands by the stadium announcer over the PA to play in the game. Analyzing the draft since ESPN first started to televise it in 1980 and former writer for the Lowell Sun Newspaper.","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/author\/markmorse5\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/USATSI_21711919_168390408_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49250,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49246\/revisions\/49250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}