With the Washington Commanders sweeping the New York Giants for the season on Sunday, the team is now 7-2 for the first time since 1996. In 1996, the team started 7-1 (then 7-2), before ultimately finishing 9-7 and missing the playoffs under head coach Norv Turner. Below we will look at four more fun facts (and a bonus fact) about this season so far.
Washington went 2 for 2 on 4th down in Sunday’s game against the Giants, bringing their total to 11 for 11 on the season. It’s the first time Washington has done this since the statistic started being tracked in 1980, per Elias Sports Bureau.
Wide receiver Terry McLaurin had the fourth multi-touchdown game of his career on Sunday and his six touchdowns this year are the most he has had in a single season since his rookie year in 2019. He now has 31 career touchdowns, making him the 10th player in franchise history to reach 30 career touchdowns with the team.
Dante Fowler Jr. now has 6.5 sacks on the season and 50 career sacks. He also forced the 14th fumble of his NFL career on Sunday. He was the third overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2015 NFL Draft and his best season came in 2019 for the Rams, when he has 11.5 fumbles and 16 tackles for loss to go along with two forced fumbles.
Jayden Daniels is one of five quarterbacks this season to complete a pass that traveled over 60 yards in the air (last week’s Hail Mary). He joined Patrick Mahomes, Jordan Love, Aaron Rodgers, and Anthony Richardson as the only quarterbacks to accomplish that feat this season.
Bonus fact: Vegas oddsmakers had the Commanders win total at 6.5 games. This means someone would bet on the team having more or less than 6.5 wins at even odds. Washington became the first team in the NFL this season to surpass their Vegas odds win total, having won seven games just nine weeks in.
The Commanders play the 6-2 Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday as they strive to move closer to double digit wins for the first time since 2012, when they went 10-6 under Mike Shanahan during Robert Griffin III’s rookie season. The team also won 10 games in 2005 during Joe Gibbs’ second run with the team and in 1999 under Norv Turner.