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Commanders’ defense shines in season-opening win over Giants
The Commanders’ defense kept the Giants out of the endzone while quarterback Jayden Daniels delighted the home crowd with 233 passing yards and a touchdown in the 21-6 season-opening victory on Sunday.
LOVERRO: A win short on style but long on establishing the team’s hard-hitting identity
Dan Quinn saw it all Sunday in a hard-fought 21-6 win over the Commanders’ NFL East rivals, the Giants. In front of a legitimate sold-out crowd of 64,544 at Northwest Stadium, his team was sloppy, mistake-prone and often failed to execute. But he also saw the most important thing he was looking for — his team’s identity.