Magic Johnson critiques Commanders after loss

Following their loss, Magic Johnson criticizes the Commanders.

Following a 20-point defeat to the Chicago Bears on Thursday night, Magic Johnson, a limited partner with the Washington Commanders, harshly criticized his new team.

Johnson tweeted that “the Commanders played with no intensity or fire” after the Commanders’ 40-20 loss to the Bears, who had previously gone winless.
In the opening period, we were not competitive.
dot. We lost because it was impossible for us to climb out of the hole.
“.

Twenty limited partners, including Josh Harris, the new owner, attended the game, including Johnson.
Through participating in charitable activities and attending games, Johnson has been a prominent member of the franchise.

However, this was his new team’s first tweet in which he was critical.
The players agreed with his evaluation without objecting.
Washington, after all, trailed 27-3 at the break.

Terry McLaurin, a receiver for the Washington Redskins, said: “I’d probably say that’s pretty fair.

Defense end Montez Sweat responded, “Definitely.”.
“We failed to make an impression.
“.

On each of their five first-half possessions, the Bears scored, frequently as a result of missed tackles or poor secondary coverage. A defense that had two sacks at the beginning had four.
Additionally, an offense that gained 451 yards per game after averaging 298 in the first four games.

Jonathan Allen, a defensive tackle for Washington, remarked, “We got our ass kicked.”.

In a nutshell, Washington coach Ron Rivera told his team after the game, “That’s not good enough.
I can’t repeat what I said.
“.

In light of this, nobody in the locker room was about to disagree with what Johnson tweeted.
Some, however, claimed that there were additional factors.

Left tackle Charles Leno Jr. of Washington said, “I mean, that’s perception when you’re down that quick, it looks like that. said.
“I won’t say that the players lacked urgency or intensity before the game.
We needed to react when their defense scored seven points in the first half, so I’d say there was a lack of offensive execution.
“.

The Commanders’ intentions, according to McLaurin, were obviously not to begin in that manner. However, he asserted that motives are irrelevant.

What you put on the field is what matters, McLaurin said.
“I know we don’t have a bunch of slackers, and I know we don’t have a bunch of guys who aren’t intense.
It’s not representative of who we are, but that’s how it appears.
Then, we recorded it.
I believe Johnson made a fairly accurate assessment there.
“.

Both teams had just suffered heartbreaking defeats: Washington had lost in overtime at Philadelphia, while Chicago had let a 21-point lead slip away to Denver at home. But while both teams were on the road on a short week, one was 2-2 and playing at home.

Sweat said, “I don’t know if we thought they was about to give us the game.
“But they were starving. They came out firing more than we did.
“.

After other games, Johnson has been kind to the Commanders. He praised their performance against Philadelphia, expressing his pride and his wish that it would become “part of our DNA” throughout the entire season.
He tweeted about how thrilling it was to watch the rally in person following a comeback victory in Denver.

On Thursday, he chose a different message, which was echoed in the locker room.

When you don’t get off to a quick start, McLaurin explained, “a team that’s hungry like that, fighting for every play, every yard, and they’re capitalizing, that’s what can happen.”. The record wasn’t really significant.
That’s what will happen to you because you didn’t come here to play.
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