Commanders' playoff strength became glaring weakness in NFC Championship loss

The Washington Commanders picked an unfortunate time to play one of their sloppiest games of the season. The resulting 55-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ended what had been a spectacular run to the NFC Championship. Going into Philadelphia to play a team that had only lost once since the end of September was always going to be a tall order. Playing without the Commanders' best offensive and defensive lineman made it all the more challenging. The only legitimate chance the Commanders had was to have Jayden Daniels outplay Jalen Hurts by a wide margin. Washington was the only team to have defeated the Eagles after Week 4 largely because the rookie signal-caller was far better than Philadelphia's backup Kenny Pickett. As it turned out, Daniels played well. Unfortunately, so did Hurts. There's every likelihood that the Eagles would have won this game even if Washington played well. The fact that the Commanders played poorly resulted in a blowout. The biggest culprit was turnovers. That's typically the differ