{"id":295345,"date":"2023-10-06T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T12:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295345"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T12:54:37","slug":"commanders-hc-ron-rivera-says-change-has-to-start-at-the-top-after-loss-to-bears-its-not-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/commanders-hc-ron-rivera-says-change-has-to-start-at-the-top-after-loss-to-bears-its-not-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders HC Ron Rivera says change has to start 'at the top' after loss to Bears: 'It's not good enough'"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Commanders got blown out of their building Thursday night, getting walloped 40-20 by the previously winless Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n

“It’s not good enough,” head coach Ron Rivera said after the loss, per the official transcript. “It starts with me and we’re going to go back and look at a lot of things and we’re going to get some things corrected and we’ll go out and we’ll play football.”<\/p>\n

Everything went wrong for Washington on Thursday. The offense couldn’t get going early, with the club getting down 17-0 before the Commanders generated their first first down. Sam Howell tossed an interception, and Logan Thomas fumbled. The defense got eaten alive by D.J. Moore and Justin Fields, allowing 451 total yards. And for good measure, the special teams got in on the action with a Joey Slye missed field goal just as Washington threatened to make it a game in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to watch the tape, we’ll look at what we need to do better. It starts at the top,” Rivera said. “We’ve got to be better and that part is on me. Then we got to make sure we’re put in a position to be successful.”<\/p>\n

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