Washington Commanders coach Ron Rivera raised eyebrows on Sunday with a puzzling reply to a query concerning the crew’s playoff eventualities following a loss to the Cleveland Browns.
For the Commanders to make the playoffs on Sunday, the crew wanted to beat the Browns, get a Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions to lose and the Inexperienced Bay Packers to lose or tie. However they didn’t maintain up their finish of the discount and by the top of the day have been going through elimination.
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Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera speaks with an official within the first half of an NFL soccer recreation in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Rivera recommended in his postgame press convention that he wasn’t conscious of the specter of being eradicated from playoff competition earlier than the sport. He made the swap to go together with Carson Wentz because the beginning quarterback over Taylor Heinicke. Washington misplaced 24-10.
He was requested concerning the quarterback technique for Week 18 if Washington was eradicated.
“We could be eradicated?” Rivera requested after pausing for a number of moments.
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In response to ESPN, Rivera later stated he was annoyed by the query and didn’t have any technique for them dropping as a result of he didn’t suppose the crew would.
Carson Wentz #11 of the Washington Commanders throws a move in opposition to the Cleveland Browns throughout the first half of the sport at FedExField on January 01, 2023 in Landover, Maryland.
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By Sunday afternoon’s finish, all of the groups that the Commanders wanted to lose gained and introduced their possibilities of making the postseason right down to zero.
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Washington misplaced two out of their final three video games with a tie in opposition to the New York Giants in Week 13 their solely plus on their latest docket.
