Some attention-grabbing Commanders stats after 3 video games

That is only a assortment of statistics that caught my eye for one cause or one other as I perused the NFL stats sheets after three weeks.

KICKING

• So far as I can inform, Joey Slye is the one NFL kicker who has not tried a area objective via three weeks. He really lined up for a area objective towards the Eagles (and kicked it via the uprights), nevertheless, an pointless roughness penalty towards Philly erased the play and Washington took the three factors off the board in return for the primary down. That drive was stopped on the shovel cross to Logan Thomas on the 1-yard line on 4th & objective that was adopted by a defensive security on the following play from scrimmage.

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RECEIVING

• Terry McLaurin, after posting a 102-yard sport towards Philadelphia, has moved up within the receiver rankings. He’s now ranked fifteenth general (14th amongst huge receivers) in whole yards, at 235. For those who extrapolate that over 17 video games, the result’s 1,332 yards. Terry’s yardage manufacturing has elevated every sport. He put up 58 vs the Jags, 75 towards the Lions, and 102 vs the Eagles.

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• Nonetheless on Terry, the Captain is third within the NFL in yards per receptions at 19.6. There have been expectations that Terry would enhance his yards per reception with Wentz as his QB, and they’re being realized. After averaging 29 yards per reception as a rookie, Terry’s common dropped to 17.0 in 2021.
• McLaurin has receptions of 35 yards (Lions), 45 yards (Eagles), and 49 yards (Jags), that are the forty first, twenty ninth, and twenty second longest receptions within the league in 2022.
• After just about getting blanked towards Philly (2 catches for 10 yards) Jahan Dotson remains to be tied for the 2nd in TD catches with 3. Solely Stephon Diggs has 4, main all different NFL cross catchers.
• Curtis Samuel continues to shine in YAC. His yards after catch variety of 103 yards is sixteenth finest within the NFL.
• Curtis and Terry are each transferring the chains; they’re ranked twenty fifth & twenty ninth in first down catches with 10 and 9 first down catches, respectively. Cooper Kupp and Ja’Marr Chase lead the league with 17 every.

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RUSHING

• Antonio Gibson is tied for 14th within the league in dashing makes an attempt with 40, however is simply thirtieth within the league in yards resulting from his common of simply 3.1 yards per carry. His 10-yard loss in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles put a dent in his numbers.

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• Talking of yards per carry, nobody on the Commanders cracks the top-40 on this metric; hopefully Brian Robinson will be capable to change that when he returns to well being and enters the lineup.
• Curtis Samuel has the longest dashing acquire on the crew, at 21 yards. We merely haven’t gotten a lot explosion within the dashing assault via three weeks.
• We have now gotten touchdowns. Gibson is tied for #6 within the league with 2 dashing TDs via 3 weeks. Jamaal Williams and Nick Chubb are tied for 1st place with 4. Jalen Hurts is the one non-RB forward of Gibson, he has 3 dashing TDs.
• Gibson has achieved a good job transferring the chains; he’s ranked nineteenth in first downs, at 9.

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PASSING

• Carson Wentz continues to be extremely ranked in statistical measures, even after a reasonably underwhelming sport towards the Eagles. His rankings:

-4th in makes an attempt (130)

-Fifth in completions (82)

-Fifth in passing TDs (7) [Lamar Jackson is #1 with 10]

-Sixth in yards (861)

-Twentieth in Comp% (63.1)

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Wentz has additionally been sacked extra occasions (15) than some other quarterback apart from Joe Burrow (additionally 15). Matt Ryan is third, with 12 sacks. Wentz and Ryan lead the league in sack yards misplaced, with 95 & 88 respectively.

Wentz is thirteenth in passer ranking (90.6) and twenty fourth in QBR (40.0).

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TACKLING

• Cole Holcomb is twenty first within the league in whole tackles (24), however Darrick Forrest leads the crew in Solo Tackles with 15.
• After his 2-sack efficiency towards the Eagles, Jamin Davis is tied for eighth within the league in sacks with 3; Alex Highsmith is ranked #1 with 4.5. Daron Payne is 2nd on the crew with 2 sacks.
• Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne lead the crew in tackles for loss, with 3 every.
• Kendall Fuller and Ben St-Juste are tied for 4th within the NFL in passes defended, with 4 every.

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KICK & PUNT RETURNS

• Curiously, Dax Milne leads the league in kickoff return yards, in all probability as a result of he additionally leads the league in kickoff returns (a lot of them poorly judged). He’s one in every of solely 2 gamers with 9 returns, and one in every of solely 4 gamers to return greater than 6 kickoffs in 3 weeks. Milne’s common yards per return appears respectable at #10, however with out the context of the place on the sector the return began, it’s exhausting to guage this metric.

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• Extra encouraging is Dax Milne’s #9 rating for punt return common (11.0 yards per punt return), which signifies some talent and judgement. Milne additionally has the twelfth longest punt return of the younger season (19 yards). He’s additionally Fifth within the league in truthful catches, with 5.

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PENALTIES

• As a crew, Washington has the third fewest penalties within the league, with simply 12 yellow flags. Solely the Ravens and Vikings have had fewer.
• Washington is eighth within the “good” sort of penalties — these known as on the opposite crew — with 19 flags thrown towards the opposition. The differential of seven penalty flags is 4th finest within the NFL.

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• Washington has had the 2nd fewest pre-snap penalties (3). Solely the Jets have had fewer.
• Curiously, 10 of Washington’s penalties have been known as of their two dwelling video games; solely 2 have been known as towards the crew of their highway sport in Detroit.