I'm a Redskins fan, so today's loss is less of a surprise and more of business as usual. This is the fifth season opener loss in a row, a problem that's plagued the franchise and undercut the entire season over and over. Moreover, the various struggles were apparent in the preseason, to the point that it feels like the team has taken a few steps back.
I suspect it's going to be a long season up in Washington. It's only week 1, but none of the signs here are promising. Hopefully this is just an off week and things rebound against the Rams, but the specter of going 0-2 again looms heavily. Another 0-2 start likely means another lost season, striving but coming up empty handed because 0-2 is a tough lie to recover from.
As a side note, the strip-sack-fumble-touchdown play standing instead of being overturned was flat bad luck and a missed call in my opinion, though the Redskins did more than enough to lose this game without it, so eh.
Also Wentz looks solid and like he has a future in the league, in case last year wasn't enough for you. The Eagles weren't great today, but they were good enough to beat a team that self imploded.