The Washington Commanders, as everyone who follows the NFL knows, are under new ownership. The new ownership group didn't hire head coach Ron Rivera.
That didn't necessarily mean Rivera was already in trouble as the season started. He has a good reputation. He hadn't been great as Commanders coach through three seasons, but he wasn't horrible either.
This Commanders' season wasn't awful through four games, but Thursday night was embarrassing and it couldn't have made a good impression on Rivera's new bosses. The Commanders looked thoroughly unprepared to start Thursday night's game and were behind 27-3 by halftime to a Chicago Bears team that was 0-4 coming in.