How did Washington do with the 4 Keys to Victory against the 49ers?

Before Sunday’s game against the 49ers, I published, as I try to do each week, my Four Keys to the Game article.

This week, I identified the following four keys as being critical against the 49ers:

1. Run the ball successfully
2. Plan on Terry McLaurin seeing double coverage all game long
3. Shut down the 49ers run game
4. Win the turnover battle (+2)

Let’s take a quick look at these and see how the Football Team did.

No. 1 - Run the ball successfully

The idea here wasn’t that Washington would be able to dominate the impressive Niners defense on the ground, but that the run game would be “good enough” without Antonio Gibson.