ANALYSIS/OPINION:
LANDOVER — Last month, after he led the Washington Redskins to a six-point win over the Carolina Panthers — their third win of the 2018 season, in a game where they took an early two-touchdown lead — I asked quarterback Alex Smith if the pattern they appeared to establish of winning games where they took a lead and losing games where they fell behind early, was a “thing.”
He bristled at the notion. “I didn’t know that it was a thing,” he said. “Every single week is a different challenge.