In Week 2, the Lions climbed all over the Commanders with a 22-0 halftime lead. Week 3 looked, in many ways, like a replay of that disaster, with the Eagles jumping out to a 24-0 halftime lead at FedEx Field.
The story of the first half was mainly the dominance of the Eagles defensive front, which sacked Carson Wentz 4 times in the 1st quarter, and 6 times in the first half. Aside from a few successful runs, not much went right for the Commanders offense. While Washington had 12 rushes for 66 yards, Wentz had just 3 completions to go with his 6 sacks and lost fumble.