Overreactions after Week 4 of NFL season: Commanders best in NFC East? Deshaun Watson benched?

Another Sunday afternoon in the NFL has passed with more surprising results. The Washington Commanders sit alone in firts place in the NFC West while the Minnesota Vikings are 4-0 and run the NFC North. 

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Kansas City Chiefs lead the AFC West by two games and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still in control of the NFC South. The San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans also righted the ship this week after poor losses last week.

With an interesting slate of Week 4 games, here are the overreactions from the Sunday afternoon matchups. Which ones are overreactions and which are reality? 

Commanders are going to win the NFC East

Overreaction or reality: Overreaction

The Commanders even being in the conversation through four games is impressive, especially since they have a first-year head coach in Dan Quinn and a rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels. Washington continues to get excellent quarterback play out of Daniels, who has led the offense to consecutive games scoring 38+ points (first time since 1991). The Commanders are also the only team with multiple games of 200+ rushing yards this season, a transformative offense with Kliff Kingsbury. 

While Washington may not be the most complete team, they do lead the NFC East after four weeks with a 3-1 record. The Commanders are going to be a problem in the NFC East, but we’ll have to wait and see what they do against Philadelphia and Dallas. The rebuild is going faster than anticipated. 

Bears made a mistake taking Caleb Williams over Jayden Daniels

Overreaction or reality: Reality

Daniels is miles ahead of Williams right now in the battle of top two picks, as he continues to make history with each passing start. Daniels has the highest completion percentage in a four-game span (82.1%) and highest completion percentage in a two-game span (88.7%) since the merger (82.1%). He’s also the only…

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Author : Jeff Kerr

Publish date : 2024-09-30 02:07:37

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