The Washington Commanders were one of the best stories in the NFL on their incredible run to the NFC Championship Game last season, but the start to their 2025 campaign was far below a feel-good story.

The Commanders got their preseason slate underway on Friday night against the New England Patriots , and it was ugly. The Pats took advantage of a game where the Commanders didn't play a lot of their top players, running away with a dominant 48-18 win in Foxborough.

Expectations couldn't have been high among fans for this game without Jayden Daniels and the rest of the regulars from the nation's capital, but head coach Dan Quinn still was not happy at all with his team's performance, and he let them hear it in the press conference afterward via Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic.

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