The Washington Commanders fell to the New England Patriots in their first preseason game of the year, 48-18. Here are five takeaways from the evening.

1. It was sloppy.

Head coach Dan Quinn was not happy during his postgame press conference. The final score was obviously unpleasant, but he was more upset that his players could not reach the high standard the franchise had set for itself.

"I thought it was sloppy tonight," Quinn said.

The Commanders had 15 penalties -- more than double their average last season -- which gave the Patriots 98 free yards, and culprits for the mistakes were among all three units. There was a facemask penalty from the defense that tacked on another 15 yards to a TreVeon Henderson run; a holding call brought back a 16-yard reception by Jacory Croskey-Merritt;

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