Commanders head coach Dan Quinn thought his team needed to be better than the Chiefs on fourth downs to win on Monday night. They weren’t, and they didn’t.

Both teams went for it on fourth down twice, with the Commanders coming up short both times and the Chiefs converting both times. Quinn cited that after the game as one of the key reasons the Commanders lost 28-7.

“Going in to this game, we were going to be bolder on fourth,” Quinn said. “This is a game you’ve got to live on the edge. If you’re going to come here and get a win it’s not going to be with a bunch of field goals.”

On both of the Commanders’ fourth down attempts, they called passes. Marcus Mariota threw incomplete on one and got a five-yard gain on fourth-and-6 on the other. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pa

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