ASHBURN, Va. — In some ways, it hasn’t been that long since the Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles last saw each other.
In Week 16 of this season, the Commanders were able to pull off a three-point victory in Northwest Stadium that gave them their 10th win of the year and a crucial demonstration that not only could they hang with the best in the league, but they could beat them.
Four weeks have spanned since then, and according to head coach Dan Quinn, his Washington squad has improved drastically in that stretch.
“I thought our team, over the last maybe six weeks, we’ve gotten better on the field, but we’ve also gotten better in between our ears,” Quinn said. “We’re more resilient, we have more belief, we’re mentally tougher than we’ve ever been.”…