Injuries and defeats spoil Commanders start to season

State of play: With a 3-4 record, the Commanders dropped to third in the NFC East after the Cowboys extended their losing streak to two games.

• Daniels limped off the field with a hamstring injury in the third quarter — devastating for fans. An MRI is pending on Monday.
• Already, the squad has been without wide receiver Terry McLaurin, who missed his fourth straight game due to a right quad injury. Plus: Deebo Samuel and Noah Brown have also been out.

Between the lines: Mayor Muriel Bowser toured AT&T Stadium (80,000 seats, retractable roof, built in 2009) as architects begin working on the RFK Stadium project.

What's ahead: Now begins the hard part. The Commanders go to Kansas City next Monday to play the Chiefs. Fun fact: They would have played each other in the Super Bowl last year if the Commanders had won one more game — that's how good Washington was.

• Then it's the Seahawks and Lions at home. A special pre-Thanksgiving game against the Miami Dolphins will be held in Madrid, the last of seven NFL games played abroad this season.

• December will be a grind, with divisional face-offs to solidify a playoff spot.

Soul searching starts this week: "To have a performance like that, I think that's fair, to dig in to say: 'All right, what are the things that need to be different?'" coach Dan Quinn reflected after the loss to the Cowboys, per the Washington Post. "'And what are the things that [we] need to continue to improve upon?' In eight days, we play again. And it has to be better, man."