Commanders' Season 'No Cinderella Story' Says Benjamin St-Juste
The Washington Commanders were sitting at 2-0 after two gutsy wins to start the season welcomed Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills to FedEx Field.
Many were hoping that Ron Rivera's team could go toe-to-toe with the Bills, but it was evident early on that Washington wasn't in the same weight class.
The 37-3 obliteration was a humbling experience for a team that all through the offseason and the opening fortnight of the regular season, hadn't seen much adversity.
For Commanders cornerback Benjamin St-Juste, while the loss was poor, the focus now turns to making sure that kind of effort isn't repeated.
“It wasn’t going to be no Cinderella story where we go 17-0," St-Juste said. "But like we got an L today. Now we’re about see what kind of a team we are. Not just a small L; we got a big L today. So, it’s gonna be like, how can we bounce back from this? Can we recover? Can we fix the issue like we made today and not repeat it next week? You know, that’s what it is. People are going to try to exploit the mistakes we did this week, today, and then see if we fix it next week and that’s what we need to do.”
The Commanders were served an old-fashioned beatdown by Buffalo as it was 37-0 in the fourth before a Joey Slye Field Goal gave Washington its first points of the game.
Washington Commanders cornerback Benjamin St-Juste in action against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
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It was an all-round dirty day for the Commanders as Sam Howell threw four interceptions and was sacked nine times. The offense also only converted one of its nine third down attempts in what was a poor display.
But for St-Juste, he is looking at the result as glass half full and stated that he would rather take a loss like this now, rather than later in the year.
“I’d rather take an L, week three like this so I can learn from it than losing by that much week 16," St-Juste said. "Not when we’re trying to make the playoffs, you know. Get all the mistakes and all the stuff we did bad right now so we can fix it and move on with the season.”
There would have been some soul-searching in the Washington locker room after the beat down Buffalo heaped on them.
But luckily, the Commanders get a chance to show that what happened at FedEx Field was an outlier and show what this team stands for when they face division rivals the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 4.
