In one of his press conferences prior to Thursday night’s game against the Eagles, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said there was “a lot more under the hood‘ on offense, as we discussed the team’s success on that side of the ball through the first ten weeks of the season.

Signs of that success were hard to find in the 26-18 loss to the Eagles. The Commanders gained only 264 yards in the game and much of that came on a late touchdown drive with the team already trailing by 16 points.

The performance came after the team racked up a career-low 242 yards in a 28-27 loss to the Steelers and quarterback Jayden Daniels was asked what has changed for the unit in recent weeks.

“For us? Man, we gotta execute,” Daniels said via a team transcript. “We have not yet performed as well as before in the first half of the season. So we have to go back and, as I said, look at ourselves in the mirror. How can we get better? How can we continue to improve? It’s a long season, so there will be ups and downs, but how can we fight through adversity?”

Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s time as head coach with the Cardinals was marked by offenses that broke out in the second half of the season and Washington will have some extra time before their next game to work on ways to ensure the same wins. It doesn’t happen to them.