Week 6 of the 2022 NFL season kicks off tonight with two teams looking for a much-needed win. The Washington Commanders will take on the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field for the Week 6 edition of Thursday Night Football. The game will kick off at 8:15 p.m. ET and stream on Prime Video. The pregame show will kick off at 7 p.m. ET, and fans can also stream the game on NFL+ via smartphone or tablet.
Washington(1-4) has lost its last four games after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars in the season opener. In the last three games, the Commanders have scored a total of 35 points, and quarterback Carson Wentz has struggled to get anything going, throwing three touchdowns and three interceptions with a 75.9 passer rating. Head coach Ron Rivera caused some controversy when he said that the “quarterback” was the reason the team is 1-4. But he cleared everything up and apologized to Wentz for the comment.
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“Coach addressed it, handled it, nothing for me that I’m overly concerned about,” Wentz said, per ESPN. “Coach is a very straightforward, upfront guy. He addressed it in the team meeting, which I thought was really cool, in what he meant by it all. I feel very confident in that.”
Chicago (2-3) has lost its last two games by a touchdown. And like Washington, the quarterback position has been an issue as Justin Fields has completed just 56% of his passes and thrown for three touchdowns, four interceptions and has a 73.1 passer rating. But despite the stats, Fields seems to be taking a step in the right direction as he’s keeping the Bears in games and in the hunt for the NFC North.
“I thought he did a really nice job in that game in the sense of he kept his composure,” offensive coordinator Luke Getsy said, per the Bears’ official website. “They got off to a big lead, he kept the team together, he did a really [good] job of hunting completions for us. Then, he had three or four unbelievable escapes that were ridiculous. I thought he did a pretty good job. Again, we’re getting a little bit better each week and that’s truly our purpose, that’s our goal.”
