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The Commanders lost ground in the playoff race when they lost to the Giants 20-12 on Sunday night and quarterback Taylor Heinicke’s play in that game led to questions about his future as the team’s starter on Monday.<\/p>\n
Heinicke was 17-of-29 for 249 yards and a touchdown, but lost a pair of fumbles and Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux returned one of them for a touchdown. The other fumble came in Giants territory and head coach Ron Rivera said after the game that \u201cwe can’t do that\u201d while expecting to win games.<\/p>\n
No quarterback change is coming ahead of this week’s game against the 49ers, however. On Monday, Rivera said that the team will \u201cstick with Taylor and what we’re trying to establish\u201d on offense while adding that a failure to improve on Sunday’s performance will lead him to consider making a change back to Carson Wentz.<\/p>\n