The Washington Commanders and Los Angeles Rams played a hard-fought game. Heading into the fourth quarter, the game was tied until Rams All-Pro receiver Puka Nacua made one of the best catches of the season against Commanders cornerback Trey Amos.

“You know, he was going to earn it. Great player, great catch,” Amos said, reacting to Nacua’s touchdown. “But you gotta fight through, growl with that. But, great catch, cool as hell. You gotta have better technique, eyes, all those things.”

That ended up being the game-winning touchdown as it gave Los Angeles a 20-13 lead with 12:51 left in the game. The Rams had to punt on their next two drives, and the Commanders offense had a chance at the end to give Washington their third win of the season, which would have helped them keep pace in the NFC East.

It started out promising with a 42-yard pass to Stefon Diggs. In fact, Washington got all the way down to the Rams’ 31-yard line, easily putting them in hail mary range. But instead, the Commanders opted for a lateral, which failed and led to Washington’s fifth loss of the year.

The Commanders did enough to win this game. Amos had textbook coverage on Nacua when he caught the touchdown, and Washington’s offense got the ball back multiple times after that with a chance to score, but they did not take advantage of those opportunities. They’ll look to clean things up offensively on a short turnaround when they face the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football in a pivotal division matchup.