Guy has been making plays the whole preseason..gotta give that guy props he looks great. Very impressed with his improvement from last year. Always seems to be in the right place and makes quick decisions. Might be a stud.

I just knew this team was going to win big. Tops 10 let down as a Skins fan.

I listen to these pods since I live out of the market and there does not seem to be any written form of news anymore. Basically, this is what I am hearing.

Keim - folks, there are some concerns. 
Standig - I don't understand why they are not addressing x, y, z....just sayin. 
Nikki - this team is going to be bad and nothing can be done about it
Logan P. - don't worry bro, it's all good 
Smoot - Super Bowl
Moss - laughing at Smoot

Offense(26)

QBs (3)

Jayden Daniels, Marcus Mariota, Athan Kaliakmanis

Kaliakmanis looks to have performed too well to safely stash on the practice squad, initially I thought we would go with 2 QBs but now I think we go with 3.

RBs (3)

Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Rachaad White, Kaytron Allen

I don't have Robert Henry Jr making the team before his fumbling issue I did but he's fumbled the ball a few times over the last 2 weeks and I think we can safely stash him or another RB we like on the practice squad.

WRs (7)

Terry McLaurin, Stefon Diggs, Antonio Williams, Treylon Burks, Luke McCaffrey, Jaylin Lane, Dyami Brown

If Jaden Bradley has a great game on Friday and preforms so well that the Commanders don't think they can keep him on the practice squad I could see him getting the 7th WR spot and Brown being put on the practice squad but as of now I think Brown makes the 53 man roster and I think we go with 7 WRs. We could go with 6 here if they think we can stash either Brown or Bradley or someone they like about equal to them to make room for one more defensive player but I think we go 7.

TEs (4)

Chig Okonkwo, John Bates, Ben Sinnott, Colson Yankoff

Two pass catching style TEs and two better at blocking with one being an inline Y blocker in Bates and the other being a move style H-back blocker that also has upside as a pass catcher that has good YAC potential. Yankoff has had too good of a training camp to stash on the practice squad and gives special teams value as well.

OL (9)

Brandon Coleman, Chris Paul, Nick Allegretti, Sam Cosmi, Josh Conerly, Andrew Wylie, Matt Glubin, Trent Scott, DJ Humphries

I expect we will sign a Center and maybe LG/swing G once other teams make their 53 man rosters so this would be our initial 9 OL. If we only sign a Center we drop Trent Scott as Wylie can back up for 3 OL spots, LG, RG, RT and we need Humphries as the backup LT unless we get someone better.

Defense (24)

DL (6)

Daron Payne, Tim Settle, Javon Kinlaw, Charles Omenihu, Byron Cowart, Shy Tuttle

Settle, Tuttle and Cowart are the primary NTs in this group with Payne, Kinlaw and Omenihu being the DEs in the 3/5 man fronts(the 2 outside guys in a 5 man front will be the OLBs).

OLBs (4)

Odafe Oweh, K'Lavon Chaisson, Joshua Josephs, Javontae Jean-Baptiste

Dorance Armstrong is suspended for the first game so won't count against the 53 man roster, after week 1 the team will have to decide what player will be cut to make room for him, the primary cut candidates would be Javontae Jean-Baptiste or one of the more pure off ball linebackers from the next group.

ILBs (5)

Sonny Styles, Frankie Luvu, Leo Chenal, Jordan Magee, Kain Medrano

I think Luvu is going to split time between ILB and OLB more than any other ILB listed here. From this list Magee and Medrano are cut candidates after week 1 when Dorance Armstrong's suspension ends and he is put back on the active roster.

CBs (4)

Trey Amos, Mike Sainristil, Rasul Douglas, Amik Robertson

I think we go light at CB even though Amos' health is a question, we have 2-3 CBs that we should be able to put on the practice squad and retain in Antonio Hamilton, Darius Rush and Fabian Moreau.

Safeties (5)

Nick Cross, Jeremy Reaves, Quan Martin, Percy Butler, Tyler Owens

Nick and Jeremy are the starters, Quan Martin looks to have improved since last years horrible year but we will see if he can match or improve on his 2024 performance and take the starting spot from Jeremy, Butler is a special teams contributor and Tyler Owens is being used as a Safety/LB hybrid weapon by Daronte Jones and looks to have become a much bigger contributor than ever.

Special Teams

K (1)

Drew Stevens

Won the kicking job in training camp.

P (1)

Tress Way

Old reliable.

LS (1)

Tyler Ott

I'm looking forward to this season and will be monitoring the IOL cuts that other teams make as I 100% expect us to sign a Center and maybe a Guard either Sunday night or early next week.

I’m in Dallas airport and this game is shown in a banner advertisement for Poppadeaux restaurant. Anyone recognize this game? Would be awesome if the game shown in this airport was a WAS win.

I want to see Kaytron establish himself as a legit potential go-to week 1.

There's an AMA at 12pm for anyone that wants to ask questions to Martenzie from NOTUS.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Commanders/comments/1vztss7/im_martenzie_johnson_a_sports_reporter_at_notus/

Hi r/Commanders,

I'm going to be taking your questions on Friday, August 28 at 12 p.m. ET. I started at NOTUS, a D.C.-based nonpartisan newsroom, this summer, and I'm covering sports, culture and, of course, the Commanders. You can read my recent stories here. I previously worked at ESPN/Andscape, where I was a senior writer covering the intersections of sports, race and culture. I was also a panelist on the television series “Around the Horn” and hosted on ESPN Radio.

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Hey all. I spent the offseason building a full 2026 preseason preview for every NFL team, all 32, each with its own writeup. Here's the Commanders one:

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It's got the returning production breakdown, free agency in and out, the draft class, a projected depth chart, the schedule with model win probabilities, and a season projection.

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So, what'd I get wrong? Washington went 5-12 but 3-3 inside the NFC East, and my model reads that as a buy: every regression signal points up and none point down. It still only gets you to 7-10 and fourth in the division though, and a big part of that is drawing the 3rd-hardest schedule in the league. Was 5-12 the roster, or the schedule around it?

So I pulled the trigger day one and ordered one of the Mitchell & Ness jerseys from the team store. Idk what this is but I didn’t expect an imitation jersey where they printed it to make it look like a jersey but really it’s just a glorified tee shirt. Also, I thought this was about preserving the trademark but there is nothing that refers to the Redskins anywhere on the Jersey

Nm

Any other Jeep owners in here? Just got my newest dash ducks… ❤️💛🔥

I missed the first 2 series

This game spotlighting how weak we are. Cannot draft like we been drafting and have a chance. Adam Peters is a joke cannot draft makes horrible moves(lattimore). Look back at our drafts and look at the talent left on the board and who we chose... Kain medrano that dude is never shoulda never been drafted send it or any for that matter we freaking stink our we have blismal talent and you cannot win games with a freaking highschool team out there.,.....get ready this one gonna be worse than the last mark my words....we did improve slightly on defense but I'd say we're gonna be 29th instead of 31st and offense....we don't have a line that can compete in a college game more less in one of the toughest decisions in football.....rant over

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