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***OFFICIAL*** Washington Commanders Thread (2 Viewers)

Terry McLaurin will not play in Week 11, will travel to Spain

Head coach Dan Quinn said at his Monday press conference that McLaurin will travel with the team to Spain, but has been ruled out of the team’s Week 11 game against the Dolphins. McLaurin returned in Week 8 after missing four games with a quad injury, but left after aggravating it and has missed the last two games. The Commanders have a bye in Week 12, so the hope is likely that McLaurin will be ready to play in the final six weeks of the regular season.
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Quarterback Jayden Daniels will also be out with a dislocated left elbow and he will not be making the trip with the team later this week.
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Daron Payne’s suspension was upheld on appeal

Commanders sign DL DeMarcus Walker to practice squad
The agents for DeMarcus Walker announced that their client has agreed to a deal with Washington. According to multiple reports, Walker is joining the team’s practice squad. Per those reports, Walker is in Spain with the Commanders so he could be elevated to play against the Dolphins in Madrid on Sunday. The Commanders are down a lineman after Daron Payne was suspended for one game for punching Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown.

Walker was a Broncos second-round pick in 2017. He started 17 games for the Bears last season and had 47 tackles and 3.5 sacks for Chicago.
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AdamSchefter
Commanders WR Treylon Burks underwent surgery today on his finger. It is not expected to be a long-term issue, but it is enough to knock him out for Sunday.
 
Terry McLaurin will begin on-field rehab work this week

Head coach Dan Quinn said that McLaurin will begin doing on-field rehab work in Madrid this week. McLaurin has missed six games with a quad injury already this season, including the last two contests. The Commanders have a bye week, so McLaurin could be back for their next game in Week 13 if all goes well.
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Quinn also said that the team expects running back Chris Rodriguez to play against the Dolphins after injuring his shoulder last week. Safety Will Harris will also return to practice and open his 21-day return window from injured reserve.
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Breaking down the Commanders' defensive numbers: they're ugly

Here are some rankings for where Washington's defense stands in the NFL through Week 10.

  • Points Allowed 280 (31). Only the Bengals have allowed more points (300) than the Commanders in 2025.
  • Yards Allowed 3,946 (32). The Commanders are dead last here, giving up the most yards in the NFL.
  • Yards Per Play (31). The Commanders and the Bengals are tied for last, both giving up 6.4 yards per play.
  • Takeaways 6. Three teams (Commanders, Giants, Packers) are tied for next to lowest with only 6 takeaways.
  • First Downs Allowed (30). The Commanders and Bengals are next to last. Only the Giants have given up more.
  • Passing Yards Allowed (32). Dead last here; they can't pressure a quarterback nor cover receivers.
  • Passing Touchdowns Allowed (31). The Bengals have surrendered one more.
  • Net Yards Surrendered per Pass Attempt (32). The Commanders are last here allowing 7.9 per attempt.
  • First Downs Surrendered Passing (32). No one has surrendered as much.
  • Rushing Yards Allowed (29) At least here, three defenses are worse.
  • Rushing Yards per Attempt (22).
  • Defensive Penalty Yards (29)
  • Percentage of Drives ending in offensive score (30): 49 percent of drives the Commanders are giving up points.
 
Miami will try to continue their rise from the ashes this season and go for their 3rd win in the last 4 games this weekend in Germany
Joe Rose does color commentary in the local radio booth for every Miami Dolphins game going back for quite a long time now and he fully expects Miami to win
I'm just sharing the local vibe which doesn't mean a thing once the ball is up in the air

Good luck this weekend, Miami doesn't seem to want to roll over just yet but we've seen this feel good story before and suddenly the rug gets pulled out
Cheers!
 
fatness said:
Breaking down the Commanders' defensive numbers: they're ugly

Here are some rankings for where Washington's defense stands in the NFL through Week 10.

  • Points Allowed 280 (31). Only the Bengals have allowed more points (300) than the Commanders in 2025.
  • Yards Allowed 3,946 (32). The Commanders are dead last here, giving up the most yards in the NFL.
  • Yards Per Play (31). The Commanders and the Bengals are tied for last, both giving up 6.4 yards per play.
  • Takeaways 6. Three teams (Commanders, Giants, Packers) are tied for next to lowest with only 6 takeaways.
  • First Downs Allowed (30). The Commanders and Bengals are next to last. Only the Giants have given up more.
  • Passing Yards Allowed (32). Dead last here; they can't pressure a quarterback nor cover receivers.
  • Passing Touchdowns Allowed (31). The Bengals have surrendered one more.
  • Net Yards Surrendered per Pass Attempt (32). The Commanders are last here allowing 7.9 per attempt.
  • First Downs Surrendered Passing (32). No one has surrendered as much.
  • Rushing Yards Allowed (29) At least here, three defenses are worse.
  • Rushing Yards per Attempt (22).
  • Defensive Penalty Yards (29)
  • Percentage of Drives ending in offensive score (30): 49 percent of drives the Commanders are giving up points.
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The good news is . . . it can't get much worse.
 
3-8
"Not very good! But there was some worse 'un us. I guess that's one positive way to look at it, we weren't the worst team in the league".
Remember that?

Anyway, Matt Gay was cut, so we'll have a new worse kicker soon.
 
fatness said:
3-8
"Not very good! But there was some worse 'un us. I guess that's one positive way to look at it, we weren't the worst team in the league".
Remember that?

Anyway, Matt Gay was cut, so we'll have a new worse kicker soon.
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Jake Moody. Kind of sad to see the Bears lose him. He has 10 yards extra range than Santos.
 
It seems pretty clear that Whitt was an issuefor this defense. Not that Miami and Denver are great offenses, but much better defensive performances the last two games. I’m confident they would have both looked like top 5 offenses if Quinn hadn’t taken over. It’s nice that they are watchable again.

Looking forward to getting Daniel’s back and seeing him get back to what we hope he can be.
 
dgreen said:
It seems pretty clear that Whitt was an issuefor this defense. Not that Miami and Denver are great offenses, but much better defensive performances the last two games. I’m confident they would have both looked like top 5 offenses if Quinn hadn’t taken over. It’s nice that they are watchable again.

Looking forward to getting Daniel’s back and seeing him get back to what we hope he can be.
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Agree with you on all of that. But man oh man do they have to upgrade their defensive personnel.
 
I would love every game to be like last night...see signs of life and fight, but the loss helps us get a better draft pick. :shrug:
 
Dan Quinn might remain Commanders' defensive playcaller in '26

It would represent a slight change of thinking for a coach who came to Washington saying he wanted to delegate to his assistants more than he had in the past.
"I'm finding a rhythm, so I'm not sure where I'm at on that yet," Quinn said. "I haven't discussed or gone down that road too far yet. But yeah, I would say that's a possibility."
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Another possibility is quarterback Jayden Daniels' return for Sunday's game at Minnesota. He remains sidelined because of a dislocated left -- and non-throwing -- elbow and has yet to be cleared for contact. Daniels hasn't played since getting hurt with 7 minutes, 39 seconds left in a 38-14 loss to Seattle in Week 9. Quinn said the team wants to gauge Daniels' "functional contact" before clearing him: contact that he uses playing the position, such as stiff-arming a defender. Quinn said he would have a better idea of Daniels' availability Friday after watching him in practice for three days. "That's the step we need to see from him," Quinn said. "It's not traditional in the sense of taking a hit." Quinn said Daniels "ripped a bunch" of passes today and that he'll work on the functional contact during practice, both in individual sessions and on the side.
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I expect a lot of turnover this offseason. The age is showing especially on D.

We have the 5th (?) most expensive defense this year, and they can't stop anyone. Major changes are needed on that side of the ball. Have to assume Lattimore's $18.5M salary gets cut with no dead cap cost on him. And they have the 6th most cap space before they cut him. So there are ways to improve. Payne, Kinlaw, Armstrong, and Luvu are certainly coming back given their contracts. The rest of the vets on D is subject to change.

On offense, far more weapons are needed. Terry needs to be a #2 WR. They gotta find a #1. And Ertz is likely gone, since I don't see him signing up for another season away from the west coast. So a pass catching TE needs to step up or they better find one. The OL is expensive and kinda set for a couple of years. Which I guess is good. But frankly it doesn't matter what they do if the WR/TE/RB has limited ability.

There were two questions about the coaching staff when they were hired last year. 1) Quinn said himself he should have managed the team and not been so involved in the play calling. Well, he's calling the defensive plays now. He needs to find a new DC if that's the case. 2) Kingsbury had a history of starting strong and fizzling. Well that's exactly what happened. So, what's the right move there? He's not gonna get another NFL offer, so unless college comes calling he's the guy here next year. Can he step up his attack with more weapons? He had Fitz in ARI, and they rarely won important games.
 
Did you guys notice the first play after Ertz was knocked out and they put in Yankoff and not Sinnott. :mad: Why do that not want to see if they might have something with their 2nd round pick?!?
 
This is a long article about the Commanders by Nicki Jhabvala who's a pretty good beat reporter:
Jayden Daniels hasn’t been what he was as a rookie, but there’s more to the story
archived link: https://archive.ph/0vGcx

The Commanders (3-10) tied a dubious record that only one other team in NFL history, the 1990 Cleveland Browns, has achieved: eight consecutive losses in a season after making it to the conference championship game the season before, according to Next Gen Stats.
“That’s been highly frustrating to miss the mark by so much,” Quinn said earlier this week. “… But it’s a big topic for me. It’s one that I’m digging in hard on, obviously, to find why … (and) to make sure that we are never in the situation again.”
The injuries have certainly played a part. The mistakes on defense have been a massive problem, and were last year, too. However, last season, they had a savior.
Jayden Daniels set the franchise mark for rookie passing yards, smashed the NFL record for rushing yards by a rookie quarterback, and, generally, was the ultimate fixer for the Commanders. Whatever mistakes or deficits the team created, he could usually fix by the end of the regulation or overtime.
Situational football — two-minute, four-minute, end-of-game situations, fourth downs (an 87.0 percent conversion rate!) — became Washington’s hallmarks because of Daniels.
Against the Chicago Bears in Week 8, the Commanders were 5 of 15 on third downs and had three failed trips to Chicago’s red zone. But no one will remember that. They’ll remember Daniels scrambling for nearly 13 seconds before throwing a perfect 52-yard Hail Mary to Noah Brown for the win.
Against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 16, the Commanders gave up 14 points in the first eight minutes. However, Daniels’ game-winning touchdown pass to Jamison Crowder in the final six seconds was all that mattered.
And against the Atlanta Falcons the following week, Daniels accounted for all but one yard of a 70-yard overtime touchdown drive, capping it off with a game-winner to tight end Zach Ertz.
But this season, Daniels has been knocked down from superhuman to average. He hasn’t eliminated Washington’s mistakes. He hasn’t masked their shortcomings or swooped in late as its savior with a mind-bending play at the end of regulation.
He’s also been hurt, and playing with a rotating cast of receivers, a generally thin roster of playmakers and a defense that often has been a massive liability instead of a safety net.
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Daniels typically hasn’t been a tuck-and-run young quarterback who avoids going through his passing progressions and instead takes off. He runs when he sees a clear lane and when no one is open — which happens frequently for Washington. Watch each scramble, and many are the result of his having nowhere to go with the ball.

The Commanders believed that adding veteran Deebo Samuel would give Daniels another playmaker. But they also took away a less-heralded but reliable target, Olamide Zaccheaus, and a speedy wideout in Dyami Brown. Only one of their tight ends proved himself as a dependable pass catcher, and now Ertz is out with a season-ending ACL injury. And Washington’s top back, Austin Ekeler, who could regularly get open and create yards after the catch, has been out since Week 2.
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Laremy Tunsil wants a contract extension.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/12/12/laremy-tunsi-contract-talks/
archived link: https://archive.ph/4rwsF

“He’s been phenomenal, more than I could have ever expected,” offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury said last week. “I’d say just the type of person, the type of character, the way he works, the way he leads the young guys, it’s been phenomenal. And the play speaks for itself. It’d be hard to find one that’s played better at that position this season.
“So, he’s going to get a lot of money.”
Tunsil, however, is handling things differently this time.
“Whatever happens, happens,” Tunsil said. “Of course, I want to be paid. Of course, I want to stay with this organization. … When we get to the offseason, we can handle it.”
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Tunsil, who will turn 32 before the start of next season, is set to make a base salary of $20.95 million. The highest-paid left tackle in the NFL is Los Angeles Chargers star Rashawn Slater, who’ll be just 27 in 2026 and makes an average annual salary of $28.5 million.
It’s unclear if the Commanders will be willing to go that high, but Tunsil has again performed among the league’s top left tackles this season. He has been an elite run blocker. As a pass protector, he has allowed just two sacks (tied for third among players who have spent at least 300 snaps at left tackle) and 15 pressures (tied for second), according to TruMedia.
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