According to ESPN’s John Keim, the Commanders still plan to let veteran DT Daron Payne play out the 2026 season with a contract extension. Keim says the
Aiyuk isn't hiding that he wants to sign with the Washington Commanders as soon as Thursday.
The Commanders have plenty of questions at the skill positions on offense, but Jayden Daniels can help provide answers as long as he’s healthy. The Washington Commanders offense is a unit in transition, which is something Jayden Daniels and several others are used to, already.
Jordan Magee will not enter training camp with a defined role in the Washington Commanders' linebacker room. In years past, he was treated as a developmental piece with upside, which can still ring true, but the Commanders no longer view him as a possible replacement for Bobby Wagner.
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There’s a trap a lot of NFL quarterbacks fall into after a rough season: the dreaded Apology Tour. Not Jayden Daniels. Usually, offseason press conferences
Yardbarker's best-of NFL positional series continues with linebackers. This does not cover pure pass-rushing threats -- we will get to them -- but rather true off-ball defenders who thrived as traditional inside and outside 'backers.
Brandon Aiyuk has generated all kinds of headlines via a handful of social-media videos over the past few weeks, and it sounds like his antics have caused more harm than good.
Brandon Aiyuk's attempt to get away from the San Francisco 49ers took another turn on Wednesday when the wide receiver took to social media to again call for his release from the team.
When training camp opens next month, the Washington Commanders will spend a fair amount of time going through the obvious roster battles. Fans will track the backs and watch receiver clips.
The Washington Commanders are looking energized before the 2026 season. Washington only won five games during the 2025 season, in part due to Jayden Daniels’ season-ending elbow injury.
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With the 2026 draft in the books, teams are already looking toward 2027. Here's our way-too-early 2027 NFL mock draft, as of April 27, 2026.
The Washington Commanders' depth chart is a work in progress, which makes them no different from any other team in the NFL in June. Some positions are more secure than others, such as quarterback, where Jayden Daniels remains the starter, with Marcus Mariota behind him as the veteran backup.
The Washington Commanders released their 2026 training camp schedule on Tuesday and invited fans to camp for 11 days this year. The NFL has moved into the 'dead zone' time between mandatory minicamp and the first days of training camp.
Antonio Williams is in a position where he does not have to become the Washington Commanders' most explosive receiver by Week 1. He just needs to find out how to become one that quarterback Jayden Daniels can trust.
The Washington Commanders announced their training camp schedule for this summer on Tuesday. The annual event will be hosted at the team's headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia, for the fifth consecutive year.
The Washington Commanders have entered the "dead zone" of the NFL year. It is the window between mandatory minicamp and training camp, when the offseason program ends and team activities pause.
For a brief moment, the Washington Commanders legitimately believed that they had solved their offensive issues after years of walking around lost in the wilderness.
The Commanders did some work to revamp their running backs room this offseason, but the team seems destined to operate without a definitive RB1. As ESPN’s John Keim writes, the Commanders will likely enter the 2026 campaign with a committee approach at the position.
The Washington Commanders will enter training camp with confidence in their offensive line, even if a couple of questions still exist. One thing they do have heading into this year that differs from years past is real options.
Aiyuk signed a four-year, $120M extension in the summer of 2024 before he suffered a serious knee injury in October of that year. He hasn't played in a meaningful game since.
The Commanders are hoping to replace the production Chris Rodriguez and Austin Ekeler left behind and veteran free agent addition Rachaad White is proving he can help with that.
Toward the end of the 2025 season, it was reported Dan Quinn would be safe from what wound up being a long list of coaching departures around the NFL. That proved to be the case, although the Commanders’ staff will look much different in 2026.
It looks like the Washington Commanders still have the eye of Brandon Aiyuk, and there’s the hope of Jayden Daniels improving. But there are also three Commanders in danger of getting cut after the team’s 2026 minicamp.
There seems to be hope for the Washington Commanders’ offense, and Sonny Styles is turning heads on the defensive side of the ball. But some players need to step up if it’s going to be a playoff season.
Dan Quinn recently revealed a tactic he used to help motivate the Commanders players that experienced the dismal 2025 season and it should help them avoid repeating last year’s mistakes.
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