Anyone running down the Washington Commanders' depth chart will have a harder time finding a surer thing than Jayden Daniels as the squad's starting quarterback.
If you glance at the Washington Commanders roster, you might miss it. And, yes, a big injury has contributed to this situation. But the Commanders’ entire season rests on the skinny legs of quarterback Jayden Daniels.
Many of the players who sat out the preseason opener will get work against Detroit, according to Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn. The Commanders held 26 players out of the first game against Miami, making Saturday a much better chance to evaluate some of the roster's more well-known pieces.
Roasting Jayden Daniels has become one of the more fascinating crazes in the recent cultural zeitgeist. Several leagues and companies have mocked the Washington Commanders quarterback for his LSU jersey controversy.
The day before the Washington Commanders opened training camp, safety Jeremy Reaves partnered with USAA to help celebrate the unveiling of the National Military Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 28.
Day 14 was an unusually light, unpadded final session before Saturday's preseason game against Detroit. As it turns out, Thursday was more about injuries and roster availability information than anything else.
The opening of 2026 NFL training camp brings big hope for all 32 fan bases. These are the 25 developments to watch as we progress toward Week 1.
The Commanders’ running back room may lack serious star power, but it has more than enough players who can excel in specific roles. With Jeremy McNichols’ injury expected to keep him out for “a few weeks,” rookies Kaytron Allen and Robert Henry Jr.
When a player misses practice with an “undisclosed” injury in the middle of training camp, the rumor mill inevitably starts churning. But the recent speculation surrounding Washington Commanders running back Rachaad White took things to a remarkably weird level.
The Commanders have watched their quarterback take control of the offense throughout camp, but that progress has created an unexpected question ahead of Saturday.
The Washington Commanders still have a long, constantly shifting list of high-leverage questions to answer, plus training camp and preseason reviews and injury updates that'll continue shaping the final roster.
Physical setbacks limited Daniels to just seven starts in 2025 before he was shut down after he aggravated a previously suffered elbow injury during the season.
Be it stars returning from late-season injuries to starter-level players who missed most or all of last season, the NFL features a host of rehab odysseys to follow as training camps near.
At a time when Washington needs everyone focused on perfecting the new aspects of both systems being installed on each side of the ball, the Commanders' injury list keeps growing by the day.
Per Nicki Jhabvala, Commanders HC Dan Quinn said DT Jer’Zhan Newton‘s timetable for returning from pectoral surgery is unclear. Jhabvala adds that typical returns from a torn pectoral muscle are usually around three to four months, but depend on the player and location of the tear.
After a disappointing 2025 season in which the Washington Commanders went 5-12 and had a horrendous defense, fixing that was a major focus of the offseason. One player who was expected to make strides in his third season was defensive lineman Johnny Newton.
Then a member of the Commanders, running back Austin Ekeler went down with a season-ending Achilles tear in a Week 2 loss to the Packers last September.
The Commanders have made a decision on the first position competition of the preseason. Rookie Drew Stevens, out of Iowa, has earned the starting kicker job for Washington after a perfect outing in the team’s first preseason game and being the most consistent kicker throughout training camp.
The Washington Commanders’ running back room just went through a massive reshuffle, and the ripple effects will be felt all the way to final cutdowns. What started as a crowded, veteran-heavy backfield has rapidly thinned out due to the injury bug, dramatically altering the landscape behind roster locks Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White.
Adam Schein was the latest pundit to condemn Jayden Daniels for sending a cease and desist letter to LSU. Daniels informed his alma mater that it can no longer use his name, image and likeness after LSU gave No.
The Commanders made a bunch of roster moves on Tuesday, including putting two veterans on season-ending IR. The Washington Commanders received some bad news early this week when they placed two veteran players on injured reserve, ending their respective 2026 season before it even began.
Perhaps nobody is more excited for linebacker Von Miller to join the Dallas Cowboys than former Denver Broncos teammate DeMarcus Ware.
Jake Moody is set to be on the move once again. The Commanders kicker is being waived, NFL insider Jordan Schultz reports. Moody was non-tendered as a restricted free agent but wound up re-signing in Washington this spring.
It was learned on Sunday night that Miller and a Cowboys team that had been linked with numerous pass-rushers throughout the spring and summer months had agreed to a one-year contract.
He has found a taker for his services, and it is going to allow him to stay in the NFC East.
The Commanders quarterback room took a hit Friday when Mariota left the first preseason game with a non-contact injury.
The Washington Commanders will be without a key member of their defense for Week 1 in a rematch of the 2024 NFC Championship Game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Washington ended the 2025 campaign with a record of 5-12.
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