Commanders' depth chart exposes unnecessary gamble at key spot

If you want to take a truly glass-half-full look at the Washington Commanders’ preseason, try this one. By surrendering 109 points over the three warm-up games, head coach Dan Quinn and special teams coordinator Larry Izzo got to take a long look at potential kick-off returners. Hopefully, once the games start counting, the Commanders will not be returning six kickoffs per contest. But that’s exactly what they did in the preseason. Eighteen kick-offs over three games. Four different players. Kazmeir Allen ran back nine, and Demetric Felton took back seven. Noah Igbinoghene and Jaylin Lane each had one return. Izzo was looking for Allen or Felton to demand a roster spot. To be so dangerous on returns that they would be impossible to cut. Unfortunately, though the former looked pretty good, neither did enough. Both were released as part of Washington’s final cuts. With new rules designed to encourage more kick returns this season, the Commanders need to find an effective answer. On the Week 1 depth chart relea