Commanders Legend Sends Message to Rival Eagles Ahead of 2025-26 NFL Season

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nick Meyer | Last updated Aug 9, 2025 2:20 PM ET

London Fletcher is widely known as the best linebacker in the history of the NFL team now known as the Washington Commanders, having spent seven seasons with the then-Washington Redskins from 2007 to 2013.

Fletcher compiled a career best and franchise best 166 tackles in 2011 with the Redskins, finishing his Washington career with a team record 616 tackles.

Fletcher joined The Jim Rome Show over the weekend to continue his role as Commanders analyst, sharing unfiltered thoughts on last year's 55-23 loss in Philadelphia to coach Nick Sirianni's Eagles.

Fletcher appears to have big expectations for the 2025-26 team based on his comments to the long tenured sports talk show host.

"They split the regular season, Philadelphia and Washington, and then Washington put it to...Philadelphia put it to them in the NFC Championship Game...Has Washington closed the gap?" Rome asked Fletcher.

"I think from a personnel standpoint they've definitely closed the gap," Fletcher said to Rome.

"You know Philadelphia, they're the defending Super Bowl champions so you have to give them their due respect, I know the score of the NFC Championship Game was kinda lopsided but it kinda got away from us with some turnovers at one point, I think late in that second quarter," Fletcher continued.

Fletcher called the Commanders' turnovers "uncharacteristic" and made a claim about this year's team.

"I think we're closer to them than the NFC Championship score indicated," Fletcher said in the interview video, which is a little over one minute in length.

"I think we're closer to them than that NFC Championship score indicated."@LFletcher59 on the Commanders closing the gap with the Eagles. pic.twitter.com/OrkLEYzYAQ
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) August 9, 2025