The Washington Commanders could turn to Austin Ekeler for a larger role if second-year running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt cannot play in Week 6. Commanders HC Dan Quinn must consider how to distribute the available touches if the second-year back is sidelined.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is leaning on veteran backup Marcus Mariota as he works through a difficult stretch. Daniels said Mariota reminded him adversity is part of every great quarterback’s career.
Washington Commanders running back Austin Ekeler has publicly backed head coach Dan Quinn following the team’s disappointing performance against the New York Giants.
How many of the quarterbacks who have thrown the second-most touchdowns for each NFL team can you name in five minutes?
The Washington Commanders had more go wrong late in Sunday's 27-27 tie with the New York Giants than the final 12 seconds everyone has spent the week talking about.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
The Washington Commanders face a tough opponent, and Dan Quinn is done talking about last week. Furthermore, his receiver room still has a key injury.
While Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels is taking responsibility, his head coach, Dan Quinn, appears to have avoided a knee-jerk firing.
It has been four days and the Washington Commanders overtime meltdown is still a big topic across the NFL.
The NFL trade deadline is less than a month away, looming like a ticking timer counting down to the moment when middle-of-the-road teams are forced to pick a lane.
It feels like we're living in a different world since we last visited the Washington Commanders Rookie Power Rankings, because so much has changed. We're now five games into the season and three games removed from the last edition, which has reshaped the order.
After Washington’s painful tie with New York, Dan Quinn acknowledged the difficulty of moving forward and emphasized resilience, but the Commanders still have to prove they’ve turned the page.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn became the laughingstock of the NFL when they allowed the clock to run out in a game against the Giants that they could’ve won if they had managed it slightly better.
Per Nicki Jhabvala, the Commanders are designating LB Jordan Magee to return from injured reserve. Magee will have 21 days to practice and get activated to the 53-man roster or he will revert to injured reserve for the rest of the year. Magee, 25, was a fifth-round pick by the Commanders in the 2024 draft out of Temple.
Mike Sainristil walked out of Ford Field in January 2025 with two interceptions and the look of a long-term answer for the Washington Commanders. Almost two years later, the third-year cornerback is trying to win his job back, and the defense around him just let a 14-point fourth-quarter lead get away against the Giants at Northwest Stadium.
Not every free agent pays off, but Adam Peters knocked it out of the park with the signing of cornerback Amik Robertson, who has an NFL-leading eight passes defensed through five games.
The Washington Commanders are off to a rough start in the 2026 NFL season, and their upcoming game against the San Francisco 49ers could help determine the team’s direction.
Say what you will about the Washington Commanders; there's plenty worth airing out considering their 1-3-1 record, but they're not talentless. Even if
Washington enters Monday Night Football against an unbeaten San Francisco team with disadvantages across the roster, but one quarterback comparison gives the Commanders a reason to believe.
This comes following the Commanders' time-management fiasco that resulted in the club's 27-27 tie against the rival New York Giants on Oct. 11.
The fallout from Washington's clock-management disaster in Week 5 against the New York Giants was swift.
Less than 24 hours after Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn were responsible for some mind-boggling clock management, chatter about Quinn's future grew louder.
We're more than a quarter of the way through the 2026 NFL season, which is about the time when many rookies start to flash as they catch up to the speed of the big leagues.
It was Skattebo's fourth fumble (first lost) across the campaign's first five games.
If you told Washington Commanders fans during the preseason that the two most exciting young running backs in training camp would be completely off the active roster by Week 5, they probably would have laughed at you.
The statuses of Nabers and Skattebo for this Sunday's game between the 3-1 Giants and the 1-3 Washington Commanders at Washington's Northwest Stadium were somewhat up in the air as of Friday morning.
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