Three burning questions for 2025 Commanders

Daniels excelled as a dual-threat weapon for the Commanders in 2024, throwing for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns with 891 yards and six scores on the ground. Like Stroud, he led his team to the playoffs in his first NFL season, but some fear the 24-year-old passer will regress with Washington.

"I'm afraid that is the team that is going to have the quarterback hit the sophomore slump, and now you have invested in all these older guys and you are not really building a team anymore, you are just adding pieces," one NFL executive told The Athletic's Mike Sando. "At some point, you get diminishing returns with all those old guys."

Of course, one of those old guys is former 49er Deebo Samuel, who looks to be the team’s No. 2 receiver behind Pro Bowler Terry McLaurin. If the 29-year-old pass-catcher can bounce back from a subpar 2024 season, Daniels should meet or exceed last year’s numbers.

Who will replace Sam Cosmi?

The Commanders thought enough of Cosmi to give him a four-year, $74M contract extension in November, only to watch their starting right guard go down with an ACL tear in the divisional round of the playoffs. He had surgery on Jan. 28, but there's no timetable on when he'll return.

In the meantime, the team traded for All-Pro left tackle Laremy Tunsil and drafted Josh Conerly Jr., also a left tackle, with the 29th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. General manager Adam Peters has already said Tunsil will start at left tackle, so does that mean Conerly will take Cosmi’s spot?

The 6-foot-5, 311-pound All-American took three snaps at right guard in three years with Oregon. Otherwise, the team could move Andrew Wylie to guard and ask Conerly to play right tackle. 

Either way, offensive line coach Bobby Johnson should be thrilled to have an option like Conerly, regardless of where he plays in 2025.