Much of the offseason, as trades and free agency began to unfold, the Washington Commanders focused heavily on the defensive side of the ball. The team prioritized addressing immediate defensive needs while making only a handful of offensive moves.
The Washington Commanders could look a lot better on paper after NFL free agency. Washington looks poised to pounce on Brandon Aiyuk after making a flurry of additions over the past few days.
Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons.
The Washington Commanders simultaneously exceeded expectations in 2024 yet left the season disappointed they'd fallen short of their ultimate goal. That sort of thing happens when a team that was as retooled as any last season does what the Commanders were able to do.
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.
Already retaining two auxiliary wide receivers Thursday (Noah Brown, K.J. Osborn) and cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, the Commanders are adding several other 2024 holdovers to their immense Thursday re-signing ledger.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Commanders are re-signing OL Trent Scott to a one-year contract for the 2025 season. Scott, 30, wound up going undrafted out of Grambling State back in 2018.
One of the biggest headlines from the Washington Commanders’ impressive 38-33 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals is Jayden Daniels’s pass to offensive lineman Trent Scott for the first passing touchdown of his career.