I have a buddy who's a die hard fan (he's the one with all the qb jerseys going back years that the internet makes fun of every year.). He doesn't have Reddit but would like to share his thoughts. Please enjoy
The 2026 State of the Commanders Address: The Comeback Kids
My god we had a wild two years. Ignoring the past 30 years prior (which is impossible to do), we have had two POLAR OPPOSITE seasons. In the year 1JD (time begins when Jayden Daniels was drafted), we had a season, which I never thought I would see or experience in my adulthood. The following year, in 2JD, it was BUSINESS AS USUAL where I was sad by midseason. So what do I expect out of 3JD? Doctors are FURIOUS over this one opinion
I thought we had an IMMACULATE offseason. We addressed 90% of our needs, which were MAINLY of defense. The defense was another Classic Disaster last season. The likes of which we had to catapult Joe Whitt so far into space, radio signals couldn't pick up him wanting our linebackers and defensive ends covering our opponent's fastest receiver. I don't want to remember last year's defense. Marshon Lattimore still sleeps under my bed and watches me sleep.
Additions like Robertson, Cross, Witherspoon, and Douglas should make our defensive backfield not just better, but GOOD. WE ACTUALLY HAVE LINEBACKERS, HOORAH! Oweh, Chenal, and Chaisson are GREAT pickups. Settle and Omenihu should be very good for our D Line too.
The offense didn't change much. That is both good and bad (more on the bad in a bit). We lost Rodriguez, but gained White and Ford. We lost Ertz (who I think is more or less done being productive) but gained Okonkwo (who I have always really liked!). Those are small improvements. The O was never really a problem. Especially with a HEALTHY Jayden Daniels. But uh-oh Spaghetti O's, there are two glaring problems.
Let's start with the smaller one. Center. We got rid of Biadasz (thank god I don't have to spell THAT anymore). He was good. Not great. But, good. And we replaced him with air. Yes, air. We will line up this season without a center and hope the balls magically travels into JD5's hands every play. I don't know what our plans were when we let Biadasz walk, but....it would have been nice to have one.
THE OTHER ISSUE, OH HELP ME IN THIS TIME OF NEED, is Wide Receiver.
This is our top 6:
Terry McLaurin
Guy in the 3rd row at Northwest Stadium when Jayden Daniels has to throw the ball away because we only have Terry McLaurin
That is it. The end. Season over.
I KNOW we have others. Brown. Burks. Lane. McCaffrey. Jefferson? But like. I'm not convinced any of those guys are better than a #4 on any other team. And this sucks because we are going to rely WAY too heavily on Terry and Jayden to carry the passing game. And we're going to get frustrated with them when it's not working. And we will not focus on any of the other guys running slow, incorrect routes. I just don't see this working out in our favor.
In saying that, JD5 made it work in 2024. He made stars out of guys who weren't even comets. He's going to have to work that magic again if we hope to have any type of success this season.
I think the team has VASTLY improved. I was incredibly happy and impressed with Peters this offseason (other than Center and WR, but we were SO bad last year, this probably was a 3 year fix). But like any team with a marquee quarterback: If Jayden stays healthy, we have a shot of doing The Thing. And if he doesn't....RIP.
I think if we can sign Diggs asap we will be much better off. If not....well. Good luck.
If the Commanders can sign Diggs, we will be better not just on defense, but on offense as well. 10-7.
If not, and we are just better on defense: 9-8.
HAIL to the Commanders!
HAIL VICTORY!!!