Commanders Regular Season Thread vol 1

Good luck to him in his future non-football career.

As for the Commanders, it's not a loss because he never had a strong enough base to play NFL football in the first place. I got tired of seeing him get trucked in pass pro when he played. I realize that I'm acting like a shit right now but, to me, cutting Ismael is yet another example of this organization letting an under-achieving player stick around for several years when they should have known much sooner that he didn't have what it takes to fill a role on the team. I bet you could name some other players of that ilk who are still in the organization.

The coaching staff and the front office need to drop their player development hubris and sign veterans who can do now what they need done now. Time is up! I'm tired of losing.


Thanks for that breath of fresh air. I hope they read this.

Tend to agree - I think they are aiming towards mediocrity, or the WFT special - mediocrity to start the year then maybe we click towards the end to make it interesting for a playoff push. But I haven't seen anything this preseason to make me excited.

Since the Bostic signing I have been quite doom and gloom, and maybe one signing shouldn't impact my thinking that much.

But let's not (including me) forget they have acquired a legit starting QB, drafted for another one that could develop into a starter, found an explosive RB, put together a solid Oline with quality depth, created a young an promising receiving corps etc...

There are reasons to hope we well be trending in the right direction (which is why I hope lack of depth at CB and questionnable LB squad don't come to bite us in the A).

Since the Bostic signing I have been quite doom and gloom, and maybe one signing shouldn't impact my thinking that much.

But let's not (including me) forget they have acquired a legit starting QB, drafted for another one that could develop into a starter, found an explosive RB, put together a solid Oline with quality depth, created a young an promising receiving corps etc...

There are reasons to hope we well be trending in the right direction (which is why I hope lack of depth at CB and questionnable LB squad don't come to bite us in the A).

I agree that these are good things. The problem is they are all on offense. I think we will have a very good offense.

But on defense, our depth just flat out sucks. If all 11 starters play all 17 games, I think we're OK. But that's not realistic.

I agree that these are good things. The problem is they are all on offense. I think we will have a very good offense.

But on defense, our depth just flat out sucks. If all 11 starters play all 17 games, I think we're OK. But that's not realistic.

Even on Defense, I think this roster has more talent than has been showed on the field (that's why I think JDR has to be on a hot seat), our depth at LB and CB sucks, badly, but at DE, DT, and S we have very decent quality depth IMO. You can't have 4 top quality starter level players for every spot.

Even on Defense, I think this roster has more talent than has been showed on the field (that's why I think JDR has to be on a hot seat), our depth at LB and CB sucks, badly, but at DE, DT, and S we have very decent quality depth IMO. You can't have 4 top quality starter level players for every spot.

Not with that attitude. I kid. I think our offense has good starters and quality depth.

I'm confident in our front 4 on defense and our depth.

Our back 7 starters on defense are serviceable. But I have zero confidence in our back 7 depth at any position. Anyone goes down, and it's a guaranteed weakness imo.

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Commanders named their former standout Ryan Kerrigan as their new assistant defensive line coach.Very good to see. Kerrigan is still fairly young and could have a bright future in coaching. He was a stud and hard working his whole career. I knew when he was at Purdue, he was going to be great. Hope he makes a positive impact on the dline and team.

If Blake Martinez is a available, we should obviously be interested right? There is really no excuse unless it’s a bidding war for his services

If Blake Martinez is a available, we should obviously be interested right? There is really no excuse unless it’s a bidding war for his services

You would think so, but who the hell knows when it comes to this team

I imagine there are a bunch of teams inquiring about Martinez

.. but why wasnt he and his 1 yr 3.5M contract traded?

Why didnt we (or someone else) offer a 6th for Martinez and a 7th?

Would love Martinez, ease him in (acl).

Not with that attitude. I kid. I think our offense has good starters and quality depth.



I'm confident in our front 4 on defense and our depth.



Our back 7 starters on defense are serviceable. But I have zero confidence in our back 7 depth at any position. Anyone goes down, and it's a guaranteed weakness imo.Yeah we're essentially saying the same thing. I'd only make a difference between:

LB we're not sure of our starters and if one goes down we're doomed < CB our starters are good but if one goes down we're effed < S our starters are ok (McCain is a ? to me but I think part of it is disconnection in the secondary) and our back ups aren't that far off behind (Forrest is a hard hitter, rookie Butler looked promising in PS, and Reaves is a decent back up).

I'd put our starting CBs above our starting Ss (cuz of McCain) but our back up Ss above our back up CBs.

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