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• Week 2Sep 21, 2026

  Antonio Williams — Week 2: Three Catches, One Drive, One Pass

  Williams caught all 3 of his targets for 24 yards, every one of them on the ten-play fourth-quarter touchdown drive with Marcus Mariota at quarterback, and had no target before 13:14 remained in the game. He also threw a pass, deep right for Terry McLaurin on second and six from the Dallas 23, incomplete, in a 37–20 loss to the Cowboys.

• Week 1Sep 14, 2026

  Antonio Williams — Week 1: Four for Four, Sixty-Four Yards

  Williams caught all four of his targets for sixty-four yards, four first downs and the one-yard touchdown with one oh five left that made it 22–24, and his thirty-three-yard catch on third and fourteen in the fourth quarter was the largest gain by expected points and win probability on any Commanders pass or run. His four targets were worth plus eight point eight expected points, the most of any receiver on either team, in a 22–24 loss to the Eagles.

• Camp · Aug 31, 2026Aug 31, 2026

  Antonio Williams Camp Update — August 31: Named in the room's top three

  Williams caught a two-minute touchdown from Jayden Daniels against an all-out blitz at the Baltimore joint practice and beat Kyle Hamilton off the line in one-on-ones, per the beat's recap. On cut day he was retained and named in the room's top group, while Van Jefferson, Nick Nash, Jacoby Jones and Jaden Bradley all missed the roster.

• Camp · Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

  Antonio Williams Camp Update — August 23: Two catches for forty-one in Detroit

  Williams caught two passes for forty-one yards in Saturday's loss to the Lions, including a contested grab that put him on the beat's standout list. The preseason targets we asked for last week arrived — against Detroit's backups, in a receiver room whose top is now spoken for.

• Camp · Aug 16, 2026Aug 17, 2026

  Antonio Williams Camp Update — August 16: Separation in Miami, a Ceiling Named Diggs

  Williams flashed in the joint practice against Miami, drawing a separation note from the team site, but Stefon Diggs's arrival shoved the entire young-receiver group down a rung. The rookie's opening from June just got measurably smaller.

• 2026 PreviewJul 2, 2026

  Antonio Williams 2026 Season Preview — what we know, and what nobody does

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  Show notes & transcript

  Washington handed Jayden Daniels a third-round route-runner in April; July drafts price him at pick one 74 — less a scouting opinion than a bet the slot role stays small. The room says maybe not.

  The record: third round, pick 71, out of Clemson, per the Commanders' announcement — a four-year starter who left with over 2000 career receiving yards, per the team's draft coverage. The spring reporting, per SI's coverage of Dan Quinn's comments in late May, has Washington working him mostly from the slot, and the beat notes say the route polish caught Daniels' attention, per Riggo's Rag in June.

  The situation: Washington's target hierarchy is unsettled, and the verified numbers say why. Terry McLaurin played 10 games last season — 582 yards — and the offense belongs to David Blough now, promoted in January after the Kingsbury exit, per ESPN. New play-caller, a rehabbing number one, an open slot job: a real opening, with real uncertainty stacked on it.

  Which is exactly where we refuse to fake precision: rookie slot receivers in first-year offenses are among the least predictable assets in football — we checked whether the inputs here predict anything, and they don't at a standard we'd cite. Pick one 74 buys a lottery ticket with good handwriting on it. The data starts in September.

  Watch: whether he holds the starting slot job through camp against Luke McCaffrey and Jaylin Lane, and McLaurin's health — the whole tree re-sorts around it. He's one of your guys? This show covers your whole roster — every player, every week, all season.