Washington Commanders — 2026 season outlook, updated Oct 6, 2026.
Washington Commanders finished the 2026 season 1-3.
Washington Commanders: 5-12 regular season.
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By the numbers — 2026
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Commanders 13, Colts 30 — Week 4: Two of Fifteen on Third Down
Washington led 6-0 on two first-quarter field goals after a strip-sack and a 35-yard catch put it at the Colts' 21 and 7, then converted 2 of 15 third downs, failed on three fourth downs and lost 30-13, while its pass defense held Indianapolis to 143 passing yards.
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- Camp · Sep 3, 2026
Commanders Camp — Sep 3: Tuttle and Moreau Were Back in a Day
Washington cut Shy Tuttle and Fabian Moreau on Sunday and signed both back on Monday, paying for the spots by putting Laremy Tunsil and Jer'Zhan Newton on injured reserve. It claimed nobody from the seventh waiver slot, and nobody claimed a Washington cut. The Week 1 problem moved from the line to the edge: Dorance Armstrong is suspended for the opener, and Odafe Oweh and K'Lavon Chaisson could not practise into Tuesday.
- Camp · Aug 31, 2026
Commanders Camp — Aug 31: Tunsil Out With a Torn Triceps
Laremy Tunsil's torn triceps required surgery and will take months to heal, per Commanders Wire, and Washington answered by signing D.J. Humphries and moving Brandon Coleman out to left tackle. The 53 kept seventh-round rookie Athan Kaliakmanis as the quarterback depth behind Jayden Daniels — Sam Hartman was released — and the team's own site flagged cornerback as the waiver spot to watch, with only three on the active roster.
- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Commanders Camp — Aug 23: Kaliakmanis Throws for 162 in Detroit
Rookie Athan Kaliakmanis went 11 of 14 for 162 yards in Detroit days after Dan Quinn said no veteran is coming to replace the injured Marcus Mariota, and the defense kept taking the ball away — six takeaways in two preseason games. Jer'Zhan Newton's torn pectoral needed surgery, and the center job is openly unsettled a week from cutdown.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Washington Commanders Camp Update — August 16: Mariota's MCL Leaves Daniels Without a Net
Marcus Mariota's sprained MCL leaves developmental arms behind Jayden Daniels — the one conditional the July projection cannot afford to test — the same week Stefon Diggs answered the WR2 question from outside the building. Washington won its opener 20 to 7 while holding out 26 players, and the win is not the story.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Washington Commanders Camp Update — August 9: Jayden Daniels Is Further Ahead Than Expected
Dan Quinn's words, not ours — and the padded practices backed him: four touchdown throws Wednesday, red-zone command, and an install with visible Ben Johnson fingerprints. The bounce the market already priced needed one thing to be true. It's checking out.
- 2026 Preview
Washington Commanders 2026 Season Preview — The Bounce Is Already Priced In
Washington's 5-and-12 fires both of our bounce-back rules and the injury excuse is half true — but the market already banked the luck at seven and a half, and the team handed both coordinator jobs to first-timers.
- Season Review
Commanders 2025 Season in Review
5-12 regular season
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- Week 3
Commanders 33, Seahawks 31 — Week 3: Twenty Points Off Three Turnovers
Washington beat Seattle 33-31 for its first win of the season, never trailing despite 260 total yards, after forcing three turnovers it turned into 20 points — including Kain Medrano's 50-yard interception return — and holding Seattle to 44 rushing yards.
- Week 2
Commanders 20, Cowboys 37 — Week 2: Three Throws From the One
Washington lost 37-20 at Dallas after three incompletions from the 1-yard line ended the first half without points, a pass defense that gave up 15.1 expected points on 33 pass plays and four touchdown passes, and a lost fumble that became a Dallas touchdown two plays later, wasting 182 rushing yards.
- Week 1
Commanders 22, Eagles 24 — Week 1: 20 First Downs, Two Points Short
Washington lost in Philadelphia twenty-four to twenty-two with twenty first downs to the Eagles' ten, sixty-eight offensive snaps to fifty-one, two fourth-down conversions in two tries, a touchdown on every trip inside the twenty, and no turnovers. The margin was a blocked extra point in the second quarter, a missed fifty-four-yard field goal in the third, and a two-point conversion that came up short with a minute and one second to play.
- Week 3 · What Repeats
Commanders, Week 3 — What Repeats: The Four-Man Rush Took the Ball
Washington sent five or more pass rushers on 24 of 47 Seattle dropbacks (51%, third of 32), up from 39% and 47% the first two weeks, and Sam Darnold went 17 of 24 for 238 yards against it; both interceptions came on the 22 throws against four or fewer, the reverse of last week's split.
- Week 2 · What Repeats
Commanders, Week 2 — What Repeats: Five Rushers Worked, Four Didn't
Washington sent five or more pass rushers on 17 of 36 Dallas dropbacks (47%, 7th of 32) after 39% in Week 1 and 26.5% across 2025, and on those 17 Dallas completed 11 of 15 for 71 yards, while on the other 19 Dak Prescott went 15 of 16 for 208 and three touchdowns.
- Week 1 · What Repeats
Commanders, Week 1 — What Repeats: Washington Sent Five More Often
The charting from Philadelphia says Washington sent five or more pass rushers on 13 of 33 Eagles dropbacks — 39.4 percent, sixth-highest in the league in Week 1 against 26.5 percent across all of 2025, with a charted blitzer on only 3 of the 33 — and all three sacks were charted as Jalen Hurts's own fault, while Jayden Daniels's throws were catchable on only 22 of 35, 62.9 percent, 26th in the league, against his 71.4 percent last season, and the no-huddle rate fell from 61 percent of snaps to 12.
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