Washington Commanders DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR UPDATE | HIRE Darnell Stapleton as OLINE COACH

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  4. Washington’s ownership and front office are operating on a “need-to-know” model to right now even if it costs short-term fan engagement. They are unusually secretive around the hiring process controlling the narrative due to past leaks and bad choices. It’s frustrating to say the least!

  5. I believe AP is most definitely going to focus on getting younger and faster this offseason… below are the guys who I think he will eventually sign and then I’ll provide a rough estimate of what the options will be for the 53 man roster…
    It’s kind of hard to fully predict which players they’ll target on defense because we don’t have a DC yet, however, most of these guys will fit in any scheme.

    Right now the projected cap space varies depending on the source… it looks to be between 80-90 million (the cap goes up each year but how much will it this year?). There is 1 obvious cut, Lattimore, which free’s up an additional 18.5m, with no dead cap hit.. so it’s looking like AP will have about 110-120m in available cap space. People being up the fact that the number is misleading, because of the amount of impending free agents we have, however, the amount of impending free agents is inflated, because of all of the injuries this past season (and the guys who were signed to 1 year deals, to fill in for the injured guys)…

    Tunsil is going to get extended, so that could potentially ADD cap space as well..

    Payne will not be back on this team, on his current contact.. so will he be restructured, cut or traded? (post 6/1 designation saves 22m with a dead cap hit of 5.5m)..
    We all know that Edge rusher is a massive need for this team, so AP is more than likely going to spend big there, how much cap space can be relegated to the defensive line ??

    I am also going to put what I think each contract could look like (just in years & total money… obviously the amount of guarantee and other stuff, will determine the actual cap hit). For example, Kinlaw signed a 3 year / 45m dollar contract this offseason (15m per year.. however his 2025 cap hit was 5m dollars). Terry signed for 3 years / 97m ( 32.3m per year ).. however his cap hit in 2026, when the deal officially starts, is 18m.. the contracts are just rough estimates, it’s impossible for anyone to guess the exact deals that guys will get.

    Offense: * = re-sign
    RB – Breece Hall (4 year / 54m), *CRod is a restricted free agent, so he will be back

    TE – TJ Hockenson (1 year / 6m)

    WR – Wan’dale Robinson (4 year, 64m), Dyami Brown (1 year / 2m), *Treylon Burks (2 year / 8m)

    OL – *Chris Paul (2 year / 10m), Trent Scott (vet minimum), Andrew Wylie (1 year / 3m)… bring back Niang for camp… draft a center in round 5 or 6

    QB – * Marcus Mariota ( 1 year / 8m)

    ~ notes about the O:
    QB – Mariota could follow Kliff, or possibly get a chance to start somewhere else… if he leaves, comment below who you’d like for them to sign as QB2 ( Fields? Trubisky? Skylar Thompson? Zack Wilson?… whoever it is, will be cheaper than Mariota)

    OL – Chris Paul might not fit the new system… so a new starter could be brought in for LG.. or Coleman could start & then we would need a swing T.. comment below any suggestions)

    WR – Robinson is the starting slot… Dyami comes back & hopes to rekindle his chemistry with Jayden.. Burks / Dyami / Luke all compete for the outside spot opposite of Terry.

    Defense: * = re-sign

    DL – Odafe Oweh (4 year / 68m), A.J. Epenesa (2 years / 12m), *Deatrich Wise (1 year / 3m), *Jacob Martin (2 year / 8m), *Drake Jackson (? Idk his possible contract but it’ll be cheap)
    *Eddie Goldman
    LB – Devin Bush (3 year / 30m)

    CB – Eric Stokes (3 year / 36m),
    Noah Igbinoghene ( 1 year / 2m)

    S – Geno Stone ( 1 year / 2.5m)

    ~ notes for D:
    LB – Bush is still young and brings speed to the middle

    CB – Woolen is a possibility, especially if Karl Scott is hired as DC, however I went with Stokes, who had a good year & not near as good as a pass rush as Woolen had in front of him.

    DL – Oweh likely doesn’t re-sign with LAC bc he didn’t play ‘full time’ since joining them.. he will be looking for a starting role. Goldman comes back as a run stopper, or sign a young FA like Ridgeway (again)

    S – Stone has played on a BAD defense & struggled, I believe he can revert back to his BAL days. He takes the ball away… 3rd safety

    TRADES:

    Daron Payne to the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2026 4th round pick – #117 …
    LV has 3, 4th round picks, so they trade 1 of them for Payne (they then extend him to lower his cap hit). They have close to 100m in cap space & need to get Crosby some help.

    Quan Martin, Nick Allegretti, 2026 6th to JAC for Maason Smith, 2026 4th

    Quan & Smith are both former 2nd round picks.. Quan has shown more potential than Smith so far. Both could use a change of scenery. JAC is low on cap soace and could use a safety and need multiple pieces on the OLine. With the lack of cap space, JAC wants to keep all of their picks, so it’s just a pick swap while adding 2 veterans at positions of need.

    DRAFT PICKS:
    # 7 – S Caleb Downs
    #71 – DT Lee Hunter / Darrell Jackson Jr.
    Round 4 (LV) – OC Matt Gulbin
    Round 4 (JAC)- ED Malachi Lawrence
    Round 5 – OT Kage Casey
    Round 6 – CB Andre Fuller
    Round 7 – QB Jack Strand

    53 Man Roster Options (obviously a couple UDFAs & a few other vets will come to camp)

    QB – JD5, Mariota, Strand, Hartman
    RB – Hall, Bill, CRod, ? .. likely bring in a cheap vet, maybe McNichols, and a UDFA
    TE – Hockenson, Bates, Sinnott, Yankoff, Lawrence Cager,
    WR – Terry, Robinson, Burks, Dyami, Luke, Lane, Jacoby Jones, Ja’Corey Brooks, Nick Nash
    OL – Tunsil, Coleman, Biadasz, Cosmi, JCJ, Wylie, Scott, Casey, Niang, Paul (maybe), McKay, Aumavae-Laulu

    DL – Oweh, Armstrong, Epenesa, Wise, Martin, Lawrence, Jackson, Johnson, Maguranyanga, Carter ll…Kinlaw, Newton, Smith, Hunter, Goldman, Barber

    LB – Bush, Luvu, Magee, Medrano, Kaho, Bellore.. likely bring a vet to camp as well like Riley last year

    CB – Stokes, Amos, Sainristil, Igbinoghene, Fuller, Hawkins, Rush, Vigers

    S – Downs, Harris, Stone, Reaves, Owens, Butler, McDaniel

    Aiyuk might take a cheap deal to come here with Jayden.. could get him instead of Dyami..

    I think Luke and Lane will both look a lot better in this new offense!!

    If Bailey/ Downs / Bain Jr / Reece are all off the board at 7, trade it. It might be hard to trade down but I’d do this trade..

    #7 & Nick Allegretti to JAX for Travon Walker, pick 56, pick 88, pick 124

    JAX is tight on cap space and likely won’t re-sign Walker after the 2026 season anyway, it saves them 15m to trade him. They don’t have a 1st round pick but they do have 10 total picks throughout the entire draft.. they showed last year, they aren’t afraid to be aggressive. Walker has played 4 years in the league, he is good at stopping the run but been inconsistent at getting to the QB (2 seasons with 3.5 sacks, 2 seasons with 10.5 sacks)… I think they move up for Love (ahead of KC)

    If he doesn’t get Hall at RB, could go with Allgeier to be the RB1 and then sign Gainwell as the pass catching back.. there are a bunch of FA RBs who can be RB1 and provide something in the pass game, other than Hall; Dowdle, Etienne and others.

    The actual $ the guys get a year, isn’t their cap hit, so even with all of these moves, AP would still have around 20-25m to make in season moves or roll over.. Bellore & Butler are 2 of the special team captains, however, if they want to improve the actual depth, then they need guys who can play teams and play O/D.. I think the special teams would be alright with Reaves, Owens and others. They could save around 4m by cutting Bellore & Butler (that alone could be enough for a starting RB or TE..)

  11. Are you sure they don't have to wait for Scott? I thought the rule is you can do Zoom interview while the team is in the playoffs, but you have wait until the team is out of the playoffs before you can make an offer. This is why we took so long to announce Eric Bienemy.

  13. Here’s what would doom this regime….. if Dan Quinn is looking for a guy to run HIS scheme we in trouble…. DQ philosophy isn’t sustainable and if he hires someone to run it expect more issues against the run and poor zone coverage

  15. Dude you stupid you're ranting and Raven about how our defense so bad and no talent if I'm Carl Scott? I don't want to come here if I'm any DC I don't want to come here . And your boy JD5 he got PROVE he can. He can play a full season without getting hurt a offensive lineman farts and he gets hurt.

  16. They d!ck ride Josh Allen cause he's the All-American white boy! Pat Mahomes is still half-black and white American will never let him forget about it and he's knows it. We all know it!

  18. Rio. I confirmed that the NFL rule doesn't allow the coaches who are still in the playoffs to sign or agree to sign, until they are eliminated from the playoffs. I also think, Karl Scott interviewed via Zoom and not in person. NFL doesn't allow in person interview until their season is done. This is consistent with the timeline of when we hired Eric Bienemy. We had to wait until after the Super Bowl before Ron even interviewed him.

  23. I keep hearing BF has better options than hours(maybe true) but he’s interviewed in 3 places. So if he doesn’t get a HC job we have a 50/50 shot right now. Why did he only interview with us? Not sure if theres any smoke to the fire but if it is…. If they wanted Gannon or those other boi’s they would have hired them by now.. I want Karl Scott bad. And I still think theres a chance on him. Maybe he doesnt want to take the job bc he’s locked in on the task. My gut says its BF or Karl Scott. God i hope I’m right lmao😂😂😂

  25. Whoever the next DC is i hope they use mikey like how the texans use pitre. Mikey would thrive in a role like that. Atleast similarly to how they use him in the slot and around the line of scrimmage.

  28. We don't have any players on that defensive that we co could even trade for a 1st or 2nd round pick and maybe two for a 3rd round and if we can get a DC that gets us in a top 10 defense he needs to be our HC!

  31. A lot of hopeful names… but in the end, all these Coaching hires have been disappointments.
    This is probably exactly how FA and the Draft will go… Don't get your hopes up… We stink.
    Look forward to drafting Peter Woods. I hate AP, I hate DQ, I wish we had Drake Maye instead…
    this just sucks… at least we got the New Stadium.

  34. NO ONE is saying bring back Greg other than your goofy ass lmao when you say “I see fans on the timeline crashing out saying “ blah blah blah mf you fans you the one saying clown shit 😂😂

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