The Washington Commanders focused heavily on upgrading Jayden Daniels’s supporting cast. They brought in Laremy Tunsil, Josh Conerly Jr., Foster Sarell, and Nate Herbig while retaining Michael Deiter, Andrew Wylie, and Trenton Scott to solidify the offensive line. They brought in wide receiver Deebo Samuel to line up opposite Terry McLaurin and retained other skill players as weapons.

Even with these adjustments, where does the Commanders’ supporting cast rank among the rest of the NFL? Fox Sports answered that question by ranking the supporting cast of all 32 NFL teams. The Commanders are ranked 16th, right in the middle.

Maybe you’d expect to see Washington a little higher after it made two big additions in March. Laremy Tunsil and Deebo Samuel should give the Commanders a higher ceiling than last year, but I’d like to see what it looks like. Tunsil’s 2024 season wasn’t quite up to his lofty standard on a terrible Texans offensive line, and Samuel comes with some durability issues. I’d have liked to see Washington add some help at receiver and running back early in the draft, though I did love the addition of Josh Conerly Jr. Clearly, this isn’t a bad group for offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury to work with, as the Commanders reached the conference championship last season. I’m just not sure if this is one of the league’s better QB support systems just yet.

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While appreciating the author’s perspective that we haven’t yet seen this supporting cast in action, that can be said about the majority of teams at this stage of the offseason. Every team goes through player personnel changes during the offseason, and the majority of teams see staff movement as well, so if you want to base your opinion on what you’ve seen, then this ranking shouldn’t be released right now because you haven’t seen any of these teams compete with their current rosters.

That said, their ranking is probably close. Washington probably should be higher, but if we’re being honest, Jayden Daniels does most of the work on offense. Not only did he pass for 3,568 yards in 2024, but he also led the Commanders in rushing yards with 891. The idea behind bringing in all of these pieces is that Daniels doesn’t have to do that in 2025, and as long as that’s the case, the Commanders can call it a win.

This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Commanders’ offensive supporting cast has much to prove in 2025