{"id":775477,"date":"2026-02-25T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:30:19","slug":"commanders-gm-has-huge-praise-for-returning-veteran-offensive-lineman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/775477\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders GM has huge praise for returning veteran offensive lineman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t say enough good things about him, the person and the player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commanderswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Commanders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Commanders<\/a> GM Adam Peters said, speaking to the media on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. When asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/commanders-sign-veteran-offensive-lineman-044058416.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:re-signing of veteran offensive lineman Andrew Wylie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">re-signing of veteran offensive lineman Andrew Wylie<\/a>, Peters launched into his response.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Peters spoke of Wylie&#8217;s selflessness, talent and willingness to go wherever the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/washington-commanders\/363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Commanders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Commanders<\/a> need him to go. It is not an easy task, but Wylie is both durable and mobile enough to play all four positions of guards and tackles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s what we would call a true Commander, in terms of his work ethic, his competitiveness. He&#8217;s an elite teammate,&#8221; continued the third-year general manager for the Commanders. &#8220;He&#8217;s super versatile. I mean, he can line up at four spots (left guard, left tackle, right guard, right tackle). So, he&#8217;s super valuable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If a starting guard or tackle goes down to injury, Peters knows he can count on Wylie to get out there, fight and contribute to the offensive line&#8217;s need at the time. Wylie truly wants to be in the league in whatever way he can at this point (32 in August) of his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s still got enough talent to start. So he was a priority for us to bring back. There&#8217;s a number of those guys, but Andrew was at or near the top of that, and we&#8217;re thrilled to have him back, and I just can&#8217;t say enough good things about him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Winning solves everything. Everyone is in a good mood when you&#8217;re winning. But what about when a 12-5 team, the next season, loses eight consecutively on their way to 5-12? &#8220;I think I learned a lot about him this year and the type of human being he is. We had a contract we had to restructure last year, and the way he responded to that was better than I could ever have imagined myself responding. He is an outstanding person, a team-first person. Being around him for another year as a human being and understanding what he means to that room and to the offense in general was really impactful in different ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Succinctly about Wylie, Peters offered, &#8220;The more of the guys like that, you have on your team, the better your team&#8217;s going to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/commanderswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/commanders\/2026\/02\/25\/washington-commanders-adam-peters-andrew-wylie\/88851660007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Commanders: Adam Peters high on Andrew Wylie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Commanders: Adam Peters high on Andrew Wylie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I can&#8217;t say enough good things about him, the person and the player.&#8221; Washington Commanders GM Adam Peters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[4141,12025,427,7,2004,6,1967,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-775477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-adam-peters","9":"tag-andrew-wylie","10":"tag-commanders","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-indianapolis","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-scouting-combine","15":"tag-washington","16":"tag-washington-commanders","17":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116131517152888156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}