{"id":812652,"date":"2026-03-14T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812652\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:21:14","slug":"washington-commanders-sign-former-browns-rb-jerome-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812652\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders sign former Browns RB Jerome Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 14, 2026, 2:34 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Teams have been officially allowed to sign free agents for almost a week now. The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Washington Commanders<\/a> have added several players already, making improvements on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Some of the team&#8217;s notable additions are edge-rusher Odafe Oweh, linebacker Leo Chenal, and running back Rachaad White. On Saturday, the team made another addition to the offense, adding veteran running back Jerome Ford, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2032813486577766627?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ford spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns after being selected in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. The running back didn&#8217;t factor in much as a rookie or in 2025, but he was a productive rotational back in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2023, Ford rushed for a career-high 813 yards and four scores. The running back had 565 yards and three scores in 2024, but was reduced to just 73 yards in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Washington, Ford should just be a solid insurance policy behind Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Rachaad White. Croskey-Merritt had some flashes as a rookie, but the team clearly wants more consistency out of the ground game in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">White, <a href=\"http:\/\/commanderswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/commanders\/2026\/03\/12\/washington-commanders-free-agency-rachaad-white\/89123485007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who was a college teammate of Jayden Daniels<\/a>, should receive plenty of carries and also contribute in the passing game. Ford will likely get some third-down reps and help out around the goal line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 14, 2026, 2:34 p.m. ET Teams have been officially allowed to sign free agents for almost a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2069],"tags":[95878,427,7,6,95993,95994,95882,96003,104100,95896,95888,97641,95906,99316,95883,96006,95881,855,111,2480],"class_list":["post-812652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-commanders","tag-accessfree","tag-commanders","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflcommanders","tag-sstsncommanders","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagjayden-daniels","tag-tagjerome-ford","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagodafe-oweh","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagrachaad-white","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagwashington-commanders","tag-typestory","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders","tag-washingtoncommanders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116229864580244351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812652","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=812652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}