{"id":856989,"date":"2026-04-06T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856989\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:02:15","slug":"washington-commanders-free-agency-reviews-analysts-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856989\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders Free Agency Reviews: Analysts Weigh in"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Commanders\u2019 free agency reviews have been fairly consistent. Nobody seems ready to throw a parade for Washington<\/a>, but nobody is trashing the offseason either, and that\u2019s where things get interesting. Around the league, analysts have landed in the same uncomfortable middle ground when it comes to the Commanders<\/a>\u2019 free agency moves. The spending was controlled, the signings made sense on paper, and the roster feels deeper than it did a few months ago. Still, there\u2019s a noticeable lack of excitement tied to any of it, which has left many wondering whether this was a smart build or a missed opportunity. Below is a look at what NFL analysts are actually saying about the Commanders\u2019 offseason.<\/p>\n

Pete Prisco of CBS Sports<\/p>\n

Pete Prisco<\/a> of CBS Sports said, \u201cThey added some solid players, and I like a few of the moves they made, but when you look at it overall, I don\u2019t see the kind of addition that\u2019s going to really change how teams prepare for them. It feels more like they filled holes than went out and got difference makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Mitchell of 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

Brian Mitchell<\/a> stated, \u201cYou can like the plan, you can like the direction, but at some point you\u2019ve got to have guys that take over games. That\u2019s what this league is about. Right now, I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ve added that.\u201d<\/p>\n

JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington<\/p>\n

JP Finlay<\/a> proclaimed, \u201cI think they\u2019ve done a nice job adding depth and putting together a more complete roster, but I don\u2019t know that they\u2019ve done enough yet where you look at this team and say, \u2018that group is going to scare people.\u2019 There\u2019s still something missing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Grant Paulsen of 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

Grant Paulsen<\/a> said, \u201cThey\u2019ve definitely raised the floor of the roster, and that\u2019s important because they needed to be deeper and more stable than they were last year. But at the same time, I think it\u2019s fair to ask what the ceiling is now. Where is the move that really changes how teams feel when they line up against you? I don\u2019t know that they\u2019ve done that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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John Keim of ESPN<\/p>\n

John Keim<\/a> stated, \u201cThey\u2019ve added players that should help their depth, but the question is whether they\u2019ve done enough to significantly upgrade the roster in key areas. They needed to address the pass rush, and they brought in players to compete there, but it\u2019s still not clear if they have that one player that offenses have to account for every snap. You can see what they\u2019re trying to do in terms of building out the roster and adding competition, but until those moves translate into production, there are going to be questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Simms on NBC Sports<\/p>\n

Chris Simms<\/a> proclaimed, \u201cYou disgruntle your quarterback by changing the offensive coordinator\u2026 and you hire a guy that hasn\u2019t done anything close to that? To me, one of the craziest moves of the offseason so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taken together, the Washington Commanders\u2019 free agency reviews say just about everything you need to know. The Commanders didn\u2019t get crushed for their offseason, but they didn\u2019t scare anyone either. Analysts see a plan, they see smarter spending, and they see a roster that should be more stable than it was a year ago. What they don\u2019t see, at least not yet, is the move or the player that changes how this team is viewed across the league. And until that shows up on the field, the conversation around Washington is probably going to sound exactly like it does now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Commanders\u2019 free agency reviews have been fairly consistent. Nobody seems ready to throw a parade for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[90704,4141,5744,427,7,19821,6,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-856989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-2026-nfl-free-agency","9":"tag-adam-peters","10":"tag-chris-simms","11":"tag-commanders","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-john-keim","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-washington","16":"tag-washington-commanders","17":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116358371504958480","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856989","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=856989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}