{"id":871505,"date":"2026-04-22T00:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871505\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:24:59","slug":"video-dc-sports-huddle-returns-for-the-commanders-conundrum-at-no-7-in-the-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871505\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: DC Sports Huddle returns for the Commanders\u2019 conundrum at No. 7 in the 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTOP Sports team Huddles up to discuss the Commanders&#8217; big decision at No. 7 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday night and delves into which players could be late-round gems for a Burgundy and Gold turnaround in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t call it a comeback! For the first time in nearly a year, the WTOP Sports team Huddles up to discuss the Commanders\u2019 big decision at No. 7 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday night: Trade back for more draft picks or select the best player available? Our resident AP Top 25 voter, Dave Preston, helps us delve deep into which players could be late-round gems for a Burgundy and Gold turnaround in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Also inside the DC Sports Huddle: What\u2019s ONE thing the Commanders absolutely must do in this draft? And, which local player would be a good fit in Washington?<\/p>\n<p>Huddle up with host and WTOP Senior Sports Analyst Rob Woodfork, WTOP Sports Director George Wallace and fellow sports anchor Dave Preston.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-page__signature bottom\">\u00a9 2026 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WTOP Sports team Huddles up to discuss the Commanders&#8217; big decision at No. 7 overall in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[4955,427,95377,59273,7,35766,6,60979,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-871505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-commanders","10":"tag-commanders-draft","11":"tag-dave-preston","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-george-wallace","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-rob-woodfork","16":"tag-washington","17":"tag-washington-commanders","18":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116445518691540886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871505","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=871505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}