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The Commanders simply had to improve their defense. Mostly because it couldn’t have performed worse in 2025. That unit ranked dead last in yards per game (384.4 ypg), No. 31 in takeaways (10), No. 31 in red-zone defense (67.7%) and No. 27 in scoring defense (26.5 ppg). That led to a complete overhaul, starting with coordinator Joe Whitt Jr.’s firing after the season. […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Commanders.com Sonny Styles explains position switch from safety to 1st-round […]
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Adam Peters selected five players in the 2025 NFL draft. Commanders selections were lower in each round as a byproduct of the previous season’s trip to the NFC championship game. Washington’s general manager came away with quality despite that fact, adding players capable of making an instant impact. That happened well beyond No. 29 overall pick Josh Conerly Jr., an offensive tackle […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Bullock’s Film Room (subscription) State of the Roster 2026 Update: […]
Robert Henry Jr. started his final season at the University of Texas at San Antonio with a strong statement. The fifth-year senior exploded out of the gates with 177 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries, including a 75-yard touchdown run in the season opener versus Texas A&M. The performance put Henry on the […]
The 5 o’clock club is published from time to time during the season, and aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn’t much NFL news being published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below. CLICK HERE to see the full 5 o’clock […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles JP Finlay How realistic is 10 targets-per-game for Terry McLaurin? […]
Mike Sainristil’s rookie season in 2024 was a year to remember. The next one, in 2025, was a year to forget. How quickly the tides can turn for a player, but such is life in the NFL. And with that I give you a key discussion point heading into the 2026 campaign — the curious […]
Editor’s note: The Commanders remain flush with salary-cap space entering the meat of this offseason program. That doesn’t mean general manager Adam Peters has to spend, but he’s got options should he feel the need to fortify his already revamped roster. We’ll do some spending for him, suggesting some street free agents who could help Washington in this weeklong series. We’ve contemplated adding receiver Stefon Diggs and cornerback Rasul Douglas. In […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles NFL.com Commanders WR Terry McLaurin loves idea of getting 10 […]
Former eight-year NFL linebacker James Laurinaitis has been the linebackers coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes since 2024. Laurinaitis’ perspective as a highly successful NFL linebacker helped mold Sonny Styles, who transitioned from safety to the second level in his first year as Buckeyes linebackers coach. Laurinaitis was banging the table for the position switch […]
When will Chris Hilton Jr. stay healthy? This is the question LSU fans asked every summer of his college career. It was a valid one, as the 6-foot, 188-pound wide receiver missed multiple games over the course of his five-year tenure at the college. As a freshman in 2021, Hilton suffered a torn meniscus in […]
The Commanders preseason schedule is officially set. The date and time of Washington’s Week 2 exhibition against the Detroit Lions were the only details outstanding, and the team announced them on Tuesday afternoon. They’ll play the Lions on Aug. 22 at noon ET in a game that will be broadcast locally on WUSA 9, the CBS […]
Cornerback seemed like a clear and obvious Commanders need heading into the NFL Draft. General manager Adam Peters didn’t take one with any of his six selections. We may have had a different discussion had the Kansas City Chiefs not traded up to take LSU’s Mansoor Delane at No. 6 overall, but we’ll never know what Peters would have done. Delane or Sonny Styles? […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles ESPN Projecting 2026 NFL rookie leaders in 10 stat categories […]
Washington’s defense ranked in the lower third of the NFL last year, necessitating the mid-season demotion, and eventual firing of DC Joe Whitt Jr. at end of the season. Daronte Jones was brought in to correct the issues with the defense, and Dan Quinn has asserted the new defensive coordinator will have full control of […]
Editor’s note: Most of Washington’s offseason moves have been made. General manager Adam Peters may have a few more tricks up his sleeve, especially with a salary-cap cushion available to him. We at Hogs Haven have some suggestions about how to spend his extra cash in this “Commanders should sign” series. In this installment, we make a case for receiver Stefon Diggs […]
The results are in. Commanders fans are optimtistic about a return to prominence after a disappointing 5-12 campaign in 2025. Does that mean we all expect a return to the NFC championship game? Probably not. Our poll results indicate that Commanders optimism is appropriately measured, with a belief Washington will be better than last season’s 5-12 disaster without assuming they’re headed for a division crown. That’s appropriate, even […]
You thought you were done with NFL schedule release content??? Think again. Our Scott Jennings had the Commanders going 10-7 in a season following as active a free-agency period as the franchise has ever had, plus a strong showing in the NFL draft. What about the opposing view? We decided to crowdsource it. Our findings were…predictable. The […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Last Man Standig Nick Cross was raised on Washington football; […]
In last week’s article, I had a look at five remaining free agent cornerbacks who could be upgrades over whichever of the Commanders’ current CBs is slated to start opposite from Trey Amos. Today I’ll have a look at three CBs currently on other teams’ rosters who could become available at roster cutdowns. These guys […]
Editor’s note: Each day, Hogs Haven compiles a collection of articles, podcasts & tweets from around the web to keep you in touch with the Commanders, the NFC East, the NFL and sports in general, with a sprinkling of other stuff. Enjoy! Commanders links Articles Pro Football Focus 2026 NFL All-Breakout Team: Predicting the next […]
You surely read this story’s headline before clicking on it. If you mysteriously ended up here, then glance up for a sec. Are Adams Peters’ Washington Commanders better than they were a year ago? Your knee-jerk reaction is the right one: Well, duh. So is your second thought: Can’t be much worse. It’s hard to love much of what happened during a 5-12 campaign where […]
We’re at the latter stages of this NFL schedule release news cycle. You can tell when a story like this drops into your timeline. We’ve broken this Commanders schedule down from every possible angle, which you can backread using the related content below. There is one stone, however, left unturned: Helping Commanders fans looking to make a road trip. There’s a once-in-a-lifetime option on the schedule. […]