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Byline: Sam Fortier TAMPA - Before the final drive, wide receiver Terry McLaurin came into the Washington Commanders' huddle and said: ǣHey, we don't give 'em the ball back.ǥ It [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier TAMPA - Before the final drive, wide receiver Terry McLaurin came into the Washington Commanders' huddle and said: "Hey, we don't give 'em the ball back." It [...]

ARLINGTON, Texas - While the Washington Commanders have already exceeded all expectations for this season, and while there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future, the dramatic 23-19 [...]

Byline: Nicki Jhabvala, Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders closed the regular season with a 23-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys to finish 12-5 and earn the No. 6 seed in [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier After the NFL regular season ends Sunday night, teams around the league will dive into the hiring market - and for the first time in nearly a [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier It was just after midnight when Jayden Daniels walked into the Washington Commanders' locker room. He looked exhausted. He had dropped back 48 times, a career high, [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier On a cool morning in December 2022, Marcus Mariota walked into his coach's office for a difficult conversation. The quarterback had gone all in on the chance [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn, Erin Cox, Sam Fortier It was 1 a.m. Saturday, and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser was sitting at the foot of her bed glued to C-SPAN, waiting [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier Several Washington Commanders knew, deep in the red zone with just nine seconds left, they were about to run 'Fiesta.' 'We've repped [it] hundreds of times for [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier With a stunning, last-second political Hail Mary, Congress passed legislation to allow D.C. to redevelop the RFK Stadium site and potentially bring the Washington Commanders back to [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn, Erin Cox, Sam Fortier Congress has passed legislation giving D.C. control of RFK Stadium and allowing the city to redevelop more than 170 acres of federal property [...]

Legislation allowing D.C. to redevelop RFK Stadium and potentially bring the Washington Commanders to their old home is now in jeopardy less than 24 hours after appearing likely to move [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders will host the Atlanta Falcons on Dec. 29 in prime time. The Week 17 game - which could have major wild-card implications in the [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier NEW ORLEANS - The highly anticipated debut of the newest Washington Commanders star may have seemed underwhelming at first. His name was not mentioned often on the [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier, Erin Cox The Washington Commanders have agreed to Maryland's demands for assurances about the future of its stadium in Landover if the team left and built a [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier, Erin Cox, Michael Brice-Saddler D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Wednesday said leaders in neighboring Maryland are holding up a deal that could pave the way [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' No. 2 wide receiver, Noah Brown, probably will miss the rest of the season with a kidney injury, Coach Dan Quinn said, so the [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The third quarter-ish of the Washington Commanders' season will probably be remembered for the three-game losing streak, which ended with Sunday's win over the Tennessee Titans. If [...]

Byline: Erin Cox, Sam Fortier, Meagan Flynn, Paul Kane Maryland's leaders have proposed a set of conditions that could greatly affect the Washington Commanders football team's stadium search. Among them: [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' 42-19 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Northwest Stadium showed they could overcome the challenges that come with higher expectations. 'We just [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier As the Washington Commanders' offense faces its greatest doubts of the season, rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels must confront another, more personal challenge: Inclement weather. The forecast for [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' offense has hiccupped lately for multiple reasons, but one of the biggest is a less effective running game. Quarterback Jayden Daniels is the only [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' 34-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday felt like an old school letdown. The Commanders had advantages in talent and rest, were at [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier It's difficult to isolate one reason the Washington Commanders' offense has dipped over the past month. The messy, overlapping pile of explanations includes subpar health, continued issues [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier, Erin Cox, Meagan Flynn Federal legislation that would give D.C. greater control over the decrepit RFK Stadium site - and allow the city to potentially turn it [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier PHILADELPHIA - Jayden Daniels sat in front of his locker with his gray hoodie up. He wasn't grinning like normal; he'd just lost back-to-back games for the [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier One of the most jarring parts of the Washington Commanders' loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday was Jayden Daniels's stat line of three rushes for five [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders traded for star cornerback Marshon Lattimore to play more aggressively on defense. For most of the season, against better offenses, defensive coordinator Joe Whitt [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - After the Washington Commanders' third touchdown Sunday, pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr. ran down the sideline, formed a circle with his thumbs and [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The neatest symbol of the Washington Commanders' organizational transformation is No. 54. You could argue there are better signifiers: standings, stats, attendance, social-media chatter, upgrades to facilities, [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders may have had the best possible second quarter-ish of their season. They blew out two bad teams (the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers), hung [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier After the miracle, Washington Commanders General Manager Adam Peters walked into the locker room to congratulate the players. He worked his way from the receivers to the [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The conversation that dominated Washington Commanders headquarters Thursday had nothing to do with the rib injury from which rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels is rehabbing. Everyone wanted to [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier Jayden Daniels was nowhere to be seen (by the media) at the Washington Commanders' team facility Wednesday. He didn't practice, speak at the weekly quarterback news conference [...]

Byline: Michael Brice-Saddler, Sam Fortier Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to construction on the arena taking place during the summer to prevent disruptions to the NFL [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The new slogan is everywhere. The Washington Commanders use #RaiseHail on social media; players and coaches wear âRaise Hailâ T-shirts; staffers asked fans to yell âRaise Hailâ [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier BALTIMORE - Terry McLaurin was supposed to run a slant. But on fourth and goal from the 6-yard line early in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Washington [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier For years, the details didn't matter. How was Washington's NFL team going to block its opponent's star pass rusher? How could it slow down the big-name quarterback? [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier GLENDALE, Ariz. - Let's focus on Jayden Daniels's first interception, one of the few blemishes on his surreal start to his rookie season, because it says as [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier His brain had been obsessed with football since he was a little boy studying film and drawing on the whiteboard at the high school where his dad [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier CINCINNATI - During a late timeout in Monday night's game, Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin approached the quarterback and offensive coordinator with an idea. He pointed [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier When Jayden Daniels is asked about the pressures and expectations of being an NFL franchise quarterback, he usually starts his answer by grinning knowingly. These people, he [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders and the Native American family that helped create the team's former logo have in recent months taken steps to rebuild a relationship that was [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' new defense looks a lot like the old one. While Coach Dan Quinn and his staff deserve time and benefit of the doubt - [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier In a column this week, the esteemed Thomas Boswell made the case that Jayden Daniels running 16 times in his NFL debut was âcoaching malfeasance,â and many [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The fans behind the rope had wide eyes and high-pitched voices. 'The future is here, baby!' a man with a gray beard shouted. 'You're going to save [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier General Manager Adam Peters certainly hopes Austin Seibert, the team's fifth kicker in the past four months, can rescue the Washington Commanders from this nightmarish carousel. The [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier TAMPA - The Washington Commanders' season-opening loss Sunday prompted a big-picture question: Do they have enough help around Jayden Daniels to develop him into a franchise quarterback? [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders' rebuild starts with a relatively easy schedule that is the lightest in the league by travel (10,550 miles). Sportsbooks generally have forecast about six [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier The Washington Commanders reshaped their roster depth Wednesday with several moves, most notably signing wide receiver Noah Brown to a one-year deal, according to two people with [...]