2026 Commanders -- In and Out

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I won't judge AP too harshly on that pick -- I think most of us were pleased when Lattimore signed, even though he was dinged up at the time. The falloff in his ability was pretty dramatic and caught most people off guard, I'd say.

I think one could judge the lack of edge talent going into the season more harshly. We had Armstrong who showed real promise and was off to a heck of a start, but not a lot of depth past him (although I like the Wise signing and thought he was also playing very well before injury).

I also thought the safety situation was an obvious weakness -- I did think Martin would be a lot better than he is, but Chinn was a stud for us last year (and has played well this year), and I didn't think Will Harris was an adequate replacement. I figured with Amos, Lattimore, and Sanristil, that trio might mask some of the coverage issues at safety, but that was clearly wrong -- the back end of our D was terrible.

Of course, it did not help that we had such a drop off in our LB play at the same time -- it was kind of the perfect storm.